About COE
From Nice Neighbor To Major Manufacturer
In 1970, Lyman Coe and his wife, Lois, bought a catching frame to serve the dual purpose of making harvesting easier for them on their 10-acre prune ranch and to lend a helping hand to neighboring prune ranches to earn extra money on the side. Over the years, they turned that side job into an important operation by not only helping locals harvest peaches and prunes, but also traveling to Texas to shake pecan trees and to Oregon to harvest cherries.
Lyman Coe often tinkered with the harvesting equipment used in the operation during the offseason. He was inspired to start building his own harvesting machines in the mid-1970s, but it wasn’t until the 1980s, after running into challenges with finding quality equipment and having the onsite staff to service it, that he decided to take the plunge. With that, COE began manufacturing catching frames with the intent to use them on the ranch, but also to potentially sell them to nearby customers. By the 1990s, COE’s affordable and reliable catching frames were so successful that the company began to outsell a well-established competitor.
Innovation & Expansion
Building on that momentum, COE expanded its product line to include motor-driven shakers, like the C7, and catching frames, like the L2 receiver, both of which are still in production. The company moved into a larger facility, then bought a 45-acre prune ranch in the late 1990s in order to build a larger factory and meet customer demand. COE then introduced shakers specifically built for harvesting almonds, walnuts, and pecans.
Today, COE is a second-generation family-owned and operated business. Its main headquarters and manufacturing facility is located in Live Oak, California, but it also has a parts and service center in Gridley and a sales and service location in Modesto. The company has built an extensive dealer network with locations all across California and in Georgia, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Michigan in the United States, as well as in Africa, South America, and Australia.
Popular Products
COE specializes in catching frame shakers and receivers, side-mount shakers, mono-boom shakers, nut bankouts, bin carriers, reservoir carts, and elevators. One of the company’s most popular products for sale on SpecialtyCropEQ.com is the S7 side-mount shaker. It’s powered by a John Deere 4045 Tier 4 Final engine that produces 74 horsepower (55.2 kilowatts). Standard features include variable electric reversible cooling fans, a suspension seat, a tilting steering column, an air-conditioned and heated cabin with stereo, single-joystick control, and a TH-7 shaker head.
Another popular solution is a two-machine catching frame set consisting of the C7 R-Series MK2 shaker and the L2 R-Series MK2 receiver. These two machines work together to shake the tree, funnel nuts, berries, or other crops into the space between them, and get rid of unwanted debris with a built-in blower while a conveyor unloads the harvest into bins or carts.
The C7 comes standard with 24-foot (7.3-meter) flanged deflectors, but there are also 27-foot (8.2-meter) and 30-foot (9.1-meter) options available. The L2 is available in 45-degree or 90-degree configurations with 30-inch (76-centimeter) and 36-inch (91.4-centimeter) elevators, respectively. Both machines feature the same 74-horsepower 4045 Tier 4 Final engine you’ll find in the S7 shaker.
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