small grain mills??

Anonymous-0 · Jan 19, 2012

Hey,
After the rolled oat thread, I looked on American ebay for crimpers or hammermills... Only thing in a smaller size was a crimper in Australia.....
It's not or wasn't common for farmers to have thier own mill and grind /crimp thier own stuff (other than the big tractor driven ones)?

You find hammermills practically thrown at you here and crimpers can be had without breaking the bank..... May take half a day for a ton of feed, but for small folks, you'd think it would be a money saver.....

AB · Jan 19, 2012

In my small county of @ 10,000 population there were at least a dozen or more small feed stores that had mills. They would grind and mix for a very nominal fee. Very few farmers had there own grinders - tractor PTO driven. Most livestock gone now - all row crops and the grain is exported.

rustred · Jan 19, 2012

years ago we crushed our own grain with a grain crusher. 100' endless belt run off the w-6 tractor. made chop for pigs, cows and chickens.it was an Eaton's crusher. ihc and Macloeds were a couple other brands of grain crushers.

Daryl in PA · Jan 19, 2012

I have this Quaker City. Made 1912 in Philadelphia PA. Run it off PTO pulley on a '53 Jubilee.

No. K 7.
Power required, 1 to 4 H.P.
Speed~200 to 600 revolutions per minute.
Capacity -5 to 15 bushels per hour.
Size of grinding plate-7".
Dimensions of hopper -18" long, 21" wide, 9" deep.
Dimensions of hopper throat -13" long. 6½" wide.
Size of shaft -1 3/16." x 34".
Discharge spout from floor -12".
Weight of mill -17s lbs.
Pulley (standard) -14" x 4".

samn40 · Jan 19, 2012

Ferguson sold a hammermill for farm use it was, as always, linkage
mounted and run off the flat belt. 1.5 ton per hour output and easy
to carry to the next farm if you wanted to share!

Anonymous-0 · Jan 20, 2012

I've got one of these...... Without the stand... About 2ftx1ft and hangs on a bracket mounted on the wall...Runs on 380 volts and weighs about 30 tons (feels like it anyway) Doesn't grind, just crimps and cracks corn which is all we need.... was just surprised when I didn't see anything (other than big industrial strength ones) when I googled and tried ebay.
Makes it possible to buy straight from the farmer at the field.....

Anonymous-0 · Jan 20, 2012

(quoted from post at 16:13:46 01/19/12) I have this Quaker City. Made 1912 in Philadelphia PA. Run it off PTO pulley on a '53 Jubilee.

No. K 7.
Power required, 1 to 4 H.P.
Speed~200 to 600 revolutions per minute.
Capacity -5 to 15 bushels per hour.
Size of grinding plate-7".
Dimensions of hopper -18" long, 21" wide, 9" deep.
Dimensions of hopper throat -13" long. 6½" wide.
Size of shaft -1 3/16." x 34".
Discharge spout from floor -12".
Weight of mill -17s lbs.
Pulley (standard) -14" x 4".

Do you use it? Or just keep it for decoration? Every year, things thin out, but you can still get very nice and usable stuff here on ebay for next to nothing..... Getting ready to look for a beet grinder (hand crank) to take advantage of feed and sugar beets the neighbor is growing. Don't plan to feed a lot, just a treat and extra calories for a couple harder keepers....

There is also a truck that makes the rounds each week with a silo and mill... Crimps one week and grinds the next.... Backs into your place and you load his silo and give him a place to dump the finished product.....

Bruce from Can. · Jan 20, 2012

I have a Champion roller mill I would love to sell you, But the shipping cost , Oftaa.

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