I'm looking into buying a plucker. Bluntly if you buy a new motor and the parts a store bought unit isn't that much more than just buying all of the parts for a WhizBang style plucker in my opinion. If you want to share some sources for materials that are reasonable that is fine too.
I see that the Featherman Pro is kind of the standard, but at $1060 before shipping, it's out of my price range. Then I see the EZ pluckers. Something along the lines of an EZ 131 for about $600 before shipping seems like a reasonable price. I see some cheaper machines out there in the $400 range, but I haven't read anything good about them from anyone that has been on the site for a while.
Am I missing something? Is there a machine that is sub $600, that has a 1 HP motor and a quality build that I am missing?
Anyone use anything like this straight off the boat from China? http://www.alibaba.com/product-deta...1876185762.html?spm=a2700.7724857.35.1.ln1lQ8
That's probably a wholesale price but $120 to $150 US, I can't buy a new motor for that.
I have the tools and the aptitude to do a build, but the numbers just don't add up for me. I see WhizBang kits for almost $400 without a motor and barrel.
I also notice that many of the store bought units use dual belt drives and have a nice chute for feather discharge.
I actually rented a machine to use this year and was considering building one over the winter, but the more that I thought about it, I should just buy one.
Your thoughts are welcome. I see myself doing 50 to 100 birds per year.
I see that the Featherman Pro is kind of the standard, but at $1060 before shipping, it's out of my price range. Then I see the EZ pluckers. Something along the lines of an EZ 131 for about $600 before shipping seems like a reasonable price. I see some cheaper machines out there in the $400 range, but I haven't read anything good about them from anyone that has been on the site for a while.
Am I missing something? Is there a machine that is sub $600, that has a 1 HP motor and a quality build that I am missing?
Anyone use anything like this straight off the boat from China? http://www.alibaba.com/product-deta...1876185762.html?spm=a2700.7724857.35.1.ln1lQ8
That's probably a wholesale price but $120 to $150 US, I can't buy a new motor for that.
I have the tools and the aptitude to do a build, but the numbers just don't add up for me. I see WhizBang kits for almost $400 without a motor and barrel.
I also notice that many of the store bought units use dual belt drives and have a nice chute for feather discharge.
I actually rented a machine to use this year and was considering building one over the winter, but the more that I thought about it, I should just buy one.
Your thoughts are welcome. I see myself doing 50 to 100 birds per year.