Homemade trommel improvements // E74

We take our rock trommel and make some nice modifications for this machine to screen soil even better.  The three improvements shown in this episode are adding a centrifugal clutch, replacing the plastic casters with skateboard wheel, and adding more rollers to keep the trommel from wandering on the deck.  In this video, you see us use a 79cc predator engine for the trommel engine and an RK24 tractor by Rural King to move it around and gather some material to test its performance.

Episode 74:
0:00 - Installing a centrifugal clutch
11:31 - Upgrading the rollers
24:28 - Replacing the screen
26:55 - Adding stabilizer arms
43:23 - Adding adjustable guide rollers
46:25 - Meg's backhoe work review
51:51 - Adding reinforcement
52:37 - Testing out the trommel
61:53 - Outtakes

Video spotlight of Meg for Orion Welders (Sunstone Engineering)
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