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sometime you gotta do some crazy s#it by TOW'D on 02 Nov, 2008 09:14
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Howdy gang,
It is apple time around here and the wasserboxer in our syncro finally developed the dreaded headgasket problem so it is out of service.
So off to plan two
we have a homemade cider press and for the last 25+years my buddy and I have pressed at least 500 gallons of apple juice(best year we did 1600 gals-No BS)
we split the juice with our families and the people who we get the apples from
the gals freeze and bottle as fresh juice and some of the juice is left to turn into hard cider
This year I had to use the mighty Golf as a apple cart.
I could not carry all the apples in the buckets so we spread a tarp in the back and dumped the apples in .
a bit of work but the apples just spill out the rear door and back into the buckets to be spread on out sorting/cleaning table then into the machine.
We get somewhere around 50 gal per hr.
the muffler was scraping a bit on the way home.
One thing I found out was the PO had installed hatch struts from a GMC Yukon and the hatch didn't open all the way.
The new correct strut made a lot of difference.
just figured you might get a kick seeing what plan 2 was
hank -
#1 by burn_your_money on 02 Nov, 2008 15:07
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I like it. I bet my uncle did the same thing with my 91 golf
How much for a bottle of "hard cider"
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#2 by TOW'D on 03 Nov, 2008 07:26
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Tyler too bad you are in the other end of the country
I'd be glad to raise a few mugs with you
cheers
hank -
#3 by Smokey Eddy on 03 Nov, 2008 15:23
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I'm not :wink: :wink: :wink:
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#4 by TOW'D on 05 Nov, 2008 19:04
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Smokey Eddie the cider is mighty refreshing and If you are`ever in this end of the swamp look me up and we will give some a try.
Now I'd like to use the huge pile of apple mash and make some kind of fuel.
cheers
hank -
#5 by Smokey Eddy on 05 Nov, 2008 19:17
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Hahahahahha
Well, if you could separate the alcohol from the co2, water and mold you could use the alcohol?
I will definitely let you know if I'm in your neck of the woods!!!
I'd love a pint of genuine straight from the orchard cider -
#6 by Turbinepowered on 06 Nov, 2008 02:43
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Quote from: "TOW'D"
Smokey Eddie the cider is mighty refreshing and If you are`ever in this end of the swamp look me up and we will give some a try.
Now I'd like to use the huge pile of apple mash and make some kind of fuel.
cheers
Feed it to a digester, get methane? -
#7 by Smokey Eddy on 06 Nov, 2008 12:37
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Quote from: "Turbinepowered"Quote from: "TOW'D"
Smokey Eddie the cider is mighty refreshing and If you are`ever in this end of the swamp look me up and we will give some a try.
Now I'd like to use the huge pile of apple mash and make some kind of fuel.
cheers
Feed it to a digester, get methane?
Where's Duane when you need him? :roll: -
#8 by TOW'D on 07 Nov, 2008 08:58
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would you get methane or alcohol?
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#9 by Turbinepowered on 07 Nov, 2008 11:29
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Quote from: "TOW'D"
would you get methane or alcohol?
In a digester? Methane. -
#10 by Smokey Eddy on 07 Nov, 2008 12:13
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Alcohol is a product of the fermentation (moldy stuff) of sugar.
Methane is the product of the decomposition of organic matter - digestion - cows eating grass - millions of rotting bodies in the earth = methane - under pressure = petroleum