Customer Reviews
I purchased the Netter Getter at the Iowa State University Field Day. We had a great deal of bird pressure within a few days and the Netter Getter allowed us to apply netting very fast to a large part of our 13 acres of grapes and we did not have any bird damage. The machine is easy to use to apply the net and just as important, it takes the net off quickly. The Netter Getter allows one to control when the grapes are picked thus ones grapes are in the ideal chemical position to produce the best wines.
The net is applied and removed quickly and efficiently. I know of no other bird control system that will consistently protect the grapes from bird damage.
David E. Conner, Kickapoo Creek Winery
Edwards, Illinois
I work long hours seven days a week at my winery. I have to make the most of my time. With 13.5 acres of grapes and 15,000 feet of netting, this Netter Getter bird netting applicator is just what we needed to speed up and simplify our harvest season. We get the benefit of net protection when and where we want it and what used to take us days now takes hours. The spools are nice because they have flat sides. They will roll if pushed but will not roll away on their own. Plus, they are very light empty and you can grab them easily by the side when full.
We have the model that attaches to a skid loader. You can spool out and pick up the netting from the center of the rows if need be. The Netter Getter does what it’s supposed to do and does it well. I’m very satisfied with it.
Ron Mark, Summerset Winery
South of Des Moines, Iowa
In our 6,300 vine, 10.5 acre vineyard, I use about 10,000 feet of 14 foot wide extruded black plastic net. The down side of netting is that it is by far the most horribly aggravating material I’ve ever worked with. It snags on everything and picks up all types of trash from the ground. We used to put the net out by using a pipe attached to my loader bucket suspended over the rows but that is dangerous and I almost tipped my tractor over. Rewinding the net was time consuming, with one person pushing an old utility company wooden spool on the ground while another person walked backwards and fed the net onto the spool. It took a long time and we could not get much net on the heavy wooden spools.
The Netter Getter bird netting applicator worked great for us this year. In one afternoon we removed and then spooled out many thousand feet of netting. I averaged about 2,000 feet of netting per spool. The Netter Getter is narrow enough to move between our rows. It’s well designed and a very versatile machine. I’m anticipating paying for it in two seasons with the labor savings and increased crop production.
David Klodd, Annelise Vineyard
Indianola, Iowa
