Here are some movie clips of the Geiger Lund
selective mechanical asparagus harvester in operation. The movies
were
taken in the spring of 2007, in Pasco Washington.
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Front View Clip
1 This clip was taken with the video camera mounted in front of
the header looking back under the header.
Side
View Clip
2 The camera is mounted on the side of the header for this
video. Nice view of cutting and picking up.
Big Side View Clip 3
(38 Mb) This is a really good side view shot...camera mounted on
the header.
Free
Style Clip 3 (20 Mb) For this
video the camera was hand held, with various shots of the machine
harvesting asparagus...conveyors etc.
If you have trouble playing any of these videos, I've posted them on You Tube. Search
for "asparagus harvester". Here is a link to youtube.
YOUTUBE