LARGE Meat Grinder... What's it worth?

[DTrain]

Cleaning out my FIL's old trailer after he passed and stumbled upon this very large meat grinder.  The belt spins freely, though I don't know if the motor runs or not.  There are several parts and pieces there in the top bin.  Any ideas on what it's worth should I decided to sell it?  And yes that's a full size whiskey barrel to the right.  



Thanks!

[bigwull]

Does,nt look like a 50 gal whisky barrel to me....

[DTrain]

I was more implying that it wasn't a half barrel as that's what you see around here more often.  I don't really know it's true size.

The grinder does have a GE electric motor if I remember the correctly.

[bigwull]

btw....Welcome.....

[DTrain]

Thanks...  Really just trying to determine if it's worth selling or if dismantling for scrape iron is the way to go....

Haven't been able to find a single picture of one like it.  For all I know it could be cobbled together by my FIL.

[mart]

Not cobbled together !!  Looks like a commercial grinder for a butcher shop if its as big as it looks !!    And the barrel looks to be 50 gal. or close to it !!  Is anything written or stamped on the grinder ??

[bigwull]

Not cobbled together !!  Looks like a commercial grinder for a butcher shop if its as big as it looks !!    And the barrel looks to be 50 gal. or close to it !!  Is anything written or stamped on the grinder ??

if that barrel,s a 50 ....then i,m going to learn Mandarin....a 50 gal barrel is 4ft high...and that does,nt look 4ft

[Rauville]

If the grinder has the plates and knives, I bet some deer hunter would be glad to give a couple hundred bucks (non-cervidae species ) for it.

[frogpatch]

If you were from New Jersey you would know that the barrel and the grinder go together. That is a witness removal kit. These old ones were good because they were bio-degradable. The new ones have plastic drums that take up room in the landfills.

[mart]

Did the cement overcoat come along later ??  Didn`t think about that, Frogpatch,, !!  Looks too big for a nail keg !!

[greenacres]

Frogpatch your reminding me of the wood chipper in the movie "Fargo". Or maybe it knows where " Jimmy Hoffa" is!

[KC]

Welcome!

May I ask who said it was a meat grinder?

Can you take a better picture looking down inside please? 

[cogar]

The size of the "drive" belt amazes me.

And yes, anyone who processes their own beef, pork or deer like those old commercial grinders. 

[bigwull]

Topic provider thinks its a grinder....i,d call it a mincer.....

[mariok54]

Eat veg or a Beef alternative