Terraced agricultural field with an area of less than 0.1 ha per plot is difficult to reach by large size and large capacity agricultural machines. A carry type rice harvester is an agricultural machine that can be used on small and terraced field. The aim of this research is to design a cutting and guiding unit of paddy harvesting machine that easy to use on small and terraced paddy field. The parameters observed are effective field capacity (EFC), effectiveness of cuttingunit, effectiveness of guiding unit, fuel consumption and harvesting losses. The cutting and guiding unit is running well, which is shown by the percentage effectiveness of cutting unit is 99% and effectiveness of guiding unit is 100%. The performance test results show the EFC harvesting of this machine is 0.05 ha / hour, fuel consumption of 1.2 l / hour, harvesting is 2.1%. This carry harvester can be used in terraced rice fields that cannot be reached by other bigharvesting machines.
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