Nursery Equipment

Spring Benching

Benches made by A D Spring for over 60 years are now produced by C-Mac Industries. A D Spring was closed and C-Mac Industries purchased all the stock, machinery, drawings and the rights to manufacture benches under the name of “Spring Benches”.

Standard Sizes

LENGTHS – 2350mm, 1780mm, 1180mm.
WIDTHS – 300mm, 525mm, 775mm, 1225mm.
HEIGHTS – 150mm, 750mm, 1350mm from ground level.

• Heavy duty galvanised steel tube 25.4 dia x 1.6mm thick.

• Tubes are galvanised on inside and outside surfaces

• Galvanised MESH TOPS – 75mm x 25mm x 4mm diameter mesh

Special Benches made to order

• Propagation Benches or Single/ Multi-layer Benches – available as standard or custom built sizes. 
• Continous length and special bench kits made to order.

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND PATENT NO. 551431

What is the activity?
Placing and retrieving potted plants on the ground or on benches for order picking, plant maintenance or moving.

What are the risks?

Manually placing plants in pots or trays on the ground or on benches below waist level in hot houses, or outside growing areas may involve awkward postures.
Forward bending, twisting, reaching and stretching, increases the risk of musculoskeletal injuries of the shoulder and lower back.
Work is often undertaken in cold or hot weather, on wet, slippery surfaces and in cramped conditions.
Injuries can occur suddenly if the pots are heavy and the postures is awkward, or over a period of time of wear and tear because work can be repetitive and high-paced over a whole shift.

“Each year incidents in Australian workplaces result in: 

• A total of 133,188 employment injuries were reported in 2008/09  
• 49% of all injuries in the Nursery & Garden Industry are caused by manual handling tasks.
• Enormous pain and suffering for employees and their families. Therefore, these figures alone demand better workplace safety”

-- by Ron Widman, the WHS Co-ordinator of NGINA.

See full report written by Workplace Health & Safety Officer with Nursery and Garden Industry NSW & ACT – Nursery Papers  

See full report from NGIV – Accessing Pots of Plants on the Ground or on Benches.pdf

See full report from WA Government Document-- Nursery and Garden Centres (information and check list).pdf

What is the solution?

To use nursery benches to display and grow your plants.

A proper nursery benching system offers a series of benefits:-

Reduces Injuries

• Ergonomic working height to minimize the risk of getting injuries though reducing the amount of sustained bending and reaching when accessing plants on the ground.
• Avoid working in extreme temperatures in hot houses.
• No slip footwear should be worn.

Increase work efficiency             

• Job rotation can be used to reduce repetative tasks amongst a number of workers 
• Better air circulation that makes plants grow faster (at higher propagation rates).
• Plants don’t grow into gravel and look better.

Make full use of resources  

• Save water if using multi Layer/Tier nursery benches.
• Use multi-layer/tier benches to maximize space in glasshouse/shade house or outdoor. 
• Better air circulation that makes plants grow faster giving higher production rates. (See Small growers Guide to Nursery Establishment.pdf)

Why choose C-Mac’s “Spring” Nursery Benches?

High quality

• Specially made galvanized steel mesh and heavy duty galvanized steel tube

1. Heavy duty galvanised steel tube 25.4 dia x 1.6mm thick.
2. Tubes are galvanised on inside and outside surfaces.
3. Galvanised MESH TOPS – 75mm x 25mm x 4mm diameter mesh      

• Extremely strong and light weight
• AUSTRALIAN MADE product in Sydney NSW 
• C-Mac Industries is ISO 9001:2008 Quality certified ensuring procedures are maintained and continuously improved.
• OVER 60 YEARS “Spring Benching” supplied to the horticultural industry.

Customized

• SPECIAL MADE TO ORDER because C-Mac Invests heavily on modular system which allows for flexibility in design.
• Standard product range developed in conjunction growers and specialist hobbyists.
• All your special orders are at a minimum cost, because the advanced technology of manufacturing the product requires NO ADDITIONAL SETUP OR EXTRA LABOR COSTS.

Flexible

• Spring Benching can easily be disassembled and relocated
• Stocks of parts available for instant dispatch.
• Supplied in kit form (minimize transport costs)
• Easy to assemble (See the Video below)

Why should you choose C-Mac’s Nursery "Spring Benching"

• C-Mac provides its “Spring Benching” product with better quality, good ergonomic working height, greater width so more plants can be placed on benching.
• Many existing customers kept coming back to C-Mac to purchase more benches due to the benefit, features, quality, longivity and service that C-Mac provides. 

More details about the products, Download:

Spring Benches Brochure.pdf

Spring Benches Features.pdf

Spring Benching Sizes.pdf

If you wish to make an inquiry, please contact our Suzi by sending emails to sales@cmac.com.au or calling 02 9631 6000

If you wish to RECEIVE UP TO $500 to help your small business (NSW companies only) be smarter and safer through the “Small Business Rebate Program” from WorkCover NSW, you can download the Small Business Rebate Application Form in which the product category has been highlighted for you.

Other nursery equipment such as potting bench, Shade house, Trailer, Pot lifter/handler which also reduce risk of getting injury and increase work efficiency are also available. 

Shade Houses

Growing vegetables and flowers or trees during the summer months in Australia has always been difficult. This is due to high temperatures, high water needs of the plants, weeds, insects, diseases and sometimes long periods of rain.

Normally a propogated plant would be moved out from a production area to an area with 70 or 80% shade, after a period there it would be moved to an area with 30% shade and thereafter into the full sun.

What is a shade house?

 A shade house is for maximum growing of indoor, shade loving plants (as opposed to full sun in a greenhouse) as well as for raising seedlings.

