Campagnola Elektra - 185-270 cm Carbon Telescopic Pole - Electric Olive Harvester

The Elektra battery-powered olive harvester by Campagnola is designed for olive collection and is equipped with a 180/270 cm telescopic pole entirely made in carbon.

It allows fast harvesting and features a head which mounts rakes with opposite movement. This model stands out for its great weight balance.

The head and the flexible and interchangeable rakes are built from high strength technopolymer.

This harvesting power tool is ideal for use with well-pruned trees with not too thick foliage. The prongs "comb" the branches with an opposite motion which allows them to easily slide into the foliage.

• 185-270 cm telescopic carbon pole

Made in Italy

The most important features to consider when choosing a carbon pole instead of an aluminium one are:

• Higher sturdiness;
• More rigidity means higher control;
• 300 g less heavy than the aluminium one;

New telescopic pole (longer than previous models) extra light and completely made of CARBON , equipped with quick coupling.

• Length of the rotating carbon pole: 185-270 cm

* with the head mounted the Elektra olive harvester reaches a length of approx. 3 m with the pole at maximum extension.

The length of this pole is the ideal configuration of this olive harvester, because the motor is mounted at the end of the pole.

Perfect for use with shorter olive trees, we recommend to grip the pole from the middle to maintain a weight balance of 50%-50% (just like shown in the upper diagram) making its operation even more comfortable.

The rotating pole on the tool is 100% made of carbon, thus resulting both sturdy and extremely lightweight.

Despite its large size, the head on this olive harvester weighs only 1100 g. This is the first electric olive harvester equipped with a head that weighs as much as that fitted to pneumatic models (to date, regarded as the lightest)

The harvester models found on the market today feature the motor mounted on the head of the tool, which results in a weight of around 1800 g.

The transmission is located in the head (motor-free) which is very slim and lightweight, with practically no space requirements. It offers a great ease of handling when working inside the plant foliage.

The covers protect from dust, dirt, bumps and all the mechanisms that transmit movement to the rakes.

Focus on the rakes movement

Super-strong head transmission. In fact, it boasts a very straightforward construction and is built with only a few gears made of very high-strength hardened steel. No presence of cams, spider assemblies, connecting cross shaped rods or other mechanical components subject to a quick wear-and-tear process and that require constant maintenance.

Elektra only requires the lubrication of the overhead transmission via the dedicated plug pictured in the photo

The head unit is protected by a sturdy housing made of ABS which protects from dust, dirt and bumps all the mechanisms that transmit movement to the rakes.

The prongs are made of resistant thermoplastic RESIN. This results in an exceptional flexibility combined with an extraordinary durability.

Very long prongs mounted alternatively with shorter ones carry out the collection work. The advantage of different prongs lengths is the exceptional ability to penetrate deeply into the foliage, thanks to the sparser front, and to the overall exceptional length of the prongs, are much longer than all comb harvesters on the market today.

The prongs can be interchanged in case of accidental break.

ADVANTAGES of the rake with long and short prongs:

• Better ability to penetrate into the foliage.
• Greater working width (26 cm) compared to competitors.
• Greater respect for the plant and significantly reduced twig and leaf breakage compared to all other harvesters with equally long prongs.
• It can work on any type of olives, from large table olives to the smaller ones which are more resistant to detachment, thanks to the reduced distance between the short and the long prongs.

Extremely flexible prongs combined with extraordinary resistance. The sturdy construction of the prongs makes it virtually indestructible.

The motor located at the end of the pole gives this olive harvester exceptional balancing, which translates into less fatigue during use.
However, 99% of harvesters on the market today still feature the motor mounted on the head: which is an easier and more affordable solution but makes the harvester extremely unbalanced, heavy and very tiring to use.

It is important to remember that in most cases the harvester is operated at the bottom of a pole, and if the weight is all concentrated at the top, it becomes really heavy to handle and certainly impossible to use for a whole day.

That is why when choosing a harvester one should not only consider the total weight, as this alone is not an indication of comfort of use.

The comfort of use stems not from the total weight but from balancing weights, achieved by mounting the motor at the bottom of the pole.

Very powerful 325 watt motor

* other motors fitted on olive harvesters on the market deliver about 100 to 300 Watt

Despite the considerable size of the rakes, it can deliver up to over 1250 rotations per minute.

Support base with cable grommet. It offers total protection to the extension cable and to the motor connection socket both during the working phase, when the cable is pulled constantly, and when not in use, with the equipment stored and placed vertically to the ground.