Sources of Rakes and Harvesters
Prepared by David E. Yarborough, Extension Blueberry Specialist, The University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Orono, ME 04469. Revised February 2011.
Hand Rakes
The Hubbard Rake Company
1561 Mason Bay Road
Jonesport, Maine 04649
Tel: 207.497.5949
Email: hrakes@gwi.net
Website: www.hubbardrakes.com
Machine Harvesters, Pickers, and Winnowers
Maine Blueberry Equipment Company
257 Tibbettstown Road
Columbia Falls, Maine 04623
Tel: 207.483.4156
The Emerson harvester is produced by Zane Emerson. It has a rotating head with a conveyor to bring it into a plastic box (holds 10 kg) behind it.
J.M. Bouchard et Fils Inc.
741 Principale
St-Augustin, Quebec, Canada G0W 1K0
Tel : 418.374.2342.
The Bouchard Rake ( 80 cm head width) has a flat rake head that must be raised to empty into a box behind it (holds 10kg). It is slower to operate than the Emerson harvester.
Doug Bragg Enterprises
96 Bragg Road
Collingwood, Nova Scotia Canada B0M 1E0
Tel: 902.686.3254
Website: www.dbe.ca
Doug Bragg Enterprises Ltd. Mechanical Blueberry Harvester consists of a reel-type picking head. The head is side mounted to a tractor in such a manner as to allow the picking head to follow contours of the ground. The reel rotates within the head in the same direction as the tractor wheels. This rotation is at a speed in ratio to the forward motion of the tractor. As the comb type-picking bars rake the blueberries from the plants they are carried around the reel and deposited in a conveyor. This conveyor delivers them to another longer conveyor, which carries them to the rear three-point-hitch mounted loading platform. As the berries fall from the conveyor a blower cleans them. All units are equipped with an electric computerized controller. This controller sends its signals to an electric-over-hydraulic manifold and corrects the reel rotation speed according to the tractor speed. This harvester can be mounted on most models of tractors from 35hp and up.
The operation of this harvester requires two people only, one to operate the tractor and the other to handle the boxes of berries on the rear-loading platform. These harvesters are available in single, double and triple head configurations. These machines have been proven to reduce the harvesting costs as much as 50% and are more efficient than hand raking for product recovery.
Hayden Manufacturing Company, Inc.
50 Carver Road, W. Wareham, Massachusetts
Tel: 1.800.294.0497 or 1.508.295.0497
Fax: 1.508.291.2577
E-mail: sales@haydenmfg.com
Website: www.cranberryantiques.com
For use on lowbush blueberries, agile and easy to operate, self-propelled by either 4 HP or 5-1/2 HP Honda Engine, clean picking. Darlington Blueberry Harvester.
DH Equipment, Inc.
Contact: Mario Hébert
31 Grand Rang S, Albanel, QC G8M 3L7
Tel.: 418.279.2006
E-mail: lesequipementsdh@hotmail.com
Website: www.equipementsdh.com (Products page)
DH Equipment has designed several machine models before arriving at a machine configured and optimized for wild blueberry picking.
Acadian Machine Works. Ltd.
Manufacturer in Prince Edward Island, Canada
17 Pine Tree Lane, Tignish, PE C0B 2B0, Canada
Phone: +1.902.882.2349
Website: www.acadianmachine.com
Walk behind harvester and tractor mounted harvester.
Pictou County Berry Limited
Blueberry Harvesting and Equipment Sales
Mike MacKay
RR 2 Trenton, NS
Tel.: 902.396.8364
E-mail: Mike@pictoucountyberryltd.com
Website: www.pictoucountyberryltd.com
Picking head mounted on a Grasshopper mower
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