mini threshing machine

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We grow beans for drying. This year hope to market one pound bags of beans. We are looking for a mini threshing machine that we can build ourselves. If anyone has plans, I'd be very happy to hear from you. Thanks much!

-- Joyce Besemer (daisysdream@netzero.net), February 08, 2000

Answers

I don't know what quantity of beans that we are talking about here, but Gleaner (Allis Chalmers) combines can be used for threshing. For beans, to prevent splits you really need rubber concaves, etc. That information comes from my owners manual for a Model C II. I you weren't worried about splits, you could probably use the standard concaves. C II's can probably be found cheaper than you can build a fair sized threher, although it probably depends upon where you are located. You might also wish to keep your eyes open for a test plot combine. They would be idea. On actually building a thresher yourselves, look a combine over well, then build with used parts cut down to size as needed. I could use one to, to harvest greenbeans that I've let mature to seed.

-- greenbeanman (greenbeanman@ourtownusa.net), February 08, 2000.

I see that sleep depravation has left my typing with more than my normal amount of errors. I know full well that "to" should also have been "too" instead. Sorry, I'll try to do a better job of proof reading from now on.

-- greenbeanman (greenbeanman@ourtownusa.net), February 11, 2000.

I've got partial plans (no diagrams) for a home built thresher on my website at http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/4095/resources/useful.html

The complete plans can be found in Small Scale Grain Raising by Gene Logsdon. Try to get a copy via interlibrary loan, its almost impossible to get a copy used (unless you want to spend $50 to $130!!!)

I know this has been a long while ago but hopefully this will be of some help to somebody eventually...

-- Sojourner (sojournr@missouri.org), June 23, 2001.


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