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Two hauling crews are used and the foreman of each is a full time employee. 

 There are usually 3 or 'i men to a crew. The fruit is stacked 2 or 3 high on flat 

 bed trailers which are hauled by tractors. A crew usually hauls and stores 1000 

 to 1500 boxes a day, averaging about 1100 boxes. In addition, they may distribute 

 a load or two of empty boxes and aid the levelers. 



The foremen of the haulinp, crews are given the following written instructions; 



(a) Get to work early enough to gas tractors and trucks before other workers 

 come in. 



(b) Record time of men in crew. 



(c) Record loadings into each room. 



(d) Carry on tractor: 



Nails 



Hammer 



Leveling sticks 



(e) Be sure boxes are level before loading. 



(f) Take oldest-picked fruit first. 



(g) You are responsible to see that; 



1. Tlie crew handles the boxes gently. 



2. Th2 crew keeps working. 



3. The drops are kept separate from hand-picks. 



4. The drops are picked up in front of the tractor. 



5. The rooms are loaded properly. 



6. The apples are stacked properly. 



7. To report poorly handled apples to the picking foremen. 



8. The crew knows how to level . 



Below is a sample of the recap sheet of storage delivery kept by the foreman. 

 This record is of value to the grower in helping prevent over-loading of refriger- 

 ation capacity. 



Recap of Storage Delivery 



Date 



Variety 



Green' s 



Smith ' s 

 CA Gold 



Room 1 



Room 2 



Room 3 



I 



1 

 I 



I 



1 

 I 



I 



_L 

 I 



I 

 L 



I 



1 

 I 



I 



1 

 I 



The foreman of each hauling crew has a basket in which is kept a clip board 

 with the time sheet and the recap of storage delivery sheet. The baskets of the 

 picking crew and hauling crew foremen are returned to a central location at night. 

 They are checked for contents and made ready for the next day. The grower takes 

 the time and delivery sheets home for examinaLion prior to giving them to the 

 bookkeeper. 



-Wil liam J . Lord 



