We’re running all three teams this week and things have been going pretty well! Our Green team has been working steadily behind the office and the new turns for the tractor trailers have been getting a workout while our crews are hauling fruit to the Ocean Spray receiving station in Chatsworth.
The trucks are wired to a set of lights so the gathering team leader can communicate effectively from the bog side cleaner’s platform. When one section of the trailer is full, the team leader hits a button and the yellow light in the truck cab indicates that it’s time to move forward! If the driver moves up a little too far, the team leader will use the red light indicator to tell the driver to back up.)
Once the truck is full, it’s time to head down the road!
Once the driver gets to the receiving station, he drives to the scales, where he turns in the paperwork and Ocean Spray takes some initial samples.
He is assigned a pool number, then drives around back and backs up to the assigned pool.
The crew at the station then start running the equipment needed to clear the berries from the trailer and take additional samples as needed.
When the truck is empty, it’s back around to the scales to be weighed again, and off again home to pick up another load!