A shade house is a structure which usually consists of a metal frame that supports shade cloth - a type of screen that provides some passive environmental control e.g.shading the plants from excessive sunlight and wind.

In warmer climates shade houses are useful for growing a range of plants that grow well in cool to temperte regions but do not cope with the amount of hot direct sun. In a cold snap,  more elaborate shade houses can be heated to prevent frost damage to the plants.

Which plants need to be grown in a shade house?

Research has proven that optimal shading conditions are affecting significantly on the growth aspect for many species of plants.

Shade houses are ideal for growing:-

1. Fruits and vegetables
2. Tree seedlings
3. Hydroponic produce
4. Shade loving (cut) flowers: ferns, azaleas and orchids
5. Rainforest plants: gingers, monstera, philodendrons and cunjevois
6. Frost/Heat sensitive plants: fuchsias, impatiens and begonias
7. Other nursery plants that need to harden off

Why use a shade house?

Shade houses are important in plant production and gaining maximum growth, allowing plants time to acclimatize to outdoor conditions. There are a number of benefits in using a shade house:-

Protection

• Protect plants from wind, hail and pests
• Protect plants from extreme hot weather
• Protect plants which are cold or frost sensitive over winter

Improve growth

• Propagate new plants
• Grow tropical plants in cooler climates
• Increase yields and quality. The result of a healthier root system
• Improve space: Using multi-tier/layer benches in a shade house
• Grow vegetables, cut flowers or berry fruits out of season, or faster than might be achieved outside.

Save in costs

• Considerable savings in operation costs (energy, irrigation, spraying, etc.)
• Labor cost: Better work environment increases work efficiency

Increase safety

• Plant disease suppression
• Avoid workers exposing to severe weather conditions

Why use C-Mac Shade Houses?

High Quality

• Australian manufactured over the last 40 years (proven performance).
• Strong and sturdy construction.
• No sharp edges or protrusions to damage valuable shade covers.
• Frame is spaced off ground for extended life.
• Made from heavy duty galvanized tube frames (galvanized internally and externally).

Flexible

• Supplied in D.I.Y. kit form.
• Precision made patented joints which simply socket together.
• Easy to assemble with 3D instructions – no bolts or clamps.
• Shade House Kits available in gable roof, flat roof and Lean-to.
• Large range of Benches Kits available for shade house benching - using the same materials and construction methods.

Specification

Tube Frame

• Heavy duty galvanized tube frames - 25.4mm diameter x 1.6mm (Galvanized internally and externally)
• Galvanised Tube has a long life – not ultra violet light affected like plastics.
• Galvanised Tube is impervious to white ant attack

Shade Cloth

• 75% Green Shade Cloth
• Extra strong knitted shade cloth
• U.V. stabilised horticultural shadecloth fabric
• Top quality knitted shade cloth covers with individual removable panels
• Covers simply tie to frame using plastic cable ties providing a smooth clean finish.

Door

• Standard lockable hinged door located centrally on end wall
• High door openings: 2.1 metre
• Easy access: doors swing in or out.

Legs and rails

• 450mm long extension legs for concreting into uneven ground
• Inbuilt hanging rails

Download:

Shadehouse Sizes – Brochure

3D Assembly Instructions – 6 × 8 Economy Shade house

Proud owner of a newly assembled 2.4 × 4.8 metre “Spring Shade House” with 3 Tier “Spring Benching”

ALTERNATIVE TO A LARGE SHADE HOUSE
2 and 3 Tier “Spring Benching” with Shade Cloth Cover

• Heavy Duty Zippers
• Roll up Bar for front panel & roof

If you wish to make an inquiry, please contact our Richard by sending emails to sales@cmac.com.au or calling 02 9631 6000

Other nursery equipment such as potting bench, Trailer, Pot lifter/handler which also reduce risk of getting injury and increase work efficiency are also available. 

Continuous Conveyor Potting & Mixing Machine

Features

• Two (2) potting stations – single or dual potting
• No spilt potting media – continuously recycled
• Gentle conveyor motion so media doesn’t get damaged
• Mixes in fertilizer or other additives
• Variable speed control on conveyors
• Mobile System – easily pushed around on concrete floor, locks on wheels. Easy storage if needed.
• Emergency Stop Buttons at each work station
• Vibrators on hoppers with variable control.
• Adjustable sliding gates on hoppers to vary flow rates and allow storage of material in hoppers
• Slats removable to allow cleaning of bottom hoppers
• Conveyors Tail rollers have scrappers fitted
• Guarding over all moving parts
• PLC control parts standard and easily replaceable by any electrician
• Strong sturdy construction to suit Australian conditions

Specifications

• Hopper – galvanized steel or stainless steel
• Chevron rubber conveyors
• 0.5 cubic metres capacity of media in system
• Electrical cables enclosed in steel pipe
• Sealed bearings
• All steel undercoated and enamel painted – Olive Green
• Power supply – 415V

Jarvo Soil Drills

Features

• Soil Drill replacements from 25mm to 150mm diameter – Suitable for JAVO equipment
• Made from high wear resistant polyurethane with metal shaft and tip, substantially increasing their production life, especially in abrasive materials such as those used in potting mixtures. In tests they have drilled the soil in hundreds of thousands of pots with a minimal amount of wear.

