Nut & Olive Tree Shakers: Maximum Efficiency

Arcusin offers three models of Nut & Olive Tree Shakers:

1. AutoPick GTi: A high-end shaker designed for efficient olive and nut tree harvesting, offering optimized, tree-friendly vibration without a telescopic arm, making it perfect for single-trunk trees.

2. AutoPick GT: A premium shaker engineered for gentle yet effective vibration, ensuring tree integrity while maximizing harvest efficiency. With its telescopic arm and self-adjusting floating head, it’s perfect for trees of any age and trunk size, from 8 to 50 cm in diameter.

3. AutoPick MT: An innovative shaker tailored for underdeveloped trees, adept at vibrating olive or nut trees with its unique extendable telescopic arm to access hard-to-reach branches.

Shakers like the AutoPick GTi significantly improve harvesting by providing optimized vibration that maximizes fruit fallout without damaging the tree, resulting in maximum efficiency and profitability.

Yes, models like the AutoPick GT are perfect for trees of various sizes, from young to adult, thanks to their self-adjusting floating head, ensuring perfect adaptation to the tree.

Our shakers, like the AutoPick MT, stand out with their patented kickback system, offering efficient and careful vibration that respects the tree’s integrity, ideal for trees with more than one trunk.

They contribute to sustainability by increasing production without damaging trees, which means production increases year after year. The AutoPick GT is an example of how advanced technology can improve profitability and sustainability.

We offer flexible configurations such as front or rear mounting, with or without umbrellas. The AutoPick GTi, for instance, is ideal for plantations with narrow frames and trees with one or more trunks.

Our shakers, like the AutoPick MT, offer maximum efficiency in product fallout, ensuring optimal collection without damaging sensitive parts of the tree like the young stem or bark.

The design of models like the AutoPick GT perfectly adapts to the needs of modern plantations, with telescopic arms for greater movement versatility and a system that allows working in confined spaces.

Power requirements vary depending on the model. For example, the AutoPick GTi operates efficiently with 90 HP front and 80 HP rear tractors, demonstrating its energy efficiency.

Yes, our shakers are easy to operate and maintain. Models like the AutoPick MT are characterized by their ease of use and low maintenance, making them accessible and cost-effective in the long term.

We ensure tree care through optimized vibration technology that protects branches, trunks, and roots. The AutoPick GT is an example of how our technology respects the tree’s integrity, ensuring its health and future productivity.

Olives are typically ready to be picked in the fall, between September and November, depending on the desired ripeness. Green olives are harvested earlier, while black olives are picked later as they mature on the tree.

Olives are often harvested at night to preserve their quality, as cooler temperatures reduce oxidation and help maintain the flavor and freshness of the olives, especially for high-quality extra virgin olive oil production.

Olive trees typically start producing fruit between 3 to 7 years after planting, depending on the variety and growing conditions.

To reduce the height of an olive tree, prune the top branches during the tree’s dormant season, typically in late winter or early spring, to encourage lateral growth and maintain a manageable size.

Yes, farmers often shake olive trees during harvest using mechanical shakers or manually, which helps olives fall from the branches more efficiently and reduces labor time.

The machine commonly used for harvesting olives is called an olive shaker or harvester, which gently vibrates the branches, causing the olives to fall onto collection nets or trays.

The fastest way to harvest olives is by using mechanical shakers or harvesters, which shake the tree to release the olives quickly and efficiently, reducing labor time significantly compared to handpicking.

Italians traditionally harvest olives by hand-picking or using small rakes and combs to gently remove the olives from the branches. In larger groves, they may also use mechanical shakers to shake the trees, causing the olives to fall onto nets spread beneath.

After picking, fresh olives can be kept for about 2-3 days at room temperature. To extend their shelf life, they should be cured and stored in brine, which can preserve them for several months to a year.

After picking, olives need to be cured to remove their natural bitterness. This can be done by soaking them in brine, dry salt, or water, and sometimes with lye, for several weeks or months, depending on the method used.

Olives are ready to pick when they reach their desired color—typically green, purple, or black—and feel firm but not too hard. You can also taste one: if it’s slightly bitter but flavorful, it’s likely ready for harvest.

After olives are picked, they are typically cleaned and then either pressed for oil or cured through various methods to make them edible, as raw olives are too bitter to eat directly.

If olives are not harvested, they will eventually fall from the tree, over-ripen, and rot. This can attract pests and may reduce the tree’s productivity for the next season.

Farmers harvest nuts by using specialized equipment that shakes the trees, causing the nuts to fall to the ground, where they are then gathered with mechanical sweepers or vacuum machines for efficient collection.

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The hardest nuts to harvest are typically almonds, walnuts, and macadamias due to their tough shells, heavy weight, and the specialized equipment needed for efficient collection and processing.

Yes, many nuts, such as almonds, pecans, and walnuts, are harvested using tree shakers, which shake the tree to release the nuts, allowing them to fall to the ground for easy collection.