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The main
workhorse is a Same Explorer 90C, which is a 90 HP diesel track-layer with a
number of implements:
 | front-end bucket loader |
| 10' dozer blade |
| 2-gang vineyard disk |
| Perfecta II 3-section harrow (S-tines, bars and roller) |
| flail mower |
| box grader |
| 3-tine ripper |
| grain drill |
| Ommas Boomerang in-row tiller (tiller head can be swapped out for a flail
mower head) |
| electrostatic sprayer |
| pallet fork |
The most active unit is a Polaris Big Boss 6-wheel drive ATV with a 4' x 4'
bed in back for hauling around tools and supplies while working in the vineyard.
A rudimentary lab consists of a weather station and grape juice analysis
instruments:
| The Davis Weather Station continually monitors and transmits to the office
many critical weather data:
 | temperature and humidity in 4 locations |
| wind speed and direction |
| barometric pressure |
| rainfall |
| solar radiation |
| UV radiation |
| soil temperature and moisture |
| leaf moisture |
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| Lab tools for monitoring grape juice characteristics close to harvest
time:
| refractometer for measuring sugar level in Brix |
| pH meter |
| burette setup for measuring TA (titratable acidity) |
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