Steam Sterilising Systems

Features

• Eliminate harmful bacteria and leave beneficial organisms for healthy soil
• Control sterilisation or pasteurisation levels by selecting temperature and soak times
• Fan forced air/steam mixture accelerates temperature rise
• Return air cowling allows steam to be efficiently recycled
• Reduce double handling, simply disconnect from steam unit and tow the soil to where its needed
• Versatile sides of trailer can be lowered to allow for easy removal of soil or to use as a potting bench
• Removable canopy for easy loading
• Canopy can be manufactured to suit any type of sterilising/pasteurising system

Specifications

• Manufactured from 3mm galvanised steel
• Stainless steel perforated base plate
• Front axle pivots for maneuverability
• 14” wheels
• 3 phase 415V
• 750 Litre and 1000 Litre Capacity Units
  • Dimensions – 1m wide x 1.6m high x 2m long
• 1000 Litre Capacity
  • Dimensions – 1m wide x 1.6m high x 2.6m long

Advantages of Electric Boilers

• Licensed operator NOT required by the Department of Industrial Relations (Australia) where an electric boiler of 8HP or less used in NSW
• There are no exhaust gases! Therefore flues, heat exchangers or “clean air” equipment are not necessary
• The system is “pollution free”
• No boiler room required
• No fuel storage space required
• Fast response to demand
• Silent operation
• Re-locatable
• Less space required than a fuel boiler of the same capacity
• Lower CAPITAL cost and low cost of installation
• Minimum maintenance
• No fire risk

Optional

• PLCTemperature Controller
  • 8 inputs
  • 4 heat sensor probes
  • Calculates average temperatures from probes and sends a signal to the fan to adjust temperature
  • Provides a data log of each probe – download to a PC
  • Software for graphical representation of each temperature probe
  • Printouts (see sample graph)

Steam Pasteurisation Information

Why Pasteurise?

Pasteurisation is fast, effective, efficient, safe and environmentally friendly. The ever-increasing competitiveness and drive for excellence within the horticultural industry dictates that all production systems must deliver efficient and effective processes. At the end of the day rapid growing healthy plants deliver the biggest profit.

C-Mac offers a wide variety of horticultural solutions. In particular C-Mac manufactures high quality pasteurisation/sterilisation trailers for the pasteurisation of potting media, tools, pots and propagating trays etc.

Benefits of pasteurisation

Elimination of pathogens including Phytophthora, Pythium, Chalara etc.
Elimination of weed seeds
Safeguard against crop losses
Increasing profits with potentially higher crop yields
Recycle pots and sterilise tools
Elimination of chemical usage, such as Methyl Bromide, and their disposal
Environmentally friendly, help satisfy industry regulations

How the Trailer Works

C-Mac´s Pasteurisation/Sterilisation trailers use a mixture of steam and air along with an energy efficient air recycling system. For pasteurisation the required temperature of between 60°C and 70°C is achieved with a standard boiler (30 – 50kW). For higher temperatures please consult C-Mac. Generally the time needed to raise the media to temperature is half an hour but this can vary depending on the media and the boiler size. Treatment time then takes an additional half an hour depending on the application.

Steam generated by an electric boiler is injected into a fan unit which delivers a steam/air mixture to the under carriage of the trailer. This steam/air mixture is then distributed to the contents of the trailer through a stainless steel perforated sheet. The air within the trailer is then recycled back to the fan unit.

The cool down process is achieved by running the fan with the canopy left on and generally takes between fifteen minutes and half an hour.

Once this process is completed the trailer can be disconnected from the boiler and easily manoeuvred into position (for example a potting shed). Lowering the fold-down sides allows for potting directly from the trailer. Alternatively if the trailer has a tipping mechanism, it can be maneuvered to a hopper and conveyor system.

The best way to reduce lag time is to run multiple trailers in tandem so that as one is being potted from another is being treated. Only the one boiler and fan is required!

Nursery Diseases

Some of the main pathogens of concern within the Australian nursery environment include Pythium, Phytophthora and Chalara. All of these fungi can be successfully controlled using steam/air pasteurisation at a temperature of 60°C for 30 minutes.

Pasteurisation can be considered as one of the most effective methods of disease control as it actually kills harmful pathogens rather than just suppress them like many chemical treatments.

Some of the common sources of disease pathogens include soils and river sand, but were you aware peat moss is also a potential source of harmful plant pathogens?

Knowing many nurseries rely on a river sand and peat moss mix for their propagation, pasteurisation is a method whereby growers can guarantee their infant plants have the benefit of starting in disease free media. Nurseries that have already adopted this method have remarked that there is a definite improvement in plants grown in pasteurised media as opposed to non-pateurised media.

C-Mac has undertaken research into the effectiveness and benefits of steam pasteurisation and has a number of pasteurisation solutions that can be specially customised to suit your individual requirements.

Download Pasteurisation Brochure
Download “Treatment Times & Temperatures”

Pasteurisation Cabinets

Pasteurised soil promotes healthy plant growth by the eradication of soil-borne pests, diseases and weed seeds. This is achieved without harming the beneficial bacteria.

The simplest, cleanest and most effective method of carrying out pasteurisation at 55 – 80°C, is by means of insulated soil pasteurisers.
They are fitted with special aluminium panel elements having large surface areas between which the soil is placed. Uniform Temperature is obtained throughout. The electrical loading remains constant and is unaffected by the nature of the soil.

Consistent results are thus obtained without any special experience of skill. After treatment the soil should be cooled rapidly and stored in clean hygienic conditions

Specifications

Pasteurisation Cabinet – 68 Litres

• Fitted with two specially cast aluminium 1.5kW elements
• Soil is filled at the top and emptied through the bottom by pulling out slides
• Pasteurisation time is about 30 minutes, once required temperature is reached, (max. 90 minutes total run time)
• Fitted with a 2m long x 240 volt 15 amp heat resistant cable and moulded plug
• Supplied with a dial type thermometer

Size:

• Height = 725 mm
• Width = 490 mm
• Length = 700 mm
• Weight: 64 kg

Options :

• 70 Litre galvanised bin with castors for catching product instead of dumping onto floor. (Bracing is relocated to allow bin to fit under pasteuriser).
• Other modifications can be made to suit your application or workshop.

