A SELF-PROPELLED THREE ROW AUTOMATIC SEEDLING PLANTER

Mechanization of nursery and planting ("injection planting") operations involving large quantities of seedlings requires constant dimensions of the potted seedling (planting bullet). Packaging, growing, shipping and planting these seedlings require a modular container which can accommodate a sequence of related requirements and constraints. This can best be met by injection molding the container from a versatile and relatively inexpensive thermoplastic. The planting bullet preserves the physiological condition of the seedling during transfer from nursery to plantation, eliminates root deformation, and allows for root development. A new machine, the ReForester, has been developed for injection planting which is capable of planting three rows of seedlings simultaneously, while traversing over logging slash. Development of the planting process is outlined from manual planting gun, through automatic injection machine, to self-propelled planter.

• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at SAE West Coast International Meeting, Portland, Oregon, 6-9 August 1979.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • Walters, J
• Publication Date: 1979

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 10 p.
• Serial:
  • SAE Technical Paper
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
  • ISSN: 0148-7191
  • EISSN: 2688-3627
  • Serial URL: http://papers.sae.org/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Agricultural equipment; Planting
• Uncontrolled Terms: Agricultural machinery
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00387300
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE 790780, HS-029 385U
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 30 1984 12:00AM