Stacking Tips for Shredding Efficiency
Place brush across the row (same
direction as you would to push it with a
brush rake).
Put the larger prunings that have some
branching to them down first. This is
the base branch that will hold the
smaller prunings up off the orchard
floor.
Place all whips, shoots, or other
prunings that have no branching to them
on top of the base branch. Try to keep
brush rows as straight as possible.
Keep your brush row to a maximum width
of 8-9 feet. Overwidth rows slow the
shedder more than any other factor.
Medium to heavily pruned orchards should
be stacked every row. Lightly pruned
orchards can be stacked every other row.
Keep brush free of twine, metal, rocks
etc... (twine will wrap around roller
bearings and have to be cut out).
These stacking tips will save you money
by allowing the shredder to operate most
efficiently. It will decrease the job
time and allow the machine to pick up
all prunings. The end result is a clean
orchard floor with finely shredded
prunings. |
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Serving
California’s
Orchard Growers
Rhys and Jeanine Panero
11935 S. Van Allen Rd.,
Escalon, CA 95320
(209) 838-7570 • (209) 604-7594 |
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