Pasteurisation Cabinet – 210 Litres

• Fitted with six 1.5kw elements
• Soil is filled at the top and emptied through the bottom by levers on the side of unit
• Pasteurisation time is about 30 minutes, once required temperature is reached, (max. 90 minutes total run time)
• Connected to a three phase supply and should be installed by a qualified electrician
• Supplied with two dial type thermometers
• Size:
  • Height = 1,145 mm
  • Width = 745 mm
  • Length = 795 mm
• Weight: 125 kg
• Options
  • Raised frame to allow dumping into a container.
  • Hungry board for loading with a bobcat etc.
  • Other modifications can be made to suit your application or workshop.

Potting Station 4 m³

• Easily adjustable for different pot sizes, no tools required
• Gravity feed hopper
• Fill by bobcat or conveyor
• No moving parts, minimum maintenance
• Simple and reliable

Potting Station Specifications

• 4 cubic metres capacity
• Dimensions – 1.5m wide x 2.5m high x 3.2m long
• 3mm mild steel, painted finish
• Double sided operation takes up to seven 16” diameter pots on each side
• Three custom sizes of pot holding templates supplied with each potting station
• Templates are made from sturdy 3mm galvanised sheet
• Galvanised sheet metal cylinders, for potting into bags, are also available
• Option - heavy duty castors

Potting Bench and Hopper

• The simple method of setting up a workflow pattern for straight filling of tubes, trays and pots of all sizes with a bulk loaded hopper
• Manufactured from heavy galvanised steel
• Mounting frame made of robust angle iron
• Built to provide many years of uninterrupted service

Specifications

Small

• Capacity – 1.8 cubic metres
• Dimensions – 1.2m wide x 2m high x 1.8m long

Large

• Capacity – 2.5 cubic metres
• Dimensions – 1.2m wide x 2m high x 2.4m long

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Potting Trailer

• Simple method of moving potting media directly to where it’s needed and potting straight out of the trailer.

Specifications

• Capacity – 1 cubic metre
• Dimensions – 0.5m wide 1m x high x 2.4m long
• Galvanised body- 2.4m x 0.9m x 0.5m
• Both sides hinged down for your ease and convenience
  
• Open working area when sides down: 2.4m x 2m wide
• Draw bar folds up when not in tow

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"Beantree" Dispatch Bench

• Designed by a nursery person, “Liz”. It answers a lot of your dispatch problems and issues.

Reasons to have these “Beantree” pre-delivery benches

• Keep dispatch area organized and clean
• Flexibility in layout of benching can be changed to suit different situations
• Benches can be easily wheeled away to provide open space for nursery tasks in your shed
  
• Multiple benches can be placed together end to end or back to back
• Easy removal of roots by rubbing pots across the steel mesh
• All waste falls through the holes into the bin under the bench
• Minimal hand movements & body twisting by dispatch staff
• Easy disposal of cuttings
• Ergonomic work height

Potting Bench And Shelf

• Simple and effective this small bench fits into those small spaces and is ideal for propagating, potting up, or just to have a small bench to work on in dispatch or your equipment shed.
• Manufactured with a shelf underneath to help provide that extra bit of storage and versatility and made to meet the small budget

Specifications

• Small dimensions – 1,100mm wide x 600mm depth x 400mm height sides
• Half full capacity – 0.13 cubic metres
• Working height – 860mm
• Shelf height – 200mm
• Frame – 30 × 30 × 2mm galvabond
• Shelf – 2mm galvabond

Potting benches can be manufactured to give wheel chair access and appropriate working heights.

Propagation Or Potting Bench With Sides

• Folded galvanised bench top minimises contamination of old potting media caught in cracks.
• 300mm sides prevents spillage of potting media when loading bench with front end loaders
• Built to last for many years

Specifications

1.8 metres long

• Two sides 300mm high right or left handed.
• Ergonomic working height of 860mm
• 2mm galvanised bench top

2.4 metres long

• Three sides 300mm high
• Ergonomic working height of 860mm
• 2mm galvanised bench top

3.6 metres long

• Three sides 300mm high
• Ergonomic working height of 860mm
• 2mm galvanised bench top
• Consists of two 1.8 metre benches bolted together = 3.6m bench.
• Makes it easier for transport
• Can be disassembled to create two (2) 1.8m long propagating/potting benches.
• 2mm galvanised bench top folded at corners minimising contamination by old potting media in cracks.

Options

• Castors (lockable) to have benches mobile
• Bottom shelf
• Potting benches can be manufactured to give wheel chair access and appropriate working heights.

Potting Bench With Fold Down Side

• Simple and effective this large galvanised steel bench is ideal for propagating and potting up.
• Manufactured with a side that can be folded up when your front-end loader is filling the bench with soil so that the soil doesn’t spill off the edge of the bench.
• Release the barrel bolts and lower the side and have a handy clean bench top to commence your work.
• Side wings at each end of the fold down front would swing out and lock into place to stop soil spilling off ends of the working area.
• Built to an ergonomic working height of 860mm
• Galvanised steel used in manufacture, minimising rust
• Special hinging system so hinges don’t rust.

Specifications

• Dimensions (closed)- 2,400mm width x 880mm depth x 300mm height sides
• Half full capacity – 0.3 cubic metres
• Working height – 860mm
• Workspace – 2,400mm wide x 1,180mm deep when side folded down
• Sides and back – 300mm high with a double folded edge for safety
• Frame – 40 × 40 × 2mm rectangular hollow section galvabond
• Shelf – 2mm galvabond

Pot Accumulator

• Place it at the end of your take-off conveyor on the potting machine
• Gives your operator time to load trailers, etc
• Removes the problem of having to stop the potting machine because there are no trailers available to take product away
• Strong construction using rectangular hollow section, duragal steel
• Table extremities supported with bearings
• 240-volt motor and gearbox
• Adjustable feet for uneven surfaces

A.D.A.S. Potting Bench

• A.D.A.S potting bench for hand potting by four persons simultaneously.
• Hopper can be filled by a conveyor coming from a soil mixer or soil bunker.
• Researchers at the agricultural development and advisory service in england developed this hand potting bench design.
• Using the a.d.a.s nursery bench designed with 4 hand potting positions provides more efficient potting techniques and dramatically improves hand potting output rates.

