[AT] This actually tractor related

[Steve W.]

Best, George wrote:
> I doubt that any wineries still stomp their grapes.  Would think they
> all use presses of some sort.
> 
> I know a guy who's family has a large apple orchard and has made
> cider (regular and hard) for the past hundred years.  Their cider
> press is a huge commercial thing made in the early 1900's and powered
> by flat belt off an early sideshaft engine.  Could just as easily
> have been a flat belt off a tractor.
> 
> So I would think a Cletrac with flat belt pulley could press grapes
> if needed.  Although the wine label only says it was harvested using
> Cletrac equipment and nothing was said about the wine making process.
> 
> 

There is an orchard near me that uses an 1800s water turbine to power
their press and an original Waterloo Boy to power the grinder and
conveyor. It's a neat operation to watch.

http://www.flycreekcidermill.com/

The cheese they make is GREAT as well.
-- 
Steve W.