He Makes Ice Cream The Old Fashioned Way
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I’ve been retired for many years but stay active making ice cream for folks at shows the old fashioned way. I use a 1964 Deere 110 garden tractor to belt-drive three 1 1/2-gal. wooden ice cream making canisters, which I keep on an 8-ft. trailer that I pull behind my pickup. The canisters were originally designed to be hand cranked. They mount on a wooden platform that extends behind the trailer. The tractor faces backward on the trailer.
The tractor came equipped with a side-mounted pulley originally used to belt-drive the mower deck. The pulley belt-drives a 30 to 1 reduction gearbox mounted on the platform. The gearbox is equipped with a double pulley that’s used to belt-drive the canisters. I can make 1, 2 or 3 different batches of ice cream at a time.
I attend shows up to 100 miles away in any direction. I go to machinery auctions, open houses for co-op stores, arts and craft festivals and rodeos. There’s no way I can keep up with the demand at these shows so I also keep a large freezer on front of the trailer. I’m 82 years old and am in my fifth year of my ice cream making business. My wife and I enjoy our business and our many customers. (Charles Swanson, 703 Boligee St., Eutaw, Ala. 35462, ph 205 372-0954)
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He Makes Ice Cream The Old Fashioned Way FARM HOME Food I’ve been retired for many years but stay active making ice cream for folks at shows the old fashioned way I use a 1964 Deere 110 garden tractor to belt-drive three 1 1/2-gal wooden ice cream making canisters which I keep on an 8-ft trailer that I pull behind my pickup The canisters were originally designed to be hand cranked They mount on a wooden platform that extends behind the trailer The tractor faces backward on the trailer The tractor came equipped with a side-mounted pulley originally used to belt-drive the mower deck The pulley belt-drives a 30 to 1 reduction gearbox mounted on the platform The gearbox is equipped with a double pulley that’s used to belt-drive the canisters I can make 1 2 or 3 different batches of ice cream at a time I attend shows up to 100 miles away in any direction I go to machinery auctions open houses for co-op stores arts and craft festivals and rodeos There’s no way I can keep up with the demand at these shows so I also keep a large freezer on front of the trailer I’m 82 years old and am in my fifth year of my ice cream making business My wife and I enjoy our business and our many customers Charles Swanson 703 Boligee St Eutaw Ala 35462 ph 205 372-0954
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