Hey Jay,
We did receive the tumbler in excellent condition. We have already assembled it and used it for two days. It works great and is saving us scads of time on fleece care. Thanks.
Eddie
Eddie,Jan,Paul,Megan,
Phillip,Jacquline & Timothy Sapp
Arrowhead Alpacas
Powell, WY eddie@arrowhead-alpacas.com
Hello Jay,
Just wanted to let you know that the fleece tumbler is working GREAT!!! We have been tumbling 6-10 batches a day since we received it. It now takes us about an hour for the whole process; where it use to take us seven. Thank you for your great service.
Thomas Andrew
The Andrew Farm
1145 N 975 W
Andrews, IN 46702 www.TheAndrewFarm.com
Debris Removed using the Fiber Drum Tumbler
From Suri Fleece
The Fiber Tumbler is a newly redesigned product, built to save you time and money. Just place the fiber or wool into the drum, and let it spin for 30-45 minutes. The extended forks will pick through the fiber as the drum rotates slowly (less than 40 rpm), removing loose dirt and debris that has been imbedded into your animals fleece. Once you are finished the product is ready for the mill or processing.
• Saves You Time
• Saves You Money
• Easy To Use
• Easy To Assemble
• Turn Those Stored Fleeces Into Income
• Eliminate Backaches From Leaning Over A Skirting Table
Actual dimensions are:
Fully assembled:
Height: 55 ½”
Length: 52 ½”
Width: 36”
Weight: 150#
Tumbler portion only, six sided – each panel is 19 ½” total dimensions are 33 ½” X 48”
The tumbler handles one to four full size fleeces. The tumbler is designed to tumble up to 20 lbs. The more fiber in the tumbler the longer you need it to tumble. One fleece generally takes 25 to 30 minutes. Two fleeces take 40 to 45 minutes on the average. Three and four fleeces may take up to an hour.
Product Tip:
There may be some moisture in the fiber so make sure the fiber is as dry as possible. Damp fiber may felt in the tumbler and create a large fiber logs if too wet and tumbled.
The solution: use a barn fan that sits on the ground, set it in front of the tumbler pointed up to blow through the fiber and turn it on to a medium to a low setting. This will cause the fiber to dry more quickly and prevent felting. The air flow will also help separate the fiber & we have found that with a little bit of air circulation the fiber will separate and the vegetation will also fall out even easier.
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Questions & Answers
Q: Hi Eddie, thank you for your time. i am looking to set up skirting for myself on my small farm and for those in my area who want to send their
fiber to the fiber coop or to a small mill. Does this tumbler skirt an average soiled fleece by tumbling alone?
Thanks again for your time. There seems to be a need in this area for skirting and this seems to be a good investment. any pro's and cons about
the tumbler and it's use would be greatly appreciated.
lorie long, wild rose ranch, NJ A: This tumbler gets out a high percentage (over 90) of dirt. It also gets out a lot of grass chips (1/4 inch and shorter.
Q: How much pre/post skirting are you doing to make fiber ready to be milled? A: We are doing no pre-skirting, however we do need to do some post skirting, especially on first year fleeces.
Q: How much fiber are you tumbling to get th e best results? A: We are getting the best results with 2 fleeces at a time for 30 minutes.
Q: Are you tumbling 2nd's, and if so, do the unwanted short pieces come through the tumbler's mesh? (I know that it doesn't get rid of guard hair.) A: We do tumble the seconds and nearly all of the shorts come out.
Final Note: Before we got the tumbler it was taking my wife and two daughter-in laws 1 1/2 hours to skirt one fleece and they were unable to
get out more than 40% of the dirt. Once we got the tumbler they were able to do 4 fleeces per hour with the stated results. The only thing that will
slow you down will be the first year fleeces, but if you were to do them by hand to get the same results as the tumbler it could take several hours.
I hope this info has been helpful.
Blessings, Eddie
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