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Self-Propelled Wagon for Hand Weeding in Tree Nurseries

A method for greatly reducing the cost of hand weeding and for speeding up this op-eration has been developed by the Union Bag-Camp Paper Corporation Tree Nursery at Bellville, Ga. A self-propelled four-wheel wagon, which is manned by two people, is used. During the 1961 season use of this machine brought about the following: 1. reduced labor requirements and costs by 75 percent, 2. complete elimination of the need for temporary weeding labor, 3. the change of an expensive and unpopular job to an easy and routine operation. The basic unit of the vehicle is a regular four-wheel farm wagon with the platform removed (fig. 1). When the weeding season is over, the wagon can easily be reconverted by removing the propelling unit and replacing the platform. If a suitable wagon is not available, a frame can easily be built and fitted with wheels.


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Author(s): J. D. Ryder

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Issue 57 (1963)