Vine shoot pruning machine VITECO

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Each year the job of manually stripping bits of vine and canes after pruning is a highly challenging vineyard task. A considerable amount of time and physical effort is required to do this. The cane pruner VITECO from ERO strips and mulches cane in one pass while minimizing the manual work steps before and after the cane pruner is deployed. How you benefit Fast | Economical | Efficient -The physically demanding work of cane removal is carried out mechanically. Only minor preparation work and work after cane removal has to be done by hand. -Yields a return starting from 35 ha -High output .Surface performance: 2 ha/day .Work speed: up to 8 km/h -Only minimal adjustments to vineyard necessary -Low center of gravity and compact mounting thanks to a new lift mast design -Compatible with all narrow row tractors -Rugged and hard-wearing Operating principle and efficiency features Each year the job of manually stripping bits of vine and canes after pruning is a highly challenging vineyard task. Depending on the grape variety the time required for cane stripping accounts for 35 to 60 man-hours/ha or about 20 – 25 percent of total annual labor input for mechanized pruning. A considerable number of seasonal workers usually have to be deployed to complete this task. The bureaucratic work and organizational effort involved in this ties up resources and incurs hidden costs. Using the ERO Cane Pruner VITECO significantly reduces the workload for your skilled vineyard workers because only fruiting canes require pruning.