Berry harvesting machine OSKAR A01

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Trailed Berry harvester - OSKAR A01 Harvester for Currants, Haskap, Rosehips, Aronia & Others


The OSKAR A01 is a high-performance trailed berry harvester engineered for professional, full-row berry harvesting. It stands as the premier choice for a specialized currant, aronia, and haskap harvester. This versatile pull-type machine excels in picking blackcurrants, redcurrants, aronia (chokeberries), gooseberries, haskaps (honeyberries), saskatoon berries, and rose hips. Furthermore, it is uniquely configured for autumn-fruiting raspberry varieties—including Polka, Polana, Polesie, and Poemat—ensuring the highest yield quality with minimal fruit loss.


Performance and Efficiency Benchmarks
The OSKAR A01 trailed berry harvester comes fully equipped as standard, delivering exceptional fruit purity and high harvesting efficiency—the ideal solution for large-scale, professional plantations. It features an innovative V-shaped shaking system with interchangeable picking heads ( 920 or BOS) tailored to specific crops: 

• Market-Leading Harvest Accuracy: Achieve 95–99% collection with <1% impurities.
• Minimal Fruit Loss: Below 1–2% for currants/aronia and <5% for soft haskaps.
• High Productivity: Harvesting capacity of 0.25–0.5 ha/hour at speeds of 0.4–1.8 km/h.
• Large-Scale Performance: Optimized for commercial plantations of 15–20 hectares.
• Tractor Requirement: Compatible with tractors of 80 HP or higher.

Why the OSKAR A01 is the Top Professional Choice for Currant & Aronia Growers

• Dual Offset Shaking Heads: The OSKAR A01 trailed berry harvester features two BOS shaking heads for currants and aronia, or patented 920 heads for haskaps and raspberries. Each picking section includes nine customizable metal or plastic shaking elements, independent hydraulic tilt, and adjustable vibration amplitude to maximize yield across both low and tall shrubs while ensuring total plantation protection.
• Innovative Hinged Divider: This vertically adjustable, hydraulic slim-profile unit protects berry bushes by ensuring a smooth plant transition between conveyors with zero fruit loss. Its adaptive design is engineered for full-row berry harvesting, safeguarding both low-growing shrubs and tall bushes from mechanical damage.
• Advanced Conveyor & Durability: This system features variable-speed longitudinal conveyors in a V-shaped configuration with an adjustable gap to perfectly match the bush crown, ensuring efficient collection from low-lying branches. All fruit transport conveyors include adjustable speed controls and an innovative chain protection system to prevent excessive tension and maximize machine longevity.
• Superior Fruit Cleaning: Equipped with dual high-speed adjustable fans (1,200 rpm) to effectively remove leaves and debris, maintaining under 1% contamination.
• The #1 Best-Seller Full-Row Trailed Berry Harvester for Currants, Aronia & Haskap: The OSKAR A01 is the leading full-row berry harvester in Europe for currants, aronia, rosehips and haskap. As the industry benchmark for reliability and clean fruit collection, it is trusted by professional growers worldwide, including North American operations like Xander Farm in Canada. When harvesting haskaps and blackcurrants, the OSKAR A01 delivers premium-quality fruit with negligible losses, making it the top choice for large-scale commercial success

Maneuverability and Ease-of-Use Features
The OSKAR A01 is engineered for superior field agility and operator comfort, making it the most user-friendly trailed berry harvester on the market

• Advanced Steering Wheels: Features high-precision hydraulic steering with a 35 steering angle for effortless U-turns and tight maneuvers in narrow plantation rows.
• Automatic Re-Centering Sensors: Integrated sensors work with a dedicated pre-controller and visual indicators to provide real-time alignment data. This ensures flawless row tracking and allows the operator to instantly verify wheel position for maximum berry harvesting precision.
• Adjustable Harvester Width: The front axle extends for maximum stability during harvesting and retracts to a narrow profile for safe road transport.
• Dual Control Systems: Includes a wireless control panel (30m range) for operation from the tractor cabin, plus a dedicated rear panel for direct machine adjustments in the field.
• Hydraulic Work Platforms: Foldable rear platforms support up to 500 kg pallet bins or 20–30 small boxes with trays on each side, optimized for high-volume collection.
• Working Lights & Protective Roofs: Equipped with high-intensity drive and working lights for night harvests, plus protective roofs to shield operators and fruit from sun and rain.

Technical Specifications:

• Mounting method to tractor: 2 hitch-point linkage Category 2
• Number of harvested row: 1
• Tractor Capacity: Min. 52 kW/70 HP
• Shaking fruits Head: 2 x (BOS or 920)
• Drive of working units: Hydraulic pump through the transmission PTO shaft
• Drive: Internal hydraulics system of the harvester
• Staff Required: Tractor Operator 2
• Working Length: 6400 mm
• Working Height: 2450 mm
• Working Width: 4500 mm
• Working Width with 3 Bins Trailer: 4700 mm
• Platfrom Capacity without Trailer: 2 x 750 Kg 1,500 Kg
• Length: 5100 mm
• Height: 2400 mm
• Width: 2900 mm
• Net Weight: 3 800 Kg

Optional Fruit Collection Systems: Beyond the Standard Model

• WZ-010: Empty Box Tray Storage: Holds 12–24 empty boxes to free up rear hydraulic platforms for full pallet bins, optimizing workflow and enabling continuous berry harvesting.
• WZ-008: Soft Fruit Sorting Attachment: Features a pre-separator, extra conveyor, and manual sorting seat for haskaps and raspberries, ensuring real-time quality control and maximum fruit purity.
• WZ-001: Roller Platform: Specifically designed for 1200×1000 mm pallet boxes, this specialized roller system ensures smooth, rapid unloading.
• Fruit Bin Trailers: The Hydraulic Unloading Trailer (HM2 /HM3) handles 2–3 pallet boxes via conveyor-based fruit transfer and is towed behind the berry harvester, while the HS3 trailer carries up to 4 Euro pallets and includes a small-box support tray for direct fruit reception from the harvester.
• Side Hydraulic Platforms WZ-002: Our Side Hydraulic Roller Platforms accommodate two pallet boxes per side and feature a tilt function for easy unloading, while the Rotatable Fruit Conveyor provides foldable, two-way transport to either side platforms or rear trailer bins.
• Customized Berry Collection Systems: We offer specialized systems, including extended side-delivery conveyors, tailored to your field requirements. Please note that these custom configurations require extended delivery lead times for specialized engineering and manufacturing.