ʻO kahi mea ʻohi potato ponoʻī i hana ʻia e Grimme e hōʻemi i ka nui o ka poʻe e pono ai no ka ʻohi ʻana.
Ma Steijn Potato Farms ma Ioka, PEI lākou i ka pilikia i ka ʻimi ʻana i ka hana mākaukau e holo i kā lākou ʻohiʻohi ʻana i kaʻuala. ʻO kā lākou mau māla i ʻokoʻa i ka nui me nā ālai a puni. ʻOiai ke ʻelemakule nei kā lākou ʻohi ʻoka a pono e pani hou ʻia, ua hoʻomaka lākou e noʻonoʻo i kā lākou koho.
No Holani ʻo Rene Steijn a ua hana pū ʻo ia me nā mea ʻohiʻohi ponoʻī, kahi mea e koi ai i hoʻokahi mea lawelawe e holo iā lākou - ke hoʻoponopono nei i ka pilikia hana a Steijn. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Rene a me kāna keikikāne ʻo Robin e noiʻi i nā ana hoʻohālike ponoʻī. ʻAʻohe mea ʻohiʻohi ponoʻī ma Prince Edward Island, no laila ua hoʻomaka lākou e nānā i ka lawe ʻana i hoʻokahi i ka mokupuni.
Aia kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona ʻelua i hopu i ko lākou manaʻo - ka Grimme Varitron 470 a me ka Dewulf Kwatro. ʻO ke k Grkohu Grimme kahi ʻohi ʻehā lālau ponoʻī ponoʻī e maʻalahi e hoʻokele me kāna kaʻa huila. Loaʻa iā ia kahi bunker ʻehiku ton i ʻae ʻia no ka ʻohi hōʻoki ʻole ʻana ma muli o ka pūnaewele bunker hiki ke hoʻohuli ʻia. E hiki nō i nā Steijn ke loaʻa iā ia ma o kā lākou mea kūʻai aku Grimme kūloko, HJV Equipment.
"He koho maikaʻi paha kekahi," i ʻōlelo ʻo Robin i kahi nīnauele kelepona. "Ua hele mai ka Dewulf ma nā ala a ʻaʻole mākou i manaʻo He pono ia e loaʻa kahi ʻōnaehana me ko mākou kūlana lepo."
ʻAʻole maʻamau ka poʻe ʻohi uala ponoʻī ma ʻAmelike ʻĀkau e like me lākou ma ʻEulopa. Ma ke komohana hou aʻe mai ka Maritime ke loaʻa nei iā lākou ka kaulana me kahi laikini Lenco i hana ʻia e Advanced Farm Equipment i loaʻa. Me kahi mea hoʻoheheʻe ponoʻī ʻaʻole pono ia e huki ʻia ma hope o kahi tractor a ʻaʻole pono i kahi windrower e hana pū ana me ia. ʻO kahi kalaka e holo kokoke ana i ka mea hōʻiliʻili e hōʻiliʻili i nā spuds, ʻaʻole nō hoʻi e koi ʻia.
"ʻO ke kiko kūʻai aku o kēia mea ʻohiʻohi ma luna o kahi mea ʻohiʻohi maʻamau āu e huki ai ma hope, ʻo ia wale nō kahi mea lawelawe a hoʻokahi mīkini, a laila hele wale mai nā kalaka i ke kula a kali i ka mea hōʻiliʻili e hoʻopiha i kāna hopper ponoʻī," Blair Cobb, lawelawe mea ʻenehana ma HJV Equipment, wehewehe i ka nīnauele kelepona.
Ma Steijn Potato Farms ka hana i hōʻemi ʻia a me nā mīkini i hana i kahi ʻano nui i ka wā o ka ʻohi ʻana i ka makahiki i hala. Me ke kau maloʻo e ulu ana ma nā Maritime, ua mākaukau nā mea kanu ʻuala e ʻeli i nā manawa like ʻole me nā haki ma waena o nā māla. Inā pono e hoʻolimalima nā Steijns i kahi kime no ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana he pono lākou e ʻeli mau. Ua hiki i nā Steijns ke kanu i ka palaoa hoʻoilo no ka manawa mua loa, no ka pono ʻole o nā tractors no ka ʻohi ʻana.
"Manaʻo wau (ka ʻO Grimme Varitron 470) maikaʻi maoli. Manaʻo wau ua hana pololei ia i ka mea a mākou e makemake ai e hana, aia kekahi mau mea i loli iki. Akā i nā mea āpau, ʻaʻohe nui nā pilikia, "wahi a Robin.
Me ke kau maloʻo e ulu ana, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻāʻo ʻia nā hiʻohiʻona āpau o ka Grimme Varitron 470. Hoʻomaopopo ʻia nā ʻohiʻohi ponoʻī no ka hiki ke ʻeli i nā ʻano pulu ma mua o kā lākou mau hoa maʻamau.
"(E ʻohiʻohi ponoʻī) hiki ke ʻohi ma nā wahi pulu kahi ʻaʻole hiki i kahi mea ʻohiʻohi maʻamau no ka mea ʻo ka towing maʻamau ma hope o nā ʻohi e pono ai i kahi kalaka e pili ana iā lākou i nā manawa āpau, a laila nā poʻe hoe makani i mua o lākou," wehewehe ʻo Cobb.
Aia ka hoihoi mai nā mea ulu ʻē aʻe i ʻōlelo ʻo Cobb. Lana ʻo ia e hiki hou mai ana i ka PEI i ka wā e hiki mai ana.