Much of everyday is spent loading and unloading product.
Unloading-
Trailers to bins...
bins to fumigation chamber....
Bins to the belts and electric eye.
Belts to bags and boxes.....
Then loading-
Bags to containers &
Boxes to sea trailers.
Here's a little look at all the loading and unloading.
As soon as the nuts come in....they are loaded in the the fumigation chambers- to kill off any bugs etc.
Mason helps out on the days he has off - sometimes working a double shift one at the Nut company and the other at Save Mart.
It takes 3 fork lift drivers to move the product from the unloading stations to the fumigation chamber. They move in and out ...each coming and going at a precise time... if anyone of them came in too fast or slow....I think we would have a crash on our hands. They work together like a little machine.
Through out the day bins of nuts are dumped into "bin dumpers" {On right}.... the meats then flow up & over belts etc. Here they will be going through the "Queen Bee" my name for her. Known to the men as the electric eye. Here much of the damaged product gets kicked out. More loading and unloading.
"Bin Dumpers" can be found in the sorting area, in-shell area, and product line area.
On most days, trucks are lined up all around the plant....some dropping off some picking up.
These containers will be going to Germany.
Busy day of loading and unloading-
