Root Hog Harvesting System introduces walking platen concept
The Root Hog Harvesting System brings a new method for digging bare root shrubbery in the ornamental nursery stock industry. This new system utilizes a unique walking platen configuration located under the pick-up head. The walking platen concept cleans the soil from the roots while elevating the plants to a conveyor. This concept is simple in design with no mechanical components having contact with the soil. Because the plants are lifted and dropped back onto the pick up head, there is a much better cleaning effect of the roots. Plant root entanglement to the moving elements is minimized by the lift-carryand- drop effect of the Root Hog Harvesting System. This particular model is for harvesting greenhouse grown nursery stock, but the concept would be universal to all bare root harvesting needs.

Faulring Mechanical Devices, Inc. , North Collins, New York, USA; 716-337-3682