Like I said, check in June. We'll see where things are at. I'm not sure you really want to rake blueberries. It's REALLY hard work. If you work your ass off, you can make a couple hundred dollars a day. But, it means working your ass off. It lasts for about 3 weeks, 6 or 7 days a week. If you really work your ass off, you can get $300 a day, or a bit more. You get paid by the weight of the berries you rake. If you rake 500 pounds in a day, it's $375. I've seen a few rakers get 600 pounds in a day. 300 pounds in a day is a hard day's work. The record I've seen in one day was like 1000 pounds. The dude worked from the minute the berries were dry enough to rake until the fields were dark. That's $750 for the day. Nobody rakes that much.
So, yeah... Check in June. It's not too far away. You might want to look it up beforehand. You spend all day bent over at the waist, reaching down to the ground and pulling up with about 20 pounds of pressure. You do that once every 2 seconds or so. It's grueling work, which is why we pay $0.75/pound. (Our competition pays like $0.35/pound. We pay more because we want the best rakers.)
LoL all right, I am sure both of them will remind me about it by then
You should watch some of that video.
Our rakes only have one handle and the handle is much closer to the ground. So, it's actually harder than it is even in the video. You can buy other rakes, but those are the kind we have and rakes are kinda expensive.
LoL I dont know if want to do that all day LoL
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