Specifications

• The hopper contains 400 litres of growing media.
• Hopper is galvanised sheet etched primed and enamel painted.
• Galvanised workbench top is 2.4 metres square.
• Height to bench top is 915mm.
• Overall height to top of hopper 2,060mm
• 3mm galvanised steel deck.
• Galvanised legs and cold gal painted welds.

Other nursery equipment such as Beantree Dispatch Bench, Spring Benching, Potting Trailer, Pot lifter/handler which also reduce risk of getting injury and increase work efficiency are also available. 

C-Mac Soil Mixers

Mixing capacities available:

• 1/2 cubic metre
• 1 cubic metre
• 2 cubic metre

Larger capacities and variations on request.

• Mix any combination of potting material such as sand, soil, wood shavings, peat moss, sawdust, chemicals, fertilizer, etc.
• Features ´ribbon flights´ for mixing batches in less than 3 minutes.

Specifications

• 1/2 cubic metre capacity – 4 kw, 3 phase motor – dimensions: 1m wide x 1m long x 1.55m high
• 1 cubic metre capacity – 5.5 kw, 3 phase motor – dimensions: 1.3m wide x 1.3m long x 1.85m high
• 2 cubic metre capacity – 15 kw, 3 phase motor – dimensions: 1.5m wide x 1.5m long x 2.2m high
• Motor can be set Right Hand or Left Hand to suit the customer
• Body manufactured from painted 3mm steel
• Easy opening adjustable slide gate
• Safety mesh over main opening with auto cut off when pivoted open
• Replaceable liner
• Tie down lugs for safe transport
• Spindle easily removed if required
• Water drainage holes on both sides for washing out unit

Options

• Slippers for forklift tynes can be fitted
• Hungry board (350mm) is 2mm galvanised steel adjustable 90 degrees to suit fill position.
• Mesh exit grate
• Pasteurisation mixer

Heavy duty options available

• ‘Ribbon flights’ (mixing vanes) from bisalloy or with ‘arc sprayed’ front surface to 65 rockwell for long term durability.
  ideal where using a crushed quartz mix.
• Liner – 6mm bisalloy. both body and sides are lined. (for 2 cubic metre)

See soil mixer ribbon action:

Economy Flat-Pack Self Tracking Trailer

• Ideal for use around the farm, garden or nursery.
• Self tracking trailers follow in the path of the prime mover
• Manoeuvre a train of several trailers down narrow paths, around corners and through entrances of potting sheds
• Drawbar, heavy duty, folding, suitable for uneven terrain and different tractors.
• Galvanised tray
• Supplied in a “flat pack” to reduce freight costs

Specifications

• Tray size 1,025mm wide x 50mm deep x 2,245mm long
• Deck, 2mm galvanised steel with drain holes in corners
• Weight – 118kg
• Height – 575mm
• Capacity – 675kg
• Tyres 4“wide x 8” rim 4 ply
• Draw bar, full width to minimise mistracking
• Outside turning diameter – 3.7m
• Overall wheel width – 930mm

Download economy flat-pack self tracking trailer brochure

Standard Self Tracking Trailer

• Hot dip galvanised tray frame
• Can be supplied in a “flat pack” to reduce freight costs

Specifications

• Tray dimensions 1,220mm wide x 50mm deep x 2,440mm long
• Bed 2.5mm galvanised steel with drain holes
• Fully welded frame
• Weight – 125kg
• Height – 575mm (as an option it can be increased to suit your required working height)
• Capacity – 675kg
• Tyres 4“wide x 8” rim 4 ply
• Draw bar, full width to minimise mistracking
• Outside turning diameter – 3.7m
• Overall wheel width – 930mm

Download self tracking trailers brochure.pdf

Deluxe Self Tracking Trailer

• Ideal for use around the farm, garden or nursery.
• Heavy duty model designed with rougher terrain and tougher work in mind.
• Can be supplied in a “flat pack” to reduce freight costs

Specifications

• Tray dimensions 1,220mm wide x 50mm deep x 2,440mm long
• Bed 3mm galvanised steel with drain holes
• Fully welded frame
• Weight – 155kg
• Height – 620mm (as an option it can be increased to suit your required working height)
• Capacity – 1245kg
• Central support bar
• 4” wide x 10” rim 6ply tyres with bearing hubs
• Draw bar, full width to minimise mistracking
• Bearing pivot system

Download self tracking trailers brochure

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Low Loader Self Tracking Trailer

• Self tracking trailers follow the path of the prime mover.
• C-Mac low loading trailer helps solve the issues with moving large plants.
• Manoeuvre a train of several trailers down narrow paths, around corners and trough entrances of potting sheds & dispatch areas.
• No expensive bobcats or qualified drivers required to move large pots.
• Frees up bobcats for more important tasks.
• Reduces running time & maintenance costs on bobcats.
• Low capital investment.
• Llow loader can carry 20 off 75 litre pots per load
  (bobcat carries 3 per bucket or 5 per pallet per load).
• Minimum lifting saves on potential injuries.

