An important overlooked issue. Beekeepers that want to grow need to have the ability to deal with issues like these. That takes knowledge, tools and skill. All big investments. Or you will go broke hiring all that work out. Great as always, Happy Thanksgiving.
Ha Bob good to see you. In your beekeeping are you finished with your bees if not what else do u have to do. I am glad u and your people can fix your own stuff you save a lot of money that way. I hope u have a wonderful week.
Thanks 👍. Watched your recent video. I'll be curious to see how your bees do if you move them in soon. That's a long time to go without a flight but what you said makes sense. Also, it's expensive but you need refrigeration anyway for those warm spells. You're on a different planet than we are. Good luck this winter.
I replace the knife bearings every year on a cook and beals spin float. The lower bearing on your knife shaft is not in the same location as ours. The lower bearing should mount on the other side of the surface it is mounted to. So if you unbolt both bearing blocks on the knife shaft and remove the roll pin in the top arm you can swing that upper arm over and pull the entire knife shaft with both upper and lower bearing on it. Makes it much easier to deal with removing the bearing. Cook and beal will sell you the bearings as well as any bearing house.
@@bobbinnie9872 excellent. Drum truck pros and cons would also be helpful. Two wheel vs four wheel, tire type, etc. I think Mann Lake and McMaster are selling the same one but it’s a tough buy without seeing them and having no experience.
That bearing doesn’t it have a lock collar on the edge of inner race that comes off by turning it after you loosen the set screws? I might be wrong but that is what it looks like to me and that is why it scored the shaft like I said I could be mistaken thanks for sharing
This is why I only sell bees and not much honey. When the hubby retires in the next 5 to 7yrs if he wants to deal with all the equipment, audits, and other headaches that honey production creates then he can go for it. Me.... I am only one person .... not enough hours in a day.
Those bearings don't last long and best replaced either every year or every other year, I polished down the excess shaft to make removal easier. The bearing runs in extremely acidic honey and the last thing that you do every year is to cover it in water, no wonder that it doesn't last long. Keep smiling
As part of my clean up regime I always undid the connecting link on the chains and gave them a good soaking in canola oil for a month or two as well, this gives the oil time to penetrate the rollers on the chains. @@deanmalkewich2366
It's a coincidence that we've mostly shown the quart jars. We bottle a lot of plastic also. We probably sell more 12oz cylinders and 24oz skeps than anything else. I personally think honey is better in glass but we sell plastic 2 to 1 over glass. I guess if I was a mother with children I would take the plastic too.
@@bobbinnie9872 I just started offering plastic this year. Some wholesale accounts only want glass. We do save a little on packaging costs with plastic. So I keep debating
@@bobbinnie9872 I mean “emery” cloth. Emery cloth works way better then steel wool. They also make a good grade anti seize. It’s not as good as the nickel or copper but it’s better then nothing.
They need replacing every 12 months... they aren't high speed bearings bad design. They should be tapered ones. Also don't use food grease it's rubbish they won't last long.
