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Uploaded on May 23, 2009

An overview of the harvest process at a facility where salt is extracted from sea water by solar evaporation.

That's me driving the truck, by the way, although I no longer work at this business.

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  • Suthee Kongphetsatit

    Hello i'm from Thailand and also doing salt farm.

    i'm very appreciated to see your video and have some question to asking you sir.

    At first wheel loaders take huge salt from the land to the truck, is it had any HDPE cloth over the soil? otherwise its mix soil with salt when shoveled

    they take all salt to refined to powder salt right ?

    and why they drop all powder salt outdoor? doesn't rain come?

    i look forward to hearing from you

    Thank you very much

    Suthee K.

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  • gyrogeerloose

    There is no polyethylene cloth over the soil. What was done was to allow about 10 cm of salt to remain on the bottom of the ponds. Every season about two to three months into the process, a small tractor with a chisel harrow is pulled through them. This creates a layer of finely powered salt called a "cleavage layer" that allows the newly deposited salt to separate from the old layer that seals the bottom. The climate here is quite dry so the loss of salt is minimal.

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  • Suthee Kongphetsatit

    Let me confirm again with your message. that's mean every 3 month you pulled all salt at bottom up and when re-produce salt again let them drop to the bottom and keep it approx 10 cm. After that suction sea water to this land and create a new salt right?

    Could it possible to give your personal email to me? i need to consult with expert person in this job. i'm newbie in this career.

    Thank you very much.

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    e-mail me at cmaniscalco(at)cox(dot)net

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  • bobareebop

    Nicely done, and interesting. I don't know how all that metal machinery stands up to the salt but somehow it does. The conveyor shot at 3:52 looks very steep but the salt stays put.

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  • gyrogeerloose

    It's not as steep as it looks, maybe 30°. The salt stays there as long as it's not too wet.

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