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[pitw]

Good morning people. I've got a belt pulley I need identified and figured you could help. I'm kinda/sorta wanting to put it on a Massey 35.

 

[Xfaxman]

If the PTO shaft size is 1 1/8", it is for the older TO-20 or TO-30.

If it is 1 3/8", it should fit. It looks like the ones I saw on a Google Image Search.

 

[Larro Darro]

My grandfather had one like that that he used to power a cane grinder. That is one of those things I would love to lay my hands on today.

 

[pitw]

My grandfather had one like that that he used to power a cane grinder. That is one of those things I would love to lay my hands on today.

What's a cane grinder? Being from where I am, never heard of grinding grannies cane.
I guess she'll work then as it goes right on.

 

[Mikeeemo]

Funny, I have the pulley attachment, the TO-35, & the cane grinder.

A cane grinder is used to crush the sugar cane and release the juice. The juice is cooked into cane syrup, southern treasure.

It is best when poured over 'cat head' biscuits, yum!

 

[Depmandog]

What's a cane grinder? Being from where I am, never heard of grinding grannies cane. I guess she'll work then as it goes right on.

Sugarcane. Mills the juice out so you can boil it down into molasses and other delectable goodies

 

[pitw]

Well that would explain why I ain't seen or heard of one then. We got no sugar cane up here. Thanks.

 

[Larro Darro]

My BIL's family grow cane. They have a big cane grinding and syrup cooking every fall. Syrup making is an art form. You have to cook it with just the right heat for the right amount of time. They still use a wood fired cooker. My grandaddy was one of the best syrup makers around. But then he would use it to make whiskey.

 

[pitw]

But then he would use it to make whiskey.

Musta been rummy tasting whiskey.

 

[Larro Darro]

Musta been rummy tasting whiskey.

This was before my time, but I was raised on the stories. My granddad went to jail for a year and a day in the mid 50's, and that was the end of the whiskey making. After that Daddy moved to Tampa to find work. Up until then, they had been making good money for at least ten years. Every Saturday they would take a gallon to the sheriff and one to the judge, so they were safe from the locals. {liquid taxation} But the state boys were the ones to get the still.

There were four different folks using the still. {Daddy, his brother, BIL, plus Ganddad} Each one would do his own run, about two night's work. Since my grandad had a bad heart, he hired local teenage boys to work the still for him. One of the boys got picked up for drinking, and he turned state's evidence. My granddad took the blame for all of it, so his sons and SIL wouldn't do time.

They used chicken scratch for the mash, instead of straight corn, so they added a little sugar when they had it, but used syrup or molasses when they didn't. Corn has plenty of sugar when you use it by itself, but the other grains gave it a more blended taste.