Does anyone have one I’ve been thinking about building one . If you’ve got one could you post a picture ?

Maybe I should try a different forum. Someone has likely made one , even if it didn’t work out .

I'm not sure what your talking about but my curiosity is getting to me, are you talking about a grinder that attracts to the 3 point on a tractor and perhaps runs of the PTO? If you are I want pics if u come up with some. And what are you wanting to grind in it, whole carcasses?

Yes , a pto driven grinder ! Yes , I want to grind whole rat carcasses and beaver quarters . Should be able to grind anything that fits in the throat .

Golfball have you considered a heavy duty gear reduction motor or just the transmission I got one from a old harvest door powered by a 1/2 hrs 110 motor it has the strength to bend a 3/4" solid shaft. For grinding bone you want hp not speed. Always remember bad things happen at high speed

I will try and remember to get a picture this evening, this thing has a big pully on the back of it now . Was thinking of using a shaft from the pto to a mounted bearing with a small pully and then connecting to a belt. Maybe this plan is foolish and I should just go back to an electric motor ?

I did find a pic of one on pinterest after you got me thinking about it

you could always us a Chevy Chevette engine and transmission like the guy in a book I read a decade ago..........was it Graham or Nelson or O'Gorman?...it cold have been a motor off a Datsun B210 or such.

he had it on a trailer so he could go from ranch to ranch and grind up a dead cow or horse as fast as they could cut it off.

Lol thanks John ! My thoughts on using the tractors pto was kinda geared along those lines. I’ve no need of grinding a cow or horse in these parts but typically have from five to ten deer a year hit on the road on the east side of my property. I was thinking it would be a simple matter to mount the grinder and drive the tractor down , move the carcass out of sight , cut out the back straps and other easy chunks and grind. I also catch a few musk rats every year and gut them for bait . Grinding them whole seems like a good way to make a quick “ fresh “ bait .

Scott Phillips I believe has a deal like that on a trailer.

Rent a wood chipper

Ha ha ha , you come hold the bucket I’ve already got the chipper lol !

GOLF BALL does that wood chipper work? I ask cause I know were I can get a small one.

Wood choppers work good for grinding fish.

I d like to think a wood chipper would be the cat meow for frozen whole carcasses! but donno

Bob is right Scott Phillips I seen a picture of his setup either in magazine or online. Looked pretty cool.

Yes a wood chipper will work , lol ! Don’t ask me how I know that it will make a mess out of an opossum. A frozen carcass would probably come out about like one that had been chopped up with a cleaver and would also likely have the stringy bits still connected .

I don’t see the chipper being anything more than a way to reduce a ( frozen) carcass into a more manageable product for the grinder.

that's actually all I was hoping for! I know were a small one is that's got a 5" adjustable throat its missing the motor but I got a 16 hrs kohler sitting idle. I've got a chest freezer full of gutted frozen ground hogs id like to make into a managable mess

https://trapperman.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/6300426/horse-meat-grinding#Post6300426
Here's Scott's thread. Go back to page one , he has a video of it in service.

Tony good luck ! You may have to use an ax or sawzall to make the bigger frozen ones go through . Small young one should be ok, would be best if they are frozen . I would also make sure the cutting knives and bed knife are in good shape, the bed knife or anvil is every bit as important as the cutters .
Good luck !

thanks don I would go thru it with a fine tooth comb before firing it up! And yes they will be done froze I believe that will make the least amount of disaster. A rooster tail of bloody meat would be a sight straight out of a horror movie!

fella I know with a mink/fox farm had a large grinder powered by a 6 cylinder chevy motor I helped him put deer in it they were gutted but the carcass went in the tub he shoveled some over and after the second pass it looked like it came out of the store don't know if he made it or bought it

sounds to me like you're looking for a Feed Mill or a Hammer Mill, we use them for grinding cattle feed and they are PTO driven.