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John asked me, "Do you have a recommended way to track crop variety? Just put another entry under crop type? Might the crop list get too long and cumbersome then, and the crop report become less relevant? Or use the succession field? Seems like it could work for tracking variety, especially if it could be tied to crop type somehow."

Hi FarmHack,

I just want to make sure I understand the basics of how the machine works.

• The seeds enter the center of the rotor
• The rotor rotation sends the seed with high velocity to an outer ring where the shell breaks
• (Where/How does the machine separate the shell and the seed?)
• The cyclone filter recuperates the seeds at the bottom

By the way, I will draw everything on Autodesk Inventor before I start building. Any info will help!

Thanks!

This sounds like a lot of fun, but the instructions are pretty involved. Are you planning on adding any pictures or diagrams?

Is there a way to get the feed for http://farmhack.org/tools in to my RSS reader ?

Hey,

Would you mind giving us some more information about exactly how this works? Can it be scalable and modular? Do you have any photos of your prototype?

Thanks!

Daniel

Hello,

I'm also curious how others out there have solved/addressed this problem. Thanks!

Daniel

Just wondering if anyone out there knows of innovative ways/diy plans/farm-made versions that folks are drying their grain with?

Thanks!

I don't see how this works. The axle cuts a path through the space above the deck. If the floppy bit is decked you can't have anything behind the axle when you change states. Flipping that tail up would require some form of power assist.

A better way to do this would be to mount the wheels on excentric hubs, which in turn are welded to the axle. Now a single hydraulic cylinder can rotate the axle by about 135 degrees and raise the trailer by about 10 inches.

What other tractors have ground drive PTO? I would be interested in trying this out but I don't know what tractors to look for. Thanks!

I recently read a book, Botany for Gardners. In it I found information on how much a corn plant typical transpires in a given season. This got me to thinking about other plants. The book stated that a single corn plant will transpire 55 gallons of water throughout a growing season. In other words, seedling to harvest. In a typical growing season of 130 days, that translates to about 2.4 gal/day. Seems like a lot of water. Does anyone know if this kind of information exists for other plants?