Specifications

• Very strong unit
• Tray (main) 1.2 m wide by 2.4 m flat base
• Overall length 3.650 metres
• Clearance- 100mm
• Deck height 200mm
• Wheel diameter 440mm x 100mm (fork tyres)
• Turning circle- 8 metres diameter
• Can go from a 2.5 metre wide path to a 1.5 metre path
• Distributed load weight: 1980kgs
• Total low loader weight: 340kgs
• Total weight for non-highway applications
• (Fully loaded, at a max speed of 20 kmph): 2,320kgs
• Clearance is not a problem!
• Templates have been manufactured and are available to check clearances on your roadways

Options

• Hinged side ramps secured with heavy duty padbolts
• 8” turf tyres

Question:

Can you move fifty 100 litre pots with tall trees over a distance of 150m in 1 hr and not get a sore back? These trailers will let you do it.
Customised units available upon request

Low Loader Self Tracking Trailer For Passenger Transport

• Passenger self tracking trailers follow in the path of the prime mover, making possible towing a train of several trailers down narrow paths, around corners and through narrow entrances.

Specifications

• Polycarbonate roof
• Closed cell foam cushions that do not absorb liquids.
• Capacity – 8 persons (2000 kg)
• Outside turning diameter – 8 m
• Overall wheel width – 1225 mm

Plant Transport Trailer

• Special box trailer to carry the weight of wet plants in trays or pots

Specifications

• Chequered plate floor to minimise slipping
• Jockey wheel
• Spare tyre
• Mechanical brakes
• Strong rhs frame with galvanised sheet shelving having 50mm sides, safety edges and drainage holes in corners
  
• No pinching of florage between shelves
• Prevents contamination of plants when watering
• Strong canvas canopy with zippers in all corners and roll-up sides all around

Ezy Approach Trailer

Special easy loading trailer to carry “plant transport trolleys” out into the nursery.

Carry plant trolleys out into the nursery => unload plant trolleys => pack plant trolleys with plants => reload plant trolleys on trailer => tow easy loader trailer back to dispatch area => unload trolleys off ezy approach trailer => ready for loading onto trucks.
Or have your ezy approach trailer registered and deliver direct to the retail store.

Saves on double handling of pots and plant transport trolleys.

Specifications

• Tow behind a car or tractor.
• Trailer deck lowers to ground level to facilitate easy roll on and off of trolleys.
• 12 volt push button battery operation to hydraulically raise & lower deck to achieve 3 degree approach angle.
• Trailer deck size made to suit (6) standard nursery dispatch trolleys.
• Light weight engineered design.
• Single axle – zero turn maneuverability
• Partial or full canopy/enclosure
• Floor stops and railings to secure trolleys
• Load capacity 1,000kg
• Lights and brakes can be fitted for road transport.
• Existing technology adapted to suit the nursery horticultural industry.

Garbage Bin Trailer

• Save time and effort moving 240 litre garbage bins out to the rubbish truck pickup area.
• Floor tilts to enable garbage bins to be rolled on and off trailer easily.
• easily towed

Specifications

• Overall sizes: 3350 long x 1515 wide 6 bin capacity
• Bins secured with chains
• Aluminium chequered floor plate
• Flooring tilts to 40 degrees angle for loading sulo bin.
• Mesh storage area above wheels for brooms, shovels etc
• Jockey wheel
• Standard ball coupling
• Heavy duty rhs steel frame
• Heavy duty solid wheels with tapered bearings
• Can be towed behind any tug, cart or car (not registered).
• Drawbar has a goose neck so trailer tows level.
• Weight 280 kgs

Options

• Rotating warning lights
• Alternative hitches
• Mud guards
• Self tracking trailers (don’t cut corners)

Trailer Options

Double & triple decks (delux trailer only)

• Double or triple the usable area of the self-tracking trailer
• Increase the usable area with two, three or four removable decks.
• Top tray height is manufactured or adjustable to customer’s specification
• Heavy duty galvanized steel decks and frame.
• Mesh decks available
• Can be supplied in a “flat pack” to reduce freight costs

Download triple deck trailer dimensions.pdf

Specifications

• Removable 2mm galvanised steel tray
• Removable corner posts
• Weight – 55kg

Drop sided

• All four sides are hinged and removable, similar to a box trailer, but with four wheels.
• Ideal for use around the farm, garden or nursery
• Ideal for larger pots or unstable loads
• Available in heavy duty

Brake on front wheels

• Brake on the front wheels when the draw bar is dropped to the ground

Wide tyres

Special axles can be made to accommodate wide tyres and rims.

• Sandy applications
• Minimize wheel tracks on turf or synthetic grass

Non self tracker – fixed rear axle trailer

• Ideal for use around the farm, garden or nursery where multiple trailers in a train are not required.
• This trailer can be backed like a normal box trailer.
• Standard or deluxe trailers can be made with rear axle fixed.

Side rails

• Stops large pots from falling off trailer if roads bumpy, steep or operator drives fast.
• Height of rails can be made to suit customer’s pots.
• Easily removable.

Raised deck height

• Height made to suit customer’s requirement
• Allows for ergonomic potting or filling of trays using trailer deck as “potting bench”.

Ball couplings for draw bars

• Ball coupling attachments for the draw bar adapt to fit onto towbars for versatility

Spare Parts For Self Tracking Trailers

On request there are available any spare parts for C-Mac trailers:

• Wheels for standard, deluxe, low loader trailers and potting carts
• Drawbars and towbars
• Draw bar hitch pin

Trommel System

• Wondering what to do with the waste heap? recycle.
• Separate potting medium and waste

Specifications

• Loading hopper – suitable height for manual loading
• Elevating conveyor (6m long) has a cover to contain product on conveyor belt and minimise dust
• Semi-automated process
• Trommel has adjustable legs to vary angle to optimise process
• Flexible discharge chute to spread load in receiving bins
• Galvanised steel and enamel painted
• Variable speed forward and reverse on trommel; 20 degree angle
• Conveyors are provided with scrapers to keep the belt clean during the operation
• Discharge conveyor (4.7m long) can be used for bagging cleaned product
• Optional refuse conveyor for loading bins/truck, etc…

Pot Handlers

Also known as Pot Lifter or Pot Lifting Handle

Back problems are common in the horticultural industry. Simple lifting devices can help.

