Background to Olympus Olive Contractors

Keith & Joy Boyd began planting olive trees 4 years ago & today have a small grove of 1200 trees at Lockwood (12km south of Bendigo).  They realised at the time that there was an unfilled need for mechanical harvesting in the olive industry and spent the next few years researching the harvesters that were available.  Whilst mechanical olive harvesting is still a fledgling industry, there are a number of harvesters available, from inventions that have been made to fit on tractors, converted coffee harvesters to large straddle harvesters and tree shakers.  After initially trialling a tree shaker in 2003, Keith and Joy have now decided on an over the row, self propelled olive harvester for the 2004 olive harvest following field trials that demonstrated high efficiency  and minimal tree damage.

As owner growers, Keith and Joy understand the importance of looking after your investment, and providing a flexible cost effective service.