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Harvesting Trolleys
Harvesting trolleys aren't only used for vegetable and fruit picking; there are picking trolleys for every eventuality. From small market gardens to commercial producers and farms, harvesting trolleys make collecting produce more practical and comfortable, ensuring workers are less prone to stiffness and fatigue. With such versatility, you'll also find them in busy warehouses, supermarkets, and office blocks, moving everything from strawberries, tomatoes, and potatoes to mail packets and parcels, product packages, and everything in between.
Why Use Harvesting Trolleys?
Harvesting trolleys make collecting and transporting produce from the field or greenhouse to production and packing easier, safer and more comfortable for workers, while providing the best protection for vulnerable crops. Every single strawberry, pepper, lettuce, and tomato is vital to the bottom line, so it's important to protect delicate fruits and vegetables, preventing as little as possible from being thrown away. They're also handy for product segregation, with multiple shelves and separate baskets, they're a perfect solution for sorting as you go.
Each harvest trolley is designed and equipped with the ideal tools for the job, protecting produce until it's safely packaged and protecting workers to reduce possible downtimes. As far as productivity benefits go, agricultural ergonomics studies have shown that workers using crop-specific trolleys, with adjustable-heights, padded seats, knee rests, and other properties that help reduce the strain of repetitive picking, suffer less fatigue and pain and can maintain higher picking rates over the course of the day.
What Are The Different Types Of Harvesting Trolleys?
• Flatbed harvest trolleys - A simple, low-profile platform, perfect for stacking crates, trays, and more, with large wheels built to manoeuvre over all kinds of rough surfaces.
• Shelf trolleys - With multiple tiers, produce can be sorted and separated, then stacked on several levels to maximise loads and minimise trips.
• Roller track trolleys - Available with push handles or powered by electric motors, these trolleys can be small enough to push or large enough to ride. They are designed to run on tracks or rails (often made from simple heating pipes) and move along fixed pathways through greenhouses and polytunnels.
• Hydraulic scissor harvesting trolleys - The big boys of the bunch, these rideable trolleys work alongside the tallest plants and crops. They feature non-slip, adjustable height platforms, and a range of collection tools and compartments.
• Ergonomic picking trolleys - Designed with worker comfort and conditions in mind, they feature padded knee rests, seats, adjustable trays, and shelves to make picking less strenuous, reducing repetitive strain and fatigue.
So much more than a fruit-picking cart
While a harvest market trolley is designed to protect fruit, vegetables, and flowers from damage, crushing, and bruising, they do more than just that. They streamline the workflow by reducing trips, improving efficiency and saving time, and they can also serve as a mobile workstation, enabling sorting, separating, and trimming as they go. Whether used in farming and growing environments or retail or office environments, there's always the option to add task-specific components, such as data-tracking systems, roller conveyors, washing and trimming stations, soft containers, and baskets.
Whether you're pushing harvest carts around a polytunnel or picking trolleys around a supermarket, these simple additions make work easier and more efficient for your workforce.
FAQs
What crops are harvesting trolleys used for?
They're commonly used for picking strawberries, tomatoes, apples, lettuce, any kind of root veg, and more, but being so versatile, there's no limit to what you can use them for.
Can harvesting trolleys roll over rough ground?
Some can. Each harvest trolley is designed with its purpose in mind. For rough terrain over gravel paths, mud, and even fields, they can be fitted with large pneumatic tyres or with flanged wheels that run on tracks.
Are harvesting trolleys used in greenhouses?
Yes. Narrow trolleys are suited to the walkways and aisles of greenhouses and polytunnels, on tracks or paths, depending on the grower's system.
Are harvesting trolleys customisable?
Yes - 100%. There's a wide variety of add-ons, accessories, and additions to make each trolley fit for a specific task. We're happy to discuss specific needs and solutions - contact us for more information.
How do harvesting trolleys save growers money?
With fewer pains and strains from poor picking practices, less damaged, wasted produce, and faster, more efficient harvesting, picking trolleys protect resources - workers and crops - to keep boosting your bottom line year after year.