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Stone Picker Clears Fields Fast
Almost 30 percent of Poland’s cropland is covered with large amounts of fieldstones, making cultivating, seeding, and harvesting difficult.
To tackle this issue, Husarya, a Polish machinery company, developed the heavy-duty, single tractor-operated SCS 100 Stone Picker, which harvests the stones as valuable sales commodities for landscapers, gardeners, builders, and construction companies.
The massive picker, with a working width of 5 1/2 m (16 1/2 ft.), features unique components, including double-sided digging and gathering rotors, a stone carrying and cleaning system, and a large collection container, all capable of operating with direction from an intuitive control panel.
PTO-driven 30.7-in diameter rotors sporting 12.2-in. teeth run in front of the unit, gathering stones from 1 to 25 in. in size up to a depth of 7.8 in. Rocks are directed to a center conveyor, and a rotating drum sieve knocks the soil from them. The drum deposits the stones into a 3-cu. meter collection tank with a tipping height of 11 1/2 ft.
All other machine operations, including depth adjustment, conveyor, cleaning drum, and unloading, are hydraulically driven and protected against excessive load damage by automatic clutches.
“Most of our stone collection machines are assembled with all possible options, creating an effective solution,” says Marcin Wiśniewski, Husarya co-creator. “Customers can deduct elements such as the control panel with a hydraulic distributor, brakes, two (not four) wheels, or a row of rotors, but after subtracting these options, the machine loses some efficiency.”
The SCS 100 stone pickers have been manufactured since 2018 by a family company in Poland.
They’re sold throughout Europe, but Husarya lacks a current North American contractor, although they’re ready to open new markets.
“We’re a young company, but the products we sell have received good opinions from customers,” Wiśniewski says. “This has created a rapid expansion in Europe. Now, it’s time for other continents.”
Wiśniewski explains collection depth, stone cleanliness, innovative controls, container size, and unloading height set their machine apart from their competition.
A fully equipped SCS 100 costs between $140,000 and $150,000 USD.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Husarya, Stare Gumino 10, Dzierzaznia, Masovian Voivodeship 09-164 Poland (ph + 48 606 722 426; usarya.polska@gmail.com; www.usarya.com).


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