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Homemade “Walnut Harvest” System
Using recycled materials, John Lubinski of Plainview, Minn., developed a walnut harvesting system that he says works fast and cost very little to build.
“I have only 5 walnut trees on my farm, but that’s enough to make a lot of walnuts. I try to recycle everything I can and keep things simple.”
His waln
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Homemade “Walnut Harvest” System CROPS New Techniques Using recycled materials John Lubinski of Plainview Minn developed a walnut harvesting system that he says works fast and cost very little to build “I have only 5 walnut trees on my farm but that’s enough to make a lot of walnuts I try to recycle everything I can and keep things simple ” His walnut shucking system includes an 8-in wide long-handled “putter” It’s used to shove walnuts into a 10-in wide long-handled “dust pan” which lays flat on the ground Nuts are dumped into a 5-gal pail and a drill-powered shucker is then used inside the pail to knock the shells off The shucked nuts are then dumped onto a 6-ft long 30-in wide screen on top of three 55-gal barrels Lubinski rolls the nuts around by hand to knock off any remaining shell pieces which fall through the screen’s 1/2-in openings and onto the ground Any nuts with shells that can’t be removed by hand go back into the pail for reshucking The walnut shucker works somewhat like a powered paint stirrer and consists of a 25-in length of 1/2-in dia metal rod inside 5/8-in dia conduit that serves as a guard One end of the rod is fitted with a 3-piece stirring device made from 4 3/4-in long 1-in wide 1/8-in thick sharpened metal blades that have 1-in high 1/8-in thick metal “ears” welded onto their ends The 3 blades are set at a 33-degree angle to each other and as they rotate they cut through the shells “As I move the shucker up and down inside the pail the blades slice off the walnut shells It looks like boiling water bubbling up inside a heated pot ” says Lubinski “I can shuck a 5-gal pail full of walnuts in less than a minute ” Lubinski even makes use of the leftover shells “I throw them into another pail and pour water on them Then I run the resulting juice through a filter It makes a great walnut stain for wood projects ” he notes Contact: FARM SHOW Followup John Lubinski 23759 East Co Rd 8 Plainview Minn 55964 ph 507 534-2189; JJLubinski@yahoo com
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