The EZ Down
Gently lowers potatoes, onions or other produce into a tote bag or pallet box.
- 50,000 lbs per hour
- 48 by 65 inch footprint
EZ Down potato tote bag and pallet box filler
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Potatoes come off your line
The EZ Down sits at the end of your conveyor, with an in-feed that adjusts from 11 to 13.5 feet high.
The front of the chamber and the bag is shown see-through, so you can watch the potatoes inside.
A padded gate holds the first ones back
Potatoes roll down a padded chute and stop against the in-feed gate after a short run, so they never pick up speed. Once enough have built up, the gate lifts.
The chamber lowers as it fills
Each potato lands on the ones already inside. As the pile builds, the chamber steps down a few inches at a time and takes the whole load toward the bottom of the bag.
The doors open at the bottom
Once the chamber is close to the bottom of the bag, the doors underneath swing all the way open and the potatoes settle out onto the floor of the bag.
The chamber climbs as the bag fills
Then it moves back up a little at a time. Potatoes roll out the bottom while more keep coming in at the top.
The line keeps running
When the bag hits its target weight or height, the in-feed gate closes and the chamber lifts out. Potatoes collect on the chute while you swap in an empty bag.
50,000 lbs per hour
All from a machine that needs 48 by 65 inches of floor space. If you need more, the Big EZ handles up to 100,000 lbs per hour.
See it running
- 50,000 lbs per hour100,000 with the Big EZ
- Lowered in, not droppedGentle on potatoes, onions and more
- No stopping the lineThe buffer hopper holds product while you change bags
- 48 by 65 inchesTotes or boxes at the flick of a switch
Equipment
The Big EZ
Gently moves up to 100,000 lbs of product every hour, without stopping.
- 100,000 lbs per hour
- 60 by 90 inch footprint
Testimonials
Fair Valley Produce has purchased several units over the last number of years for use in our potato packing operation.
Joshua DreiseFair Valley Produce Ltd., Dresden, Ontario
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“We appreciate the flexibility the machines offer to switch between filling tote bags and storage crates at the flick of a switch. The machines offer a gentle solution for filling containers accurately and in a condensed area. We could not achieve the versatility of this production line in the square footage we had to work with. There’s nothing else like it!”
We have two EZ Down tote machines at our operation in O’Leary, PEI.
Glen MacLeanMacLean Farms Ltd., O’Leary, PEI
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“We grow seed potatoes, mostly for the local market, and move them all through totes for ease of tracking, plus it enables us to grade when there’s no truck available to load. We purchased the first machine in 2017 and have been using it every season since. Usually about 5000-6000 cycles per year. We re-vamped our line for spring 2021 and bought the second machine... Lloyd and the gang are always there to help out with any technical support. I’m happy to say we put the new machine through almost 6000 cycles this year and never needed a single visit for warranty or service. Great machines, great service.”
We have had our EZ Down tote filler installed 3 years ago.
Markus ReichenederRockyview Elite Tuber Ltd., Rockyview County, Alberta
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“I am happy to say that we have had no issues with it whatsoever. We pride ourselves on selling high quality seed potatoes so preventing bruising during handling is of the upmost importance to us. The EZ Down system fills bags gently, cutting down on bruising while still operating at an efficient pace.”
From our shop to your shed
Tell us about your line
Send a quote request, or call Randy or Lloyd.
It ships compact
About one and a half pallet spaces on a truck.
Set it up from the manual
Most buyers do it themselves with Lloyd’s instructions.
Tie it into your line
A simple dry contact signal, with no major structural or electrical changes.
Running in Canada and the US
On Prince Edward Island, in Ontario, in Western Canada and in the United States.
The team
Randy Visser
Co-inventor of the EZ Down, and owner of the Visser farm where it was invented.
Lloyd Martin
Co-inventor and millwright. Lloyd built the first prototype, and it worked on the first try.
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Tell us about your operation and Randy or Lloyd will get back to you.
- Phone(902) 932-7212
- EmailgroundlevelInnovations@gmail.com
- Address1C-345 Brackley Point Rd, Brackley, PE C1E 3C2, Canada