I repurposed a Timken/Ford big truck axle housing to make a stand for my honey extractor. My wife and I finally got a chance to rob the honey supers off of our hives Christmas morning. The bees have plenty of honey in the top brood boxes and we need the do an oxalic acid treatment for mites. I will paint the stand later as we need to use the extractor this afternoon. I made it tall enough for a 5 gallon bucket to set under the spout. The stand is pretty heavy so I'm thinking it will be stable enough.
Thanks, Mark

 

Nice stand! I'm a keeper too, I'd guess that the stand will need to be secured to the floor as when you get an unbalanced spin things can be hard to control sometimes

 

Hey thats pretty slick. Now just bolt it to the flatbed and power it with the pto!

 

bigwin56f100, We just got done extracting. We got about 6 gallons. I did have to put my foot on the bottom as I cranked, but it worked out really good. We didn't take into consideration the temp though. The honey doesn't flow thru the filter bag like it did this summer. Thank you for the reply.
Mark

 

Thanks Josh. If I mounted it on the truck like you said, maybe I could do custom extracting on the halves.
Mark

 

I'm a keeper as well. Have an extractor on stock legs that creeps all over the place when I hand-crank it. Step on one leg to keep it from going too far.

But the thing disassembles and fits back in the box after I'm done with it. Storage is just as important to me as it sitting still.

Josh...I do have an extra 226 engine and crashbox with PTO capability. Hmmm, could rig something up. Probably 2nd gear would be a good match to keep the honeycomb from flying out of the frames and landing out in the yard.


Mark, you need some rubber axle bumpers under those legs and then it should stay put. Ford part number C6TZ-3020-A.





Tom


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I thought about buying the legs for mine, but they looked a little light. I decided to make something heavier to help keep it from moving around so much.
Mark