• Light weight
• Numerous sizes available or can be made to suit your special pot size.
• Takes the back strain out of the repetative task of moving and lifting pots
• Convenient carrying of plants with one hand
• Carry up to 9 x 100 dia. pots if required
• Use either right or left hand
• Double handles can be fitted for shelf or trailer loading or unloading

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Pallet Racking

Size (l x w x h): 1170 × 1170 × 2200 mm

• Can be disassembled for clear walking access through truck
• Base has no protrusions to minimise walking trip points
• Can be disassembled to minimise storage space
• Allows for fork-lift loading of truck from rear or side loading
• Suitable for moving by pallet jack when rear loaded
• Pallet can be moved by 2 people easily if forklift not available
• Made from strong duragal steel
• Weights: side rack – 18kg, base only- 60kg, tie bar – 2.5kg assembled weight = 101kg
• Company name welded on pallet base
• 500mm shelf spacing
• Plywood shelves stack between up-rights for storage
• 18mm plywood shelves (not supplied)

Hand Trolley For Moving Potted Trees

• Designed to move 200 litre pots with advanced trees
• Adjustable trunk support, padded to prevent damage to tree
• Heavy duty painted steel construction
• Pneumatic wheels for eazy maneuverability on any type of surface
• Base size 400 × 700 wide
• Maximum carrying capacity 250 kgs

Hand Trolley For Moving Large Pots

• Designed to move large pots; custom made sizes available for different pot diameters.
• Heavy duty painted steel construction
• Pneumatic wheels for eazy maneuverability on any type of surface

Barrow And Trolleys

Rail top barrow (1220 × 610) & (1830 × 610)

• These barrows are easy to use in the home, farm or nursery.
• Manufactured from heavy-duty steel and galvanized for all weather conditions and with pneumatic wheels.
• Comes in flat pak for easy freighting or pre-assembled

Rail top 4 wheeled barrow (1210 × 610)

• Our research team in accordance with occupational health and safety guide lines has developed a new 4 wheeled barrow.
• The new 4 wheeled barrow is very stable, has 2 heavy duty pneumatic tyres and 2 solid swivel wheels which makes it more maneuverable for easy handling.
• Comes in flat pak for easy freighting or pre-assembled.

Rail top 4 wheeled barrow (1830 × 610)

• No lifting with the 4 wheeled barrow
• The 4 wheeled barrow has 2 heavy duty pneumatic tyres and 2 solid swivel wheels.
• Made from galvanized steel.
• Both the 1210 × 610 and 1830 × 610 can be fitted a brake, at an additional cost.

Retail nursery trolley (915 × 457mm)

• Easy to use in the home, farm or nursery.
• The 4 wheeled barrow has 2 heavy duty pneumatic tyres and 2 solid swivel wheels.
• Manufactured from heavy-duty steel and mesh, galvanized for all weather conditions.

Tree Trolley - 45 Litre Bag

• Designed to move large mature trees.
• Ideal for transporting or moving potted trees on this plant trolley.
• Custom made sizes available for different bag sizes.
• Heavy duty galvanised steel and painted steel construction.
• Pneumatic wheels for easy manoeuvrability on any type of surface.

C-Mac Potting Machine

Features

• Ideal for bags for citrus & advanced trees
• Materials include sand, gravel, bark, potting mix and stock feed
• 240 volt operation – automatic or manual control
• Fills a variety of sizes of pots or bags
• Filling time 6-8 seconds per 30 litre bag
• 2 Rotary vibrators for continuous feed
• Each vibrator has 3-position variation for fine-tuning of various hard to move potting mixes
• Chute vibrator is matched to suit 4 custom sized guides for filling pots from 75mm to 300mm
• Forklift guides fitted for easy movement to storage when not in use
• Also available trailer mounted as a mobile unit

Specifications

Both Single and Dual Hopper

• Hopper – galvanised steel or stainless steel
• Power supply – 240V, 8 amp
• Manual control – foot pedal operates the feeder chute
• Automatic control – set the electric timer, depress the foot pedal control and feeder will cut out at the selected time. It will not operate until the pedal is depressed again
• Galvanised hungry boards available

Single hopper

• Hopper capacity – approx. 1.15 cubic metres
• Dimensions – 2.5m high x 1.8m wide x 1.2m deep

Dual hopper

• Hopper capacity – approx. 2.7 cubic metres
• Dimensions – 2.7m high x 2.4m wide x 1.2m deep
• Controls – Each side has individual controls which allow the two chutes to be used together or separately
• 2 different types of materials can be bagged or potted at the same time if a dividing wall (optional) is fitted
• Dividing wall can be removed to allow bagging of double volume of mix
• 2 Rotary ‘Bin Vibrators’ to each hopper

Optional Extras

• Load cell (scales)
• Manual roller conveyor with height adjustment
• Foot pedal heat sealer
• Stainless steel hopper
• Hungry boards to suit your loader
• Adjustable bag support shelves
• Rotary Table

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Rotating Table

The “lazy Susan” for the work shop.

SPECIFICATIONS:

• 1.82 metre diameter.
• Adjustable height to suit your operator or existing equipment
• * Simply relocate the pin
• Table top manufactured from 3mm galvanised steel
• Robust construction
• Simple and easy to use

Uses:

• Holding trays for pricking out
• Use as a potting table for potting up small quantities
• Holding plants/trays ready for potting up on a potting Machine.
• Holding soil

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Rolling Benches

Increase the useful area in a greenhouse by about 20%.

