TT No. 418: A Six-Wheel-Drive Transporter for Oil Palm FFB Evacuation

The six wheel drive transporter (6WD transporter) has a single chassis configuration resting on three axles and equipped with six equal sized tyres. Apart from the standard front wheel steering, the 6WD transporter is equipped with an additional steerable rear axle. This rear axle steering can be engaged and disengaged depending on need. If four […]

TT No. 417: Techinque for Mechanically Forced Unidirectional Leaning of Oil Palm on Peat

The incidence of learning palms is unavoidable for oil palm planted on peat, even with mechanical compaction on the peat and applying the hole-in-hole planting technique. Palms leaning in a disorderly manner have apparently become a serious limiting factor in oil palm performance on peat (Mohd Tayeb et al., 1996). Leaning poses difficulties in field […]

TT No. 416: Innovative Technique for Oil Palm Replanting: Saving in Fertilizer Inputs

In June 2001, MPOB introduced an innovative technique for planting oil palm during replanting (Khalid et al., 2001). The technique is to plant oil palm seedlings into the rows of the old palm biomass residues. The large amount of biomass available during replanting contains significant amounts of nutrients which can be recycled for the succeeding […]