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User ID: 78846383 United States 04/29/2020 05:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | That sounds like several 1000's worth of beef. I'd go buy a big chest freezer and break them down into just the bigger sections yourself. From the author of Blade Runner: “There will come a time when it isn't 'They're spying on me through my phone' anymore. Eventually, it will be 'My phone is spying on me'.” Philip K. Dick |
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(OP) User ID: 77016380 United States 04/29/2020 05:56 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | That sounds like several 1000's worth of beef. I'd go buy a big chest freezer and break them down into just the bigger sections yourself. Quoting: WaitTressSandwhich I watch these guys too. it's not as easy as