He Built A Pecan Sheller
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I built a pecan sheller that rides on wheels so I can roll it around like a wheelbarrow. It measures 2 ft. in diameter and 30 in. long and weighs about 225 lbs. It has a series of wooden slats spaced about 1/2 in. apart, with 3/4-in. thick solid plywood at both ends and a gearhead motor on each side. One motor rotates the tank clockwise at 14 rpm's. The other motor rotates a "breaker plate" inside the tank at 110 rpm's. The breaker plate consists of four 1/4-in. thick, 2-in. wide metal fins welded onto a shaft. The plate breaks the pecans apart. Both the seeds and shells fall through the slats onto a slide and down into a plastic container, where the shells are picked out by hand. About 85 percent of the nuts come out in halves.
The unit holds up to a 1/2 bu. at a time and can shell a bushel of pecans in only about 10 minutes. I sell the shellers for $700 apiece. (Hoover Lingle, 1022 S. Main Gq St., Salisbury, N.C. 28146 ph 704 279-2465
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He Built A Pecan Sheller FARM HOME Food 28-4-41
I built a pecan sheller that rides on wheels so I can roll it around like a wheelbarrow. It measures 2 ft. in diameter and 30 in. long and weighs about 225 lbs. It has a series of wooden slats spaced about 1/2 in. apart, with 3/4-in. thick solid plywood at both ends and a gearhead motor on each side. One motor rotates the tank clockwise at 14 rpm's. The other motor rotates a "breaker plate" inside the tank at 110 rpm's. The breaker plate consists of four 1/4-in. thick, 2-in. wide metal fins welded onto a shaft. The plate breaks the pecans apart. Both the seeds and shells fall through the slats onto a slide and down into a plastic container, where the shells are picked out by hand. About 85 percent of the nuts come out in halves.
The unit holds up to a 1/2 bu. at a time and can shell a bushel of pecans in only about 10 minutes. I sell the shellers for $700 apiece. (Hoover Lingle, 1022 S. Main Gq St., Salisbury, N.C. 28146 ph 704 279-2465
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