EasyPick Harvest Assistant

The self-propeled EasyPick Harvest Assistant has multiple independently adjustable, over-the-row work stations on which pickers lie to hand-harvest the crop as the machine slowly moves through the field. Locomotion is two-wheel drive, single-lever speed, hydrostatic propulsion (powered by an 8 hp recoil-start engine) with manual hydraulic steering control. Designed primarily for strawberry harvesting, the harvest Assistant can also be used for harvesting other fruit and vegetable row crops as well as for transplanting, weeding, and blossom removal. Available as an option is a weather protection canvas canopy that stretches over the entire machine.

Cost: $8,000 (Contact supplier for current pricing)

Impairment Category: Back, Lower extremity, Strength/endurance