If you have an olive grove and are preparing for olive picking – which typically occurs between November and January – know that there is a way to increase productivity and get the most out of your products. Before, during and after harvest, these machines allow complete your olive picking journey effortlessly and with the best results. Everything you need is in the STIHL olive range, which is guaranteed to find your best allies. Two new features worth highlighting are the SPA 130 and SPA 140 sweepers. Let’s get started.
During the harvest
Are you one of those people who still grab a ladder and start walking up and down, changing your position around the tree, in order to reach the farthest corners? Or those who still climb higher trunks? Every year, cases of falls occurring during the olive harvest are recorded.. But falls can be avoided. With the help of a sweeper, you can easily reach the highest branches. Lay a blanket on the ground to make it easy to pick the olives once the tree is cleaned, and enjoy watching it fill up with product.
In the STIHL assortment you will find battery powered sweepers This petrol sweepers. These sweepers were developed in the Iberian Olive Grove, taking into account the needs of users and the experience of the brand’s dealers and STIHL engineers in Germany.
What’s New: New range of battery-powered sweepers
Reliable and efficient, these new sweepers allow you to harvest 100% of your harvest. They are lighter, have reduced weight and are ergonomically designed. Battery-powered sweepers in the STIHL line are available in two versions, both with the same voltage (36 V), autonomy (180 minutes).) and the same working width (525 mm). They differ only in length and weight. When sweeper with boom SPA 130, which weighs 2.6 kg, has a fixed length of 2.20 meters. Already sweeper with boom SPA 140which weighs 3.1 kg, allows for extended lengths from 1.80 to 2.45 meters.
Petrol sweepers
Suitable for professional harvesting applications, these sweepers combine power and durability with an ergonomic design that ensures maximum productivity and ease of use throughout the harvest. They are available in two models − hook sweepers And carbon rod sweepers. Both are equipped with the STIHL anti-vibration system, which makes them comfortable even during long-term use.
Blowers for collecting olives from the ground
If the ripest olives have already fallen to the ground, there is nothing better than using leaf blowers to efficiently collect them and minimize waste. In the STIHL assortment you will find hand blowers or backpack blowerwith both petrol and battery options.
STIHL HAND BLOWER – BGA 200
After harvest
After each harvest, it is important not to forget an important step that will affect the quality of the next year’s produce: pruning. Pruning will rejuvenate your olive grove and your olive trees will look like new.. With the STIHL range you get the ease and precision your olive trees need after every harvest. To rejuvenate an olive grove you can use battery powered chainsaws or petrol chainsaws And battery and petrol pruners – with models suitable for pruning the lower branches of an intensive olive grove, and models suitable for pruning the furthest branches.
STIHL PRIMING CHAINSAW – MSA 161 T – AP SYSTEM
STIHL HIGH PRECAUTORS – HTA 66
STIHL MOTOR SICKLE – FS 261
Prepare for next year
Keep the soil prepared by removing grass from the ground, trimming it brush cutters – available in petrol and battery versions – from the STIHL line. By keeping the soil prepared, you also reduce the need to use herbicides.
Whole year
Remember to protect your olive grove well throughout the year. You can resort to nozzles and sprayers of the STIHL series, is also available in batteries or gasoline, which allows the use of granular, liquid and powdered phytosanitary products. There are options with different tank capacities, weight, pressure and maximum air flow. You just need to choose the one most suitable for your olive grove. If in doubt, contact STIHL for assistance.
And since olive groves are made up of more than just trees and olives, all equipment used to harvest, transport, prepare and crush the olives must be prepared… Keep your harvest up to date with high pressure washers which remove dirt, grease from the mill, dirt from the tractor… And it also saves water – saving 80%.
STIHL HIGH PRESSURE CLEANING MACHINE – RE 462 PLUS
STIHL SPRAYER – SR 450
All tasks on one machine
Yes, such a possibility exists. STIHL has a combined system that allows all tasks in the olive grove sector to be carried out with one machine. This system gives you access to a wide range of high quality tools (pruning, harvesting, chopping) that open up a whole world of possibilities for caring for your olive grove. Tools available in this combination system include hedge trimmer, hedge trimmer, sweeper, blower, pruning shears and lawn mower.
STIHL COMBINED SYSTEM – KMA 135 R – AP SYSTEM
Are the cars in good condition and prepared?
How STIHL Connected Fleet Manager You can know where and in what condition your equipment is, thereby ensuring that all equipment is at hand and ready for any activity in the olive grove.
The most complete range for olive groves
STIHL guarantees not only efficiency throughout the harvest, but also tree rejuvenation after harvest and nutrient application before harvest. And all this thanks to the most complete range of machines for the olive grove. WITH maximum power This greater autonomymachines in this series are ready to work with maximum productivity, without forgetting about the comfort of those who use them. quiet, ensuring a healthier workday. In addition, they have the STIHL quality guarantee, complying with quality and environmental management standards.
Find your nearest STIHL dealer at: stihl.pt.
Source: CM Jornal
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