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Old-Chads-Orchard
Joined: 07 Dec 2005
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Location: Malpas, Cheshire
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 Posted: Mon Aug 24, 15 5:43 pm Post subject: Cider Press |
 
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Moving 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.
Last edited by Old-Chads-Orchard on Tue Sep 27, 16 9:17 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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sean
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'Kinell. It's Presshenge. |
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Old-Chads-Orchard
Joined: 07 Dec 2005
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Location: Malpas, Cheshire
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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
Joined: 07 Dec 2005
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Location: Malpas, Cheshire
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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
Joined: 07 Dec 2005
Posts: 385
Location: Malpas, Cheshire
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Old-Chads-Orchard
Joined: 07 Dec 2005
Posts: 385
Location: Malpas, Cheshire
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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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