Abstract
ABSTRACT DESIGN requirements established over four harvest seasons, with two tractor-mounted raking systems were used to develop a tractor-drawn rake that gathered oranges into a windrow for pickup. The constructed unit used three oblique rakes and a horizontal brush to gather fruit into a windrow at the tree dripline or at the center of the row for pickup. Fruit recovery averaged 99 percent in citrus groves suitable for mechanical harvesting at raking speeds of 0.8-1.6 km/h (0.5-1 mph) in an average fruit load of 22 kg/m (15 lb/ft) of windrow. Fruit damage, recovery, and raking speed were influenced by grove conditions.
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