Lifetime supply of Walnut Shells

[TreeKiller]

I found a Lifetime supply of walnut shells today. I have drove past it for 2 yrs and did not know what it was.
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http://www.ecoshell.com/default.htm

[cheese1566]

I found a Lifetime supply of walnut shells today. I have drove past it for 2 yrs and did not know what it was.

http://www.ecoshell.com/default.htm

see the forest for the trees
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[country gent]

I have always thought about saving the hickory nut shells from the trees in Dads yard to grind into polishing media. We have a grinder for behind the tractor. We have ground flour and corn meal with it. Hickory nut shells would be even harder than walnuts. Could grind a bunch in just a few minutes with the equipment we have.

[Baja_Traveler]

I have 4 macadamia nut trees, and every year when I crack the nuts I wonder how they would work for polishing media, being one of the hardest shells in nature. I have no idea how I would go about making that happen though...

[ph4570]

Cool. I grew up in Corning, CA and knew some of the Crain family.

[Johnch]

OK you are close

Set up a group buy for us

Work out a price for a semi truck load

Get a few dozen gross of Med flat rate postal boxs

And make a few thousand bucks

You just have to find a place to store the boxs LOL

John

[Iowa Fox]

Our walnut trees are loaded this year. Usually the wife has 5 gal bucket after 5 gal bucket of shells. I just wish I had a easy way to crush them a little finer or maybe I'll try them as they are. Probably easier to burn them in the stove and buy crushed walnut. Our Hickories have a few nuts left. A couple weeks ago 75% of the nuts fell off and I'm not sure why. The trees had lots of catskins but I'm not seeing any honey bees around here this year. The pecan trees are loaded but its hard to beat the varmints to the nuts, they take them out of the trees before they hit the ground. One thing for sure I'll be eating a lot of homemade goodies with our nuts in them come this fall.

[MtGun44]

Might be a small business opportunity. Middlemen sometimes provide
value.

Bill

[Ed Barrett]

I have 4 macadamia nut trees, and every year when I crack the nuts I wonder how they would work for polishing media, being one of the hardest shells in nature. I have no idea how I would go about making that happen though...

I don't think I ever saw a macadamia nut shell, but I'll send you some black walnuts in the shell and you can judge.

[TreeKiller]

Cool. I grew up in Corning, CA and knew some of the Crain family.
Just to remind you why you left, we have had a spell of cool weather and about 1/2" rain. Up around Shasta Lake they had 2' +. By the middle of next week it is forecast to go to 114 for a few days then back to normal 105.

Stockton set a record for rainfall on the 24th .001 of an inch.

These piles are all English Walnut Hulls.

[Blammer]

so you can only clean english brass, like 303?

[KCSO]

Last time I bought I went to Earl May's and got lizzard bedding... was real cheap and is walnut shell.

[prsman23]

^that

[TreeKiller]

Last time I bought I went to Earl May's and got lizzard bedding... was real cheap and is walnut shell.
I think that would be cheaper than me buying 80,000 pounds and trying to find a place to store them:D.

[prsman23]

Pound for pound? Who knows until you try! Might be the deal of a lifetime!!!!

[Lloyd Smale]

for the 20 bucks or so a year it cost me to buy them its hardly worth grinding my own. About kind of like making my own lube anymore when lars sells it for about what i pay for ingrediants.

[km101]

A few years back, a friend gave me a 5 gal bucket of mixed walnut and pecan shells. By the time I found the equipment and got them ground, it probably only cost me about 5 times what it would have cost to buy the media. :) But it was an "interesting" experience. Just not cost effective!

[Cosmiceyes]

Has anyone looked in the kitchen? A coffee grinder set to very course would work. As seen on "TV" $9.95,but that's for someone with a few 5 gallon buckets of shells. After that I would be looking at meat grinders from garage sales. Then there is always..see video..

http://youtu.be/eQdprOzBxwE

[TreeKiller]

Local (estate sale) had a commercial coffee grinder for sale for $70.00 for about 3 months would of had to make a hopper for it, looked at it every week but did not have a place to keep it. Today it was gone.