This was from Dadant. While I think this is a great affordable extractor having used it to extract nearly 2400 pounds of honey this I find it a bit fragile.
If you wanted a system like it but more rugged I would go with a similar style one in stainless steel.
Where did you find an extractor for $100? Is this the import model that many bee supply places sell, that people say won't last very long becasue of plastic gears? It looks like it would get the job done for a backyard quantity of hives.
I have found the value of the radial design over this tangential one. Even wired I have blown out frames as the weight of the honey on one side of the frame wants to tear through.
I am not too sure that putting a drill on it would help much.
I did avoid blowing out frames by switching them around twice rather than doing one side and then the other. THus taking a lot of weight off that other side before the other side is completely extracted.
I have the same extractor too. I did the same thing and used a $15 Harbor Freight drill to run it. I could spin it so fast the plastic foundation would pop of of the wooded. The extractor runs $100 and the drill $15. I expect this extractor will easily last more than 5 years.
Ha! I use the same extractor! I took off the manual crank welded a stud on to lengthen the bar and I put it on my variable speed drill. I also switched to wax coated plastic foundation so I can really spin that bugger and it doesn't destroy the comb. I also made my own frames so that the foundation sits in a kerf all of the way around the inside of the frame. Very strong.
mmmm... that bee vomit looks tasty
TheVinceson 11 months ago
How deep is it & how do you clean it ?
captianusa 1 year ago
good
this video seems to be terrific
rijashbk19 1 year ago
hey can you plz tell me where you got the extractor?
manvilletrain 2 years ago
This was from Dadant. While I think this is a great affordable extractor having used it to extract nearly 2400 pounds of honey this I find it a bit fragile.
If you wanted a system like it but more rugged I would go with a similar style one in stainless steel.
CarriageHouseFarm 2 years ago
where can a person find this extractor? I can only find extractors in the 200-500+ range.
jldurham6 2 years ago
It does the job just fine.
I am up to 28 colonies right now. I probably will not upgrade for another year.
So far I have extracted about 800# of honey using this extractor over the last 12 months...give or take.
If you are a hobbyist and run only a couple colonies look no further. Bets the heck out of crush and strain.
Its also nice to keep on the side to extract small amounts of specialty honey if you are running a 9/18 type radial or larger.
CarriageHouseFarm 2 years ago
Where did you find an extractor for $100? Is this the import model that many bee supply places sell, that people say won't last very long becasue of plastic gears? It looks like it would get the job done for a backyard quantity of hives.
hethen57 2 years ago
I have found the value of the radial design over this tangential one. Even wired I have blown out frames as the weight of the honey on one side of the frame wants to tear through.
I am not too sure that putting a drill on it would help much.
I did avoid blowing out frames by switching them around twice rather than doing one side and then the other. THus taking a lot of weight off that other side before the other side is completely extracted.
Just a couple comments from my experience.
CarriageHouseFarm 3 years ago
I have the same extractor too. I did the same thing and used a $15 Harbor Freight drill to run it. I could spin it so fast the plastic foundation would pop of of the wooded. The extractor runs $100 and the drill $15. I expect this extractor will easily last more than 5 years.
WSAMPL00 3 years ago
Ha! I use the same extractor! I took off the manual crank welded a stud on to lengthen the bar and I put it on my variable speed drill. I also switched to wax coated plastic foundation so I can really spin that bugger and it doesn't destroy the comb. I also made my own frames so that the foundation sits in a kerf all of the way around the inside of the frame. Very strong.
fishingthewatershed 3 years ago