Evaluation of the Performance of a Locally Manufactured Palm Service Platform

Abstract A field experiment was carried out in one of the orchards Al-Qassim district Babel Governorate to find ability a locally manufactured platform serve palm trees by working flat and uneven orchard land, tree heights 4, 8, 12 meters, it performs pollination, pruning harvesting services. The time ascent descent, service, palm/hour productivity were measured. randomized complete block design with three replications used split split-plot arrangement. nature land (flat or uneven) represented main plots, height (4, 12) sub-plots, service operations (pollination, pruning, harvesting) sub-sub plots. data analyzed compared according L.S.D test at probability level 0.05. results indicated that there is significant effect factor type on studied characteristics. highest for descent 101.22 50.86 seconds, respectively, serving 95.40 seconds/palm process, least 7.33 trees/hour process. There interaction between tree’s land’s regarding difference both times ascent, tree. Based previous, possible use groves reduce suffering farmers from difficulty performing necessary trees, especially those high altitudes.