Homemade soil screener

[ishiboo]

K, now seeing as you have a ton of horsepower to spare with that engine, figure out a way to build a simple shredder feeder so that the clumps/organic material/etc. are broken up

Do you run the material through twice ever?

Since you load from the "wrong" end, what about a second screen below the first with the opposite angle, cutting a hole in the top screen to drop material below, and switching the steel sheet to the other side? So the material would zig zag, hit twice as many screens and you would load material and clean top soil from the same side.

May not be helpful to you, but I have a lot of stuff which clumps/etc. and I'd love to make a compost soil mix.

 

[Zick]

Very excellent videos!

I love how simple it is. :thumbsup:

 

[tractorgp]

K, now seeing as you have a ton of horsepower to spare with that engine, figure out a way to build a simple shredder feeder so that the clumps/organic material/etc. are broken up

Do you run the material through twice ever?

Since you load from the "wrong" end, what about a second screen below the first with the opposite angle, cutting a hole in the top screen to drop material below, and switching the steel sheet to the other side? So the material would zig zag, hit twice as many screens and you would load material and clean top soil from the same side.

May not be helpful to you, but I have a lot of stuff which clumps/etc. and I'd love to make a compost soil mix.

So far I haven't run anything through twice but at times I probably should, especially after screening dampish soil as some of it gets to the "junk" side

 

[tractorgp]

Thanks Zick

 

[rasorbackq]

I have no guesses as to what has failed 3 Xs. But I will be using some ideas to build my screener very soon.
Going to guess....... the belt. Maybe its too long and required more idler tension.

 

[tractorgp]

I have no guesses as to what has failed 3 Xs. But I will be using some ideas to build my screener very soon.
Going to guess....... the belt. Maybe its too long and required more idler tension.

Nope

 

[sparc]

the belt.

 

[tractorgp]

the belt.

Nope

 

[tractorgp]

the belt.

Nope

 

[quicksandfarmer]

It's a nicely done video. It's a good how-to, but the video has nice editing and composition.

My guess is the bearing on the vibrating pulley has failed.