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Ever used a pecan vibrator
"Derald" wrote in message ... songbird wrote: welcome back to the funny farm. Gee, thanks. Just kinda been lurking around, lately. thanks for the interesting glimpses of the peacan grower's life. Hee; you spell it the way Southereners pronounce it ;-) -- Derald USDA9b Peninsular FL, USA We were in a different south. In Louisiana, they say either puh-cahns or pwah-cahns. Steve |
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Steve B wrote:
"Derald" wrote in message ... songbird wrote: welcome back to the funny farm. Gee, thanks. Just kinda been lurking around, lately. thanks for the interesting glimpses of the peacan grower's life. Hee; you spell it the way Southereners pronounce it ;-) -- Derald USDA9b Peninsular FL, USA We were in a different south. In Louisiana, they say either puh-cahns or pwah-cahns. Steve A pee-can is something totally different. Bob |
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"zxcvbob" wrote A pee-can is something totally different. Bob And it identifies the person as clueless. Steve |
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"Steve B" wrote in message
... "zxcvbob" wrote A pee-can is something totally different. Bob And it identifies the person as clueless. I disagree. Anyone who can't spot the difference between a peecan and a pecan should be in an institution where they can receive guided help to get to the toilet or the table. |
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Farm1 wrote:
"Steve B" wrote in message ... "zxcvbob" wrote A pee-can is something totally different. Bob And it identifies the person as clueless. I disagree. Anyone who can't spot the difference between a peecan and a pecan should be in an institution where they can receive guided help to get to the toilet or the table. this conversation is getting more and more piquant D |
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"David Hare-Scott" wrote in message
... Farm1 wrote: "Steve B" wrote in message ... "zxcvbob" wrote A pee-can is something totally different. Bob And it identifies the person as clueless. I disagree. Anyone who can't spot the difference between a peecan and a pecan should be in an institution where they can receive guided help to get to the toilet or the table. this conversation is getting more and more piquant LOL. Isn't that the nature of usenet these days? |
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Ever used a pecan vibrator/update
Went to a friend of mine's house today, and he has a lot of pecans on the
ground, and two trees FULL. My last test of the shaker did not work too well, as I put the vibrator in line with a chain, and exerted a sideways force. My new plan is to simply make a hook out of 1/2" cold rolled steel, and a 1/2" electrical conduit 10' pole. It will be raised up into the tree, and hooked over a branch of no more than 4". A lot of long branches are in the 2-3" variety, and I am fairly confident that the vibration will cause them to fall. The vibrator device is right at 30#, and I have a hook under it that I can hang a pail of 35# of water. So, I think it will be raining pecans. I brought back two bags of pecans in shucks. I ran them through my vacuum, and the outer shucks were removed from most. I then made an angle iron piece that the shells will run into at full velocity, and hopefully be the right force to knock off the four part hull. I have a couple ideas of cracking that I'm going to work on as the next step. That is where you get the real money, in the pecan halves. I have some pretty good ideas where separators, classifiers, crackers, and sorters can be made out of simple screen sizes, and yard sales vibrator sanders and car polishers. Plus a couple of vacuums or blowers here and there to clean out the last of the waste at one part of the process. This is fun stuff to work with, and thinking up the ideas to solve the problems is fun, too. I think I'll make a lot of it out of metal, as that is what I have and know. Will take some youtube videos when I go shake the trees and pick up the pecans with a vacuum. Then some on the shelling/cracking/sorting part. Steve |
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Derald wrote:
David Hare-Scott wrote: .... this conversation is getting more and more piquant oooow; still groaning here peek quant, what certain types of physicists do when firing up the LHC. as this is a gardening group i much prefer to give peas a chance. oh, and is chimp change banana peels? i give those to the worms and they are happy. songbird |
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"songbird" wrote in message
... Derald wrote: David Hare-Scott wrote: ... this conversation is getting more and more piquant oooow; still groaning here peek quant, what certain types of physicists do when firing up the LHC. as this is a gardening group i much prefer to give peas a chance. Groan! oh, and is chimp change banana peels? i give those to the worms and they are happy. Worms like coffee grounds I've found. I wonder if the wait to eat them until morning........... |
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"Derald" wrote in message ... "Steve B" wrote: We were in a different south. In Louisiana, they say either puh-cahns or pwah-cahns. Could be. I've heard variously pee-can, puh-cahn, p'cahn. Only been to LA twice and never made it past N.O. and Algiers. Tree nuts were not discussed on either occasion. How you coming on your rig? I'm looking forward to the photos/video. How you gonna get the nuts off the ground, just spread drop cloths? -- Derald USDA9b Peninsular FL, USA I tied it to a tree today, then took a strain with the loader to tighten up the chain. Not much vibration through the tree at all. Next, I think I'll try just strapping it to the trunk, and seeing how it goes. It appears that it is going to be difficult to shake the trees so they vibrate much on the ends, and rigging it high up in the branches is very difficult, and pecan trees are notoriously unsafe to climb. Sthil does sell a vibrator, SP200 that is a long pole with a chain saw engine on the bottom. Just depends on your reach, your strength, and your youth. Mine are all very low at this time in my life. I have a 2.5" vacuum that I shall test soon that I think a whole shell will pass through, hull and all. By tumbling, I hope that any with the hulls on them will be de-hulled by the time they reach the holding area of the vacuum. Maybe have to put in a metal plate where they shoot into the vacuum hopper to give the hulls a rap to dislodge the hulls. There is a lot of money in shelled pecans, but the cleaning machinery costs upwards to $15,000. I believe that I can go around now and get a lot of free or cheap pecans to practice on, and build a cleaner of some sorts. I can always sell them unshelled, and a lot of people buy them that way, as they run about $1.50 unshelled, and $6 shelled. More in some areas. It is a challenge, and I like challenges. And the good thing is that this happens every year, so I will have lots of time to arrange yards to clean up next year, and find buyers for the nuts. And putter making some machinery. It just bugs me to drive by and see all that money hanging on trees. Steve |
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"Derald" wrote How you coming on your rig? I'm looking forward to the photos/video. How you gonna get the nuts off the ground, just spread drop cloths? Sorry, didn't even answer question. I think I'll use tarps or a vacuum. If my vacuum idea works, it will take off the outer husks, too. It is difficult to reach most pecan trees on people's properties because of a lawn or the like. So, things that are portable, and have to be rigged up on site at the tree are the order of the day. At the orchards, they strategically planted the trees so a very large tractor can back up to the trees, attach itself, and shake, shake, shake. Got one person I'm cutting down a tree for that will let me play with the pecan trees to experiment on the real deal. No, the tree I'm cutting is not a pecan. Steve |
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"Rick" wrote You may have already seen this site or similar. Yhey sell used equipment. You might get some ideas just from looking at what they have. Site did not come through here, Rick. Steve |
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