Harvesting System Design and Performance - Engineering and Science of Biomass Feedstock Production and Provision - page 118

Fig. 5.33 ( a ) Front-mounted tractor loader and ( b ) self-propelled front-end loader used in
whole-stick harvesting of sugar cane. Adapted from [ 21 ]
Self - Propelled Front - End Loader . The bell loader, a three-wheeled fixed-arm
loader, is equipment designed for sugar cane which has exceptional maneuverabil-
ity. It can handle both heaped and windrowed cane with a throughput rate of
30-40th −1 (see Fig. 5.33b ).
Swivel Loader . This type of loader is mainly used for loading cane stacked beside
roads.Loadingcapacityintheieldisabout40-45 th −1 while its capacity is about
60-65th −1 when loading from the headland.
Power - Loading Trailer . This machine is typically designed to lift and transport the
cane bundles over the side (side loader) or back of the trailer using a winch.
ContinuousLoaders
Pushloader . This tractor-mounted machine consists of forks designed to push the
windrows to form a heap in front of the tractor. A claw gathers the heap formed by
the fork and picks it up to load into a truck. These machines can typically handle
60-80th −1 .