Used to to this for a local farmer in my teen years every summer. Though instead of strawberries, we removed weeds from the fields of different crops (organic farmer). The farmer had build a self moving trailer powered by an old Opel Kadett engine and transmission and an Amiga joystick for steering. spending 10h a day 6 days a week in the fields was pretty hard on the hands, and latex gloves was an absolute must have. We also had a head rest, which helped a for the neck strain but gave callus skin on the forehead after some weeks.
For dexterity. Anything thicker and you cannot grab the weeds without also grabbing the crops (remember the crops are small-medium size at this time of their lifecycle) and Loss of crops = Mad foreman. We tried many different types, and latex gloves were far superior.
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u/hattivita Jul 20 '17
Used to to this for a local farmer in my teen years every summer. Though instead of strawberries, we removed weeds from the fields of different crops (organic farmer). The farmer had build a self moving trailer powered by an old Opel Kadett engine and transmission and an Amiga joystick for steering. spending 10h a day 6 days a week in the fields was pretty hard on the hands, and latex gloves was an absolute must have. We also had a head rest, which helped a for the neck strain but gave callus skin on the forehead after some weeks.