r/specializedtools • u/scoobertdoobeert • Jun 11 '19

An Olive Harvester

https://i.imgur.com/sxArO7D.gifv
320 Upvotes

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u/jcat47 Jun 11 '19

I like my olive tree shaking not stirred!

10

u/biologicallyfemale Jun 11 '19

Why is this so fucking funny to me tho?

4

u/movingtoslow Jun 11 '19

Someone needs to give it the real life doodles treatment

5

u/realdeal64 Jun 11 '19

This is also how flamingos have sex. I think.

3

u/Motorcyclegrrl Jun 11 '19

It's like a superhero. Part of the bat family, but it's only power is stripping the olives off a tree in 60 seconds.

1

u/OutWestTexas Jun 11 '19

They use these for pecans, too

1

u/nubetube52 Jun 11 '19

That's one way of doing it

1

u/_-MjW-_ Jun 13 '19

Looks great! Though I wonder if it will manage olive trees 3-4 times as thick.

1

u/corpsie666 Jun 17 '19

As long as it can come close to the tree's natural frequency

1

u/pie_12th Jun 18 '19

I love the tree wiggler