Guda
Superstrut Strut
- Joined
- Nov 19, 2019
- Messages
- 516
I bought my property to build a nex gen farm. To build said farm I need to plant a lot of trees. I also am putting in a "in earth" greenhouse, house & pool. All that is digging. Well, randomly I am sitting on a pile of gems. Originally I was going to build my house with rammed earth. In with the gems are endless colorful rocks. Rocks perfect for slip form house build.
I have a 310sg John Deere. So digging is covered. But the rocks are in a flood layer covered in dirt & an alkaline crust. The rocks need to be sorted & cleaned. I am going to build a series of 55gal drums into a trammel. Also needed to build a way to wash them, like a cement mixer or a bit smaller. I want to power all this with solar, hopefully.
I'd like to run it off direct pv power if possible. Just trying to mine as cheep & green as possible.
Think I'll weld 3 55gal drums end to end & have 3-4 sets of those to grade the material. Need to power rotate them. And then like I said, something like a cement mixer. A little one will work for the gems but the rocks for building are up to 3-5x the size of a basket ball. The biggest rocks wont go through the grader part, they just need to be washed.
The amounts are really quite staggering. It will take a couple/few years to dig/process this all. I like good stuff that wont break. Anyone know about powering equipment with solar?
I have a 310sg John Deere. So digging is covered. But the rocks are in a flood layer covered in dirt & an alkaline crust. The rocks need to be sorted & cleaned. I am going to build a series of 55gal drums into a trammel. Also needed to build a way to wash them, like a cement mixer or a bit smaller. I want to power all this with solar, hopefully.
I'd like to run it off direct pv power if possible. Just trying to mine as cheep & green as possible.
Think I'll weld 3 55gal drums end to end & have 3-4 sets of those to grade the material. Need to power rotate them. And then like I said, something like a cement mixer. A little one will work for the gems but the rocks for building are up to 3-5x the size of a basket ball. The biggest rocks wont go through the grader part, they just need to be washed.
The amounts are really quite staggering. It will take a couple/few years to dig/process this all. I like good stuff that wont break. Anyone know about powering equipment with solar?