GROWTIME, an expert in the area of increasing the productivity of mushroom farms, is developing its flagship products: the PASCAL and NEWTON mushroom picking lorries are getting even better.
For people who have not yet had contact with GROWTIME’s mushroom picking lorries, it's worth mentioning that they are high-end devices that increase the profitability of mushroom farms by automating, facilitating and accelerating mushroom picking.
New product features include:
● Green energy – an innovative system for recovering electricity by charging batteries while braking the drives (thus creating the so-called green energy).
● Controller temperature monitoring system – a solution that controls the temperature of electronic components controlling the device, which guarantees their protection from potential damage.
● Incident communication system – a system informing (through the remote control and the control box) about the arising situation related to, for example, overload of a given drive or low battery charge, etc.
If you have not yet explored the possibilities of GROWTIME’s mushroom picking lorries, we encourage you to visit their product pages:
● PASCAL mushroom picking lorry – https://growtime.eu/en/produkt/pascal-picking-trolley/
● NEWTON mushroom picking lorry – https://growtime.eu/en/produkt/newton-picking-lorry/
Find out how such solutions can increase the profitability of your mushroom farm as well!
Vandechamp, a reliable customer of Mush Comb, has placed a new order for 12 pieces Compact+ picking lorries again. This is because of the good results from the first batch of 24 pieces Compact+ picking lorries. The second batch of 12 pieces Mush Comb delivered this week.
Advantages of our Compact+ picking lorry.
The pickers stand as close as possible to the shelving and can reach all heights through automatic. The Compact+ Picking Lorry is designed so that it fits through all working doors, which means no dismantling of the platform or tipping of the frame.
The safety features are tested thoroughly and comply with the conditions of the increased labour inspections.
The Compact+ Picking Lorry is developed, because the market lacked an effective picking lorry that is compact, foldable and can be handled all by the picker herself. The Compact+ Picking Lorry can be driven, hung on and taken off the rails all independently by the picker herself.
Reference Vandechamp:
The compact+ Lorrie is driving smoothly from one cell to the other and you can hang the lorry effortlessly on the rail. Once the lorry is hanging, you can easily go up and down via the control panel. You only need 1 person for the lorry, which makes a huge difference in personnel compared to the older lorries. Safety is reflected in this trolley. This has been well thought out. We are very satisfied with these lorries. It saves us manpower and the staff is also very satisfied. Only praise!
Are you also interested in one of our compact+ picking lorry?
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A Picking Lorry that is not produced for a grower, but with a grower?
That is correct! This Picking Lorry is developed together with a Dutch grower who had one simple wish:
"Make me a Picking Lorry which is worker friendly too."
The pickers stand as close as possible to the shelving and can reach all heights through automatic
The Compact+ Picking Lorry is designed so that it fits through all working doors, which means no dismantling of the platform or tipping of the frame.
Recently we delivered 60 pieces Compact+ picking lorries to Geurts Champignons in Millheeze, 20 pieces to Agarica in Hoogeveen and 8 pieces to AK Champignons in Hoenzadriel. All those orders are the second batch they ordered because of the good results from the first batch.
The big benefit of those Compact+ picking lorries are that the picker can handle this lorry by herself completely. No help needed from a second person to transfer the lorry to another room. Further they are almost maintenance free and the battery will last for more than two weeks.
Do you want to know more about the picking lorries? See here!
More than 13 years of discussions with mushroom growing farm owners around the world convinced us to make one statement: one of the main factors generating significant costs for mushroom growing farms is workers' wages, and they work most efficiently (they pick faster and more with relatively less fatigue) when optimal working conditions are created for them.
It is no secret that the worker who picks mushrooms spends most of the day on the platform of a mushroom picking trolley, and its proper construction is the key to facilitating the daily work.
Below are some of the factors that determine, in large part, whether after a day of hard work your employees are still productive and will easily return to work the next day or whether they feel physically exhausted and their productivity is simply low.
The key to optimizing the efficiency of harvesting in a mushroom growing farm is the choice of such devices that will actually speed up and facilitate the work of employees, because in the vast majority of mushroom growing farms around the world, it is the human resources that constitute one of the largest fixed costs of the mushroom growing farm's operation.
It is a common mistake to choose the cheapest trolleys, not the ones that are best thought out in terms of construction and enable the most ergonomic, and therefore efficient, work for our employees. By choosing a better, and therefore usually more expensive, solution, we can save a lot, because the process of mushroom picking will ultimately turn out to be much cheaper using the potential of the right devices.
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The article’s author is GROWTIME (growtime.eu), a manufacturer of high-end mushroom picking trolleys used by leading mushroom growing farms around the world. If you are interested in mushroom picking trolleys, then check out our leading products:
● Mushroom picking trolley PASCAL - https://growtime.eu/en/produkt/pascal-picking-trolley/
● Mushroom picking trolley NEWTON - https://growtime.eu/en/produkt/newton-picking-lorry/