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TEWARDSHIP
Flory Industries, Inc. encourages the owners and operators of all equipment to be safe and courteous. Some
equipment will generate dust and /or flying debris. Please be aware of near by traffic and road conditions. Be
especially careful when maneuvering at row ends and turning onto public roads.
Operators should always take great care so as not to obscure drivers’ vision on public roads with dust
discharge. All operators should be informed about safe and courteous operation, especially in highly populated and
urban areas. Operators should also consider such things as wind speed, wind direction, etc.
Here are some suggestions that will help to reduce risk and allow you to have a safe and friendly harvest:
When sweeping, try to keep from blowing dust onto the roadway whenever possible.
When harvesting or conditioning parallel to a road, keep fan discharge pointed toward orchard. This
might mean making several deadhead passes. Do the first three rows this way if possible.
When harvesting or conditioning in a traffic area, slow down forward speed and the engine RPM. These
two items will greatly reduce the dust generated. The product will have a little more trash but it will be
hardly noticeable.
When working along a roadway put up CAUTION signs warning drivers of dust in the area.
When moving equipment on the road, install yellow flashing lights that warn other drivers of a slow
moving vehicle.
Always display the SMV (Slow Moving Vehicle) sign when traveling on public roads. The law
requires this to be displayed when moving as speeds below 25 MPH. This sign is to be removed
when the machine is being transported on a trailer, if the sign is visible from behind.
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NVIRONMENTAL
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Flory Industries, Inc. is aware that harvesting of tree nuts can be a very dusty operation. In an effort to be
as friendly as possible to our neighbors and environment, we recommend a few dust control measures:
SWEEPER: Always make sure that the sweeping head is adjusted properly so as to sweep the nuts, but not
put excessive dirt in the windrow that must be picked up later by the harvester.
It is not necessary to run the sweeper engine at full throttle if satisfactory blowing results can be
obtained at reduced engine speed. Lower engine RPM means less dust being generated.
Use a minimum number of sweeping and blowing passes. Sometimes an extra pass for a few
nuts costs more in labor and fuel than the value of the nuts, plus the additional dust that was made.
HARVESTER: While the harvester will pick up nuts at a very fast ground speed, it has been demonstrated that a
reduced ground speed will produce less dust and deposit a cleaner product in the cart, with only a
small overall increase in elapsed time, mainly because the harvester does not have to wait on an
empty cart or Shuttle.
CARTS: It is always advisable to keep the frequently traveled roadways sprinkled by a water truck to
minimize the dust when transporting nuts out of the field to the road side elevator.
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