MANITOU and the olive application

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Olive plantations

1) Harvesting manually

2) Harvesting mechanicaly with a tractor

3) Harvesting mechanicaly with a Manitou

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MANITOU MLT 741-120 LSU PS key points :

� excellent load chart (capacity/lifting height/forward reach) forusing the vibrator as you need :

for extanding the boom for going underneath the tree

for unloading olives into a trailer

� LSU technology (piston pump+DDIC main control valve+JSM

lever+special kit) = enough flow 150 l/mn + pressure 270 bars foran efficient harvest

� 40kph for driving the machine on road

� Maneuvrability with the 3 steering modes

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Differents solutions adapted for each customers

MLT fitted with an umbrella olive harvester MLT fitted with a classic olive harvester

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Remote control inside the MLT cabfor using the vibrator

Trunk vibrators different according to the tree (diameter, variety)

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Bucket for collecting the olivewith a trap door (#400l)

weight : 1300 kg (attachment) + 700 kg (olive) = 2000 kg

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Productivity : 2 trees / minute

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• MANITOU key points :

-MANITOU, leader in rough-terrain handling equipment

-There is always a MANITOU dealer near you

-More than 100 units are working in the olive application

-Sharing our expertise for this application

-Also available for others fruits

-Even more efficiency and productivity

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•MANITOU guideline :

Based on information provided by customers, or more usually following a visit

to the plantation, we can prepare a simulation to define the most suitable typeof machine for each grove and the resulting profitability :

1) Total surface area cultivated

2) Size of plots

3) Varieties of olive trees

4) Age of trees

5) Trunk diameter

6) Type of soil

7) Topography of groves

8) Distance between trees

9) Number of trees per grove

10) Others applications on the farm with the Manitou