Almeida, ArlindoPeça, José2013-08-202013-08-202012Almeida, Arlindo ; Peça, José (2012). Assessment of the oli-picker harvester in Northeast Portugal. Acta Horticulturae. ISSN 0567-7572. 949, p. 359-3640567-7572http://hdl.handle.net/10198/8593Trunk and bough shakers are common equipment for olive harvesting, and therefore information about their performance is becoming available. For less common equipment like canopy shakers, there is a lack of information relative to their field work capacity. The Oli-picker harvester is commercially available, and operates brushing the tree canopy with a spiked cylindrical coomb mounted on a hydraulic articulated arm, making possible operation, inside or around the olive tree crown. This paper presents results from three years of observation of the Oli-picker harvester in Trás-os-Montes (northeast of Portugal), including the methodologies of work followed in the field, the work rates found and expected costs.engOlivesMechanical harvestingOli-pickerjournal article10.17660/ActaHortic.2012.949.52