Do you dehydrate fruits to make trail mix? Tell me how!

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I have a dehydrator and use it to make Beef Jerky out of London Broil beef. WOrks great. But with Fruits so expensive (and the up coming lack there of due to the current drought in the mid west) I am trying to buy fresh fruits on sale and freeze them for the winter/next year. But I was thinking to...I should dry the and have trail mix and dried fruits. My problem with that is that fruits are already high prices and it takes alot to dry...1 lb of anything will dry to 1/4 lb...sometimes less. So I can't afford to buy enough fruit to dry it to make it worth my while or dollar. But I was thinking, if I can get enough of several fruits and dry them all at the same time..t hat might work. So...have you dehydrated fruits? My machine is pretty nice machine Excaliber brand with temps settings on it, so I know it is a good quality and works great for the beef. I was thinking of maybe getting several kinds of fruits and drying them all at the same time... and with the 10 trays is has, I can put a diff fruit on each tray or two and take them out as they get done if others need more time. So has anyone dehydrated fruits before? I'd really really like to hear what and how and any tips you have learned and could share. I am thinking bananas and apples as those are my fav dried fruits and also cherries and cranberrys. I did grapes into raisins once but don't care to much for raisins so, forget the grapes. But anything else....I"d love to know and learn! Thanks everyone!