In 2004, we processed about 2000 pounds in 3 hours with a few of us really
cranking hard.

Bought the 1hP crusher/destemmer in 2005 and process 3500lb in 1.75 hours.
I'll never go back to manual but keep it around in case we've a huge problem
with the motorized.

"Franco" > wrote in message
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> We did 2000 lbs with a manual crusher in a few hours.
>
> wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I have been renting a motorized machine but at $40 a pop it is
>> adding up. I found a used manual crusher/destemmer for about half the
>> price of a new one, but I don't know how practical it is for doing a
>> 1000-1300 lbs of grapes? I do have about 4-5 helpers. What is the
>> most anyone has done with one of these machines and how long did it
>> take?
>> Thank You,
>> Alex
>