Got Some Corn To Shell?

Got Some Corn To Shell? GRAIN HANDLING Miscellaneous With more folks raising a few chickens or other livestock corn shellers have become a hot commodity It appears the old-fashioned cast iron models are the most popular and difficult to find because “currently unavailable” pops up on most of them in online searches But we did find a wide range of other options online The simplest version is a cast aluminum 2 1/4-in hand corn sheller that sells for about $10 Works great for seed corn since it doesn’t break off the germ ends To shell more corn for poultry or sheep the Hand Crank Corn Sheller Shucker sells for around $50 The Maximizer™ hand sheller for $80 claims you can crank ears through at about 10 seconds per ear and rack up 10 to 15 bushels/hour The 10-in dia crank wheel has a pulley groove that holds a V-belt if you want to add a motor to power it In motorized versions we found the Techtongda 220v for $160 It has high-temperature resistance so it is suitable for long-term continuous work It shells ears of corn as fast as you can feed them and with a covered feeding port kernels don’t bounce out The $210 Lovshare electric corn thresher has a 1500W motor and an opening to accommodate several ears of dry corn at once and shell them in 3 to 5 seconds LSSB sells a couple of electric corn shellers one for $880 and another for $1 433 Both promise fast output and safe continuous use to shell 2 200 lbs /hour They feature a dust-proof baffle design and an anti-jump cover to prevent kernels from splashing out Most of the shellers mentioned are available at Amazon com For information about these shellers or to find other brands through dealers just google “corn shellers”

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