Home cleaning OSR seed

[Drillman]

Next year be our first drilling FSS OSR.

only 40 acre or so.

going into an accord drill.

will it need cleaning or just dig it straight off the heap?

and for the bit I need if it does need a clean any budget suggestions as only talking of 70-100kg or so

 

[Zippy768]

Bought a 12" x 12" bit of mesh off ebay (can't remember the hole size off hand), screwed it to some batten with some handles and used as a sieve over a cut down 200L plastic drum. House fan just situated next to it to blow chaff.
Litre jug scooping out the bag and onto the sieve.
Bout an hour and saving £££.
Don't need anything fancy for 40-60 acres we used to grow.

Edit. Will get away with dirtier if going through accord

 

[Drillman]

Bought a 12" x 12" bit of mesh off ebay (can't remember the hole size off hand), screwed it to some batten with some handles and used as a sieve over a cut down 200L plastic drum. House fan just situated next to it to blow chaff.
Litre jug scooping out the bag and onto the sieve.
Bout an hour and saving £££.
Don't need anything fancy for 40-60 acres we used to grow.

Edit. Will get away with dirtier if going throw accord

That sounds just the ticket

 

[average farmer]

I found a bit of guttering pipe about 45 degrees from a stepladder into a bucket with a leaf blower positioned at the bottom blowing up works well. 20L drum with a hole cut to suit the flow mounted on the top run of the stepladder and just top up with a jug.

a few bits of gaffer tape in the gutter helps make the seed/chaff bounce a bit . Done a few tonnes like this over the years and never had any problems putting it through a stocks micro meter

 

[KennyO]

Use an old firegaurd here as a hand seive. Cleans it enough for an amazone metering unit.

 

[FarmerBruce]

£1/kg cleaned.

 

[SilliamWhale]

New holland 40 series radiator grill. you can do 40kg in 20 mins

 

[SilliamWhale]

I found a bit of guttering pipe about 45 degrees from a stepladder into a bucket with a leaf blower positioned at the bottom blowing up works well. 20L drum with a hole cut to suit the flow mounted on the top run of the stepladder and just top up with a jug.

a few bits of gaffer tape in the gutter helps make the seed/chaff bounce a bit . Done a few tonnes like this over the years and never had any problems putting it through a stocks micro meter

Not sure I can picture how this works?

 

[solo]

Garden blower used to blow light seed and chaff out of a wheelbarrow works well. Just don’t add too much at once. It’s surprising how much heavier the clean sample is too.

 

[average farmer]

Not sure I can picture how this works?

Didn't do any this year and i changed my phone so can't put any pics up.

 

[Bruce Almighty]

Fire guard makes a good sieve

 

[Grass And Grain]

Fire guard or similar sized mesh. Place it over top of wheelbarrow, with one end resting on lower end of wheelbarrow. Sieving operative stood at wheel end of wheelbarrow holding sieve at an angle whilst reciprocating it. Loading man using a bucket to slowly pour rapeseed onto sieve.

Clean seed falls into wheelbarrow, chaff etc. ends up on floor.

You'll be done in 10 mins. Works fine through accord metering unit.

 

[Drillman]

Fire guard or similar sized mesh. Place it over top of wheelbarrow, with one end resting on lower end of wheelbarrow. Sieving operative stood at wheel end of wheelbarrow holding sieve at an angle whilst reciprocating it. Loading man using a bucket to slowly pour rapeseed onto sieve.

Clean seed falls into wheelbarrow, chaff etc. ends up on floor.

You'll be done in 10 mins. Works fine through accord metering unit.

Do you hire the kit out?

or maybe come do it on contract

 

[Grass And Grain]

Do you hire the kit out?

or maybe come do it on contract

New mobile seed cleaning business idea. Wonder what customers would think if arrive with wheelbarrow and a fireguard.

Joking apart, we've got a perfect sized riddle out of our grain dresser if you can't find anything just suitable.

 

[Drillman]

New mobile seed cleaning business idea. Wonder what customers would think if arrive with wheelbarrow and a fireguard.

Joking apart, we've got a perfect sized riddle out of our grain dresser if you can't find anything just suitable.

It’s ok were already a 2 wheelbarrow farm, (yeah I know it’s all a bit posh) so all you need to fetch is the fire guard

 

[Brisel]

@tw15 has a couple of 20 litre cans with old sieve sections fixed to the bottom. I borrowed them a few years ago. Did a great job. He had 2 - one for a coarse cleaning and a finer sieve for the final one. He built a proper aspirator in the end but for 40 acres' worth through an Accord metering system that's overkill.

 

[snipe]

Tip from one bucket into another in front of a leaf blower on tick over. Do it infront of the heap so it dosent matter if you blow some rape out.

 

[Heathland]

Made mine out of a old abandoned shopping trolley!
Well the wheels,just rock back and forth,every year I keep saying ill put a hopper underneath so it funnels the seed straight in to a bag.

Just lift the trolley off the rails and chuck cr*p to one side.

 

[cquick]

Built an aspirator/cleaner according to these plans: https://www.realseeds.co.uk/seedcleaner.html
Depth was extended to 10cm, there is an adjustable bleed next to the vacuum hose and the waste box was modified for more capacity and a larger flap.
Not the fastest, but we did about 250kg in a day.
video here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/oi8FUndMZrc2tqoJA