Old-Chads-Orchard
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Cider PressMoving from rack & cloth pressing so have my press for sale. A rather over engineered press made by a mate who is a blacksmith. Press bed is 1m2, comes with a stainless tray, about 12-15 HDPE racks and press cloths (IIRC the racks are 60x60cm) Runs off a 20t air ratchet hydraulic jack which is included. Whole thing was planned to be upgraded to use 2 side rams in the future so I could increase the rack size. With mixed apples on the 20t jack I was seeing 68% juice from apple weight, obviously depends on apples used.
It is big! IIRC 8ft tall, about 1.2m2 base, built out of 4mm wall steel box.
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sean
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'Kinell. It's Presshenge.
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Old-Chads-Orchard
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It was designed to have single stroke rams fitted either side, did have the calcs we did when we built it but IIRC it would do 80cm2 racks built to over a metre high
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tahir
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Blinking nora!
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dpack
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i had considered getting our own kit for the community orchard but we would have to plant the racecourse to feed that beast
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Old-Chads-Orchard
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As my Nan used to say "what'll hold a lot will hold a little"! Last year we did 3 tonnes in an afternoon without breaking a sweat (too much!)
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Old-Chads-Orchard
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the beast is on the bay
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cider-juice-Apple-Press-/271980507578?
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Old-Chads-Orchard
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dusted it off as its apple pressing time, price reduced, no rush to sell however if someone off here makes me a sensible offer
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/-/272392744870?
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