| 摘要 |
A windrowing machine for raking fruit from the ground under rows of trees including a powered three-wheeled vehicle having a boom pivotally supporting a low profile main rake and a slide rake both of which are partially supported by caster wheels. The boom is pivoted to the vehicle midway between the front and rear wheels to minimize the adverse effect of ground undulations, and the slide rake and main rake have low profiles to avoid low tree branches. The main rake covers a swatch inwardly of the centerline of the tree row and forms a straight windrow under the vehicle. The slide rake overlaps the main rake and is movable between an extended position projecting partially beyond the tree row centerline and a retracted position moved toward the vehicle out of the tree row centerline in response to contact of a slide rake actuator with a tree trunk or other obstacle.
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