2-Row Sweet Potato Vine Lifter/Puller/Shredder

Related Notice: 12405B21Q0100

Contract Award Number: 12405B21P0501

Description: The requirement is for a 2-Row Sweet Potato Vine Lifter/Puller/Shredder designed to destroy the above-ground vegetation of sweet potato prior to digging potatoes. The equipment shall meet the following specifications:

- The equipment connection shall be 3-point lift Cat. II or III and operate over 2 rows in a single pass.

- The equipment shall be adjustable for use on a bedding system with 40” row centers and bed dimensions depicted in Diagram 1.

- The equipment shall have two adjustable coulters in front for cutting vines.

- The equipment shall have four adjustable coulters in the rear for cutting vines.

- The equipment shall have lifters in the front to lift vines growing horizontally across the ground into the puller/shredder.

- The equipment shall have a rubber roller mechanism to pull vines into the shredder.

- The equipment shall have a flail mechanism to shred/mulch the vegetation into small pieces.

- The equipment shall be similar in design and function to the Strickland Bros.

Enterprises Model SB131303 Vine Snapper