Eliminates the need for fixed paths.

Do you want to work on the floor or stand working at an ergonomic work height?

• Rolling benches made to any length, to suit your igloos or shade areas.
• Tops of benches standard with galvanised mesh
• Strong construction using rectangular hollow section, duragal steel
• Supplied in kit form for assembly onsite
• Saves on transport and can be set-up to suit the varying sites
• Legs for concreting into the ground or with adjustment in height for bolting to floors
• Steel galvanised stops (no plastic)
• Easily moved by hand
• Built to the size you require
• Frame only or supplied with covered mesh, galvanised steel or timber.



Trough Benches

Trough Benches is one of C-Mac's custom built, made to order horticultural benches for subirrigation systems. Continuous lengths of gutter and manufactured in DIY or kit benches using the "Spring Benching System" makes for easy installation. 

Trough Benches are also known as "Gutter Subirrigation" or "Trough Subirrigation" benches.

What is Subirrigation?  

Subirrigation is a method of irrigation where water is delivered to the plant root zone from below the soil surface and absorbed upwards. The excess may be collected for reuse.

In general used for potted plants, there are three basic systems:

1. Ebb-and-flow benches and trough benches,
2. Flooded floor systems.
3. Closed, recirculating subirrigation systems,

Ebb-and-flow

In this system, Bench-mounted tray enclosures holding pots are filled and then drained. The system consists of a shallow, molded plastic bench top which is flooded with water and fertilizer to both water and feed the plants. When irrigation is complete, the remaining solution drains from the bench and is pumped back to a storage tank.

Flooded Floor

In this system, Special sloped concrete flooring is flooded and drained.

The entire floor of the greenhouse is covered with concrete carefully designed and installed to pitch toward openings in the floor. Through these openings the irrigation solution enters to flood the floor and, following flooding, the excess drains back to the storage tank.

Trough

In this system, water flows through bench-mounted, slightly sloping troughs containing pots. The trough (gutter) is placed on benching that is pitched slightly from the inlet to the outlet end. This helps water flow by gravity.

This system works by running a film of irrigation water down a slightly inclined, shallow metal trough (gutter) holding the plants. The troughs empty into a return channel for recirculation. The pots or flats in the trough have plenty of opportunity to absorb solution as it runs past. 

 Why use Trough Bench Subirrigation System?

• This system is easy to learn and can be fine tuned to suit a variety of crops.
• Increase Greenhouse efficiency: improves production capacity by having 70%-80% space in greenhouse.
• Grow plants uniformly and reduce foliar disease.
• Increase in plant uniformity may be the result of more even and complete moistening of the growth medium and better distribution of nutrients absorbed by capillary flow.  
• Absence of water on the leaves using subirrigation may result in less foliar disease.
• Save labour
• A single person can water thousands of plants by operating the flooding system manually or with the help of a computer.
• Amount of time needed to water the crop drops dramatically.
• Decrease in labor need will help free up workers to do other tasks.
• Save water and fertilizer
• According to research (see document below), water and fertilizer usage was cut over 50% by using a close system since water and fertilizer(nutrient solution) are recirculated and not lost by leaching or runoff.
• Less fertilizer is needed, resulting a in lower cost to produce the same quality product.
• Increase safety (Long term benefit)
• It is safer for the environment as water containing fertilizers and chemicals will not leach into our valuable drinking water supplies, helping our children and future generations.
• Less chemicals were needed, cutting down on workers exposure to pesticides and fungicides.
• Reduce risks of getting injuries among workers when doing repetitious manual handling tasks (391 injuries claims in Nursery and Garden industry in NSW since 2008)
•  Cost effective
• Existing bench frames can be retrofitted.
• The productivity of system is maintained at a high level due to 70%-80% space saving in greenhouse and the reduction of labor, water, fertilizers and chemicals etc.
• Usually trough benches payback time is 2-3 years rather than 5-10 years by choosing other subirrigation system.

Trough Irrigation versus Traditioanl Overhead Watering in a commercial greenhouse operation

Why use C-Mac Trough Benches?

 High Quality

• Specially made color bond trough (gutter) and heavy duty galvanized steel tube.
• Extremely strong and light weight
• AUSTRALIAN MADE product.
• C-Mac Industries is ISO 9001:2008 Quality certified ensuring procedures are maintained and continuously improved.

Customized

• SPECIAL MADE TO ORDER possible because C-Mac Invests heavily on modular "Spring Benching" system which allows for flexibility in design.
• The troughs can be obtained in various lengths and widths from C-Mac.
• All your special orders are at a minimum cost, because the advanced technology of manufacturing the product requires NO ADDITIONAL SETUP OR EXTRA LABOR COSTS.

Flexible

• Easy to assemble.
• Supplied in kit form (minimize transport costs).

If you wish to make an inquiry, please contact Suzi by sending emails to sales@cmac.com.au or calling 02 9631 6000

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Other nursery equipment such as potting bench, Shade house, Trailer, Pot lifter/handler which reduce risk of getting injury and increase work efficiency and production are also available. 



200 Litre Mobile Steam Pasteurisation Unit

As C-Mac are the manufacturers,  different sizes and designs can be manufactured to suit your application. Units can be made in:

• Galvanised steel - most economical
• Aluminium (for lightness so units can be pushed around easily)
• Stainless steel for longlife and strength
• Insulated walls and lid - heating efficiency and operator protection from heat
• Tipping units for easy unloading

Below is an example of a small 200 litre Mobile Pasteurisation Unit based on the same priciples as the large 750 and 1,000 cublic litre sterilising and pasteurisation units