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Plastic Mulch Lifter/Wrapper
Red tractor pulling gray platform on wheels with man standing on back of platform. Platform has 2 automated spindles lifting and rolling up plastic sheets from the field.

Plastic mulch enables workers with disabilities to control weeds, but is difficult to remove from the field at the end of the season. The Plastic Mulch Lifter/Wrapper removes the mulch without heavy manual labor. Attached to a small tractor's Cat 1 or 2 three-point hitch, this hydraulically powered device combines these two functions simultaneously in a single pass. As it's being towed down the row, the implement splits then lifts the plastic, the one end of which having first been affixed to a slowly rotating reel that wraps it into a roll for disposal. (Any dirt, vines, trash, etc., reportedly falls off to the side as the plastic is lifted up.) The entire process is monitored/controlled by an individual standing on a platform at the rear of the implement. Two models are available: a single reel for one-row removal and a double reel for two-row removal.

Estimated Cost Cost range: See below

Limitations Limitations Addressed by Product: Lower extremity, Upper extremity, Strength/endurance, Back


SourceCrop Care Equipment, LLC
209 Enterprise Drive
Lititz, PA, 17543
Websitewww.cropcareequipment.com
Emailinfo@cropcareequipment.com
Phone717-738-7365
Fax717-738-7375
Est. CostSingle reel, $8,200; double reel, $9,000
Last updated: Jan 10, 2022


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