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JD 50 and JD 10A hammermill = FUN!!

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mgb

08-24-2002 19:25:36




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Finally got everything working at once today and so I belted my 50 up to my 10A hammermill for the first time. I had some dried corn stalks with the ear still attached so I ran that thru it and WOW! Made some great fodder. It smelled like good fresh corn and my goats tore into it. I cant wait to put in my 1/20th hole screen and make some cornmeal. It did take a few attempts before I got everything positioned so that the belt didn't roll off the pulley of either the mill or the tractor. Later I read in my owners manual that sometimes a stake needs to be driven to gently hold the belt on. Oh well. I know this is not the interesting stuff you expect from this forum but I just had to share my excitement with somebody. Using your old machinery and equipment is the other half of the fun of owning it.

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roger

08-26-2002 17:09:42




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 Re: JD 50 and JD 10A hammermill = FUN!! in reply to mgb, 08-24-2002 19:25:36  
I think I may have a 10A. Would any of you guys have a decent photo to post or send?



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Fudd

08-25-2002 19:32:23




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 Re: JD 50 and JD 10A hammermill = FUN!! in reply to mgb, 08-24-2002 19:25:36  
Great! That sounds like fun. Backing a tractor into a belt on a hammer mill is a lost art. Being raised on a farm, I had to do it lots of times. Then everything went to PTO drive. Oh, I have a 50 too.



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G Taylor

08-25-2002 09:47:32




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 Re: JD 50 and JD 10A hammermill = FUN!! in reply to mgb, 08-24-2002 19:25:36  
Spent alot of time as a kid shoveling dried cob corn into a 10A with the bagger attachment. Discovered that well dampened cotton batten stuffed into the ears stopped the noise. It's likely some of the reasons my Father's initial response when addressed is huh or pardon. For excitement used to catch the odd mouse or rat that made a run out of the corn crib. With the well worn 60 running it each scoop shovel of corn would lug her down. Two shovel fulls too close would work the belt 1/2 way off the mill pulley, fill the fan intake pipe and make the 60 really bark. Dad would get cross sometimes but didn't complain too much, just glad at least to have help grinding feed. Just remembered now how proud he was the 1st time I got the tractor/mill/belt lined up on only a couple of tries. The 70D didn't lug down, just slipped/smoked the belt on the mill pulley if overloaded. Make certain the left handed nut on the pulley shaft doesn't loosen off. Blue Gills? Anything like pickerel?

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Jerry S

08-27-2002 12:26:35




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 Re: Re: JD 50 and JD 10A hammermill = FUN!! in reply to G Taylor, 08-25-2002 09:47:32  
When I lived in Georgia, they called the bluegill fish Brim. They hadn't heard of bluegill there.



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G-MAN

08-26-2002 08:53:08




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 Re: Re: JD 50 and JD 10A hammermill = FUN!! in reply to G Taylor, 08-25-2002 09:47:32  
Glen, bluegills are panfish, related to crappie and sunfish pretty closely, I believe. A nice one will weight a pound and they can get quite a bit bigger than that. For my dollar it's hard to beat catching bluegill on ultra-light spinning rods and reels - makes a one pound fish feel like 10. It takes a mess of them to feed four or five hungry guys, but like was posted, fillet the sides off, cut out the little section of ribs, batter em and fry em up - you can't beat it.

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Green_in_MI

08-25-2002 09:07:07




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 Re: JD 50 and JD 10A hammermill = FUN!! in reply to mgb, 08-24-2002 19:25:36  
Congratulation mgb. Actually, that is just the kind of success story I like to read here. It gives me inspiration to keep plugging away on my old Deeres to keep them running. Happy grinding!



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KEN C.

08-24-2002 20:52:16




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 Re: JD 50 and JD 10A hammermill = FUN!! in reply to mgb, 08-24-2002 19:25:36  
Glad to see it all came together, i know how you feel.One thing on the down side though,listening to your wife gripe about them white clothes when you grind meal.But hey it's worth it.Ken



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Paul from MI

08-24-2002 20:32:17




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 Re: JD 50 and JD 10A hammermill = FUN!! in reply to mgb, 08-24-2002 19:25:36  
I've been making my own cornmeal for years on a steel burr mill that's been in my family a long time. I have learned a few tricks to make really good meal. First, Dry the corn well. I start with select ears after I pick in the fall and put a few bushels beside our wood furnace to dry. Then I shell it and either take it outside or use a fan inside to winnow it a few times to get rid of some of the chaff. Next put the shelled corn in an oven at 200F for about 8 hours which will really dry it. I made a tumbling barrel from a 5 gallon pail and 12 RPM gearmotor, but you could use a clean cement mixer to tumble the corn for a few hours. This will remove the small red pieces of cob that stick to the ends of the kernels. Now, winnow it again a couple of times and you are ready to grind. After I grind it on my burr mill, I shake it through a piece of window screen to get out any little bits of kernel, etc. You might not have to do this with you hammermill. This sounds like a lot of work, but the results are worth it. You'll get somne really nice cornmeal, no little bits of cob in it, and IT TASTES LIKE CORN. The catch a good mess of bluegills, roll 'em in the cornmeal and you've died and gone to heaven. Good luck, Paul

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Walt in Jaxn, Tn.

08-25-2002 15:24:34




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 Re: Re: JD 50 and JD 10A hammermill = FUN!! in reply to Paul from MI, 08-24-2002 20:32:17  
millers used stone ( french granite ) because iron left a taste in the meal and flour, check with "spoom" (society preservation of old mills), meadows is still in business in wilkesboro n.c.



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