Walnut Picker-Upper Attachment ?

[WillysWoodPile]

--- You guys are awesome. Thanks for all your advice.
-1) Go to the local restaurant and discuss walnut picker-uppers with everybody.
-2) Visit local hardware store and discuss walnut picker-uppers with everybody, again.
-3) Go to local restaurant, eat lunch and discuss walnut picker-uppers with everybody.
-4) Go to local welding shop and discuss fabricating one out of thin air. Or plow, disc, sickle, and tractor parts.
-5) Go to driving range under the pretence of "research".
-6) Start "researching".
-7) You know you've been at the driving range too long when you start saying "bushel of balls" instead of buckets.
-8) ?????

 

[jbooth]

To many walnut picker upper threads going. I just posted on the other thinking I was here. I have used one of those nut pickers as discussed earlier. Works great for pecans, not so great for black walnuts. Below is what I posted there when I thought I was posting here. Make sense?


I would think a yard vac would work well for picking up walnuts. Probably would need to leave an up top opening for grass and leaves to blown on through. Walnuts should drop out being heavier than the grass and weeds. I have never used the method as I pay my grandkids to do it. I know they should do it for nothing, but they will get into me for money anyway. Just as well let them think they are "earning" the money

For hulling walnuts; a small portable cement with small rocks or iron thrown in with the walnuts has worked well for me. Add some water if you want to clean the black crap of the walnuts. Side benefit is it will clean your iron if it is used for the media.

May need to experiment with the size of rocks/iron.

There is a market for walnuts here, but I would hate to try to make a living doing it.