[Gristmillers] How Do You Prepare Wheat?

[Faber McMullen]

Yes, but it is quite old and worn out.   I bought it last year in N.  
Carolina
and it was used for picking dry corn for deer.  It is not a sheller.  
Sorry,
forgot to list it on my equipment.

Thanks
Faber



On Jun 4, 2009, at 6:56 AM, Stacey Freeman wrote:

> Do you have a corn snapper?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gristmillers-bounces at gristmillers.com
> [mailto:gristmillers-bounces at gristmillers.com] On Behalf Of Faber  
> McMullen
> Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 7:40 AM
> To: gristmillers at gristmillers.com
> Subject: Re: [Gristmillers] How Do You Prepare Wheat?
>
> I had a combine that I gave away last year.  It was a MF 2 row with a
> Crysler gas engine, wheat head, and corn head.  I gave it away  
> because it
> was too complicated for my operation.
> It was extremely hard to start and since I only used it once a year it
> complicated matters.  It also is in reality too large of a piece of
> machinery for my use.  That is why I mentioned a PTO driven  
> sheller.  I
> don't need any more motors.  I found on in Iowa or Northern  
> Missouri  for
> $750 last week, but I hesitate to buy it without seeing it, and if I  
> go up
> there I'll feel pressured to buy it having put so much into the trip  
> to go
> see it.  I'd like to find someday a good clean portable corn sheller.
>
> Thanks for your input,
> Faber
>
>
>
> On Jun 4, 2009, at 6:00 AM, Stacey Freeman wrote:
>
>> Faber,
>> I don't know if you have a combine with a corn head on it, but it may
>> be less expensive to find a used combine than to buy a sheller.  I
>> have one that is belt drive...they can be found fairly easily, but I
>> feel sure you can find a combine in Texas easier (possibly) than a
>> sheller.
>>
>> Stacey Freeman
>> Freeman's Mill
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gristmillers-bounces at gristmillers.com
>> [mailto:gristmillers-bounces at gristmillers.com] On Behalf Of Faber
>> McMullen
>> Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 12:38 AM
>> To: gristmillers at gristmillers.com
>> Subject: Re: [Gristmillers] How Do You Prepare Wheat?
>>
>> I would need something way more automated than a hand sheller.  I  
>> have
>> one of those.  I need a sheller that could be powered off of a small
>> tractor PTO or something like that.
>>
>> Faber
>>
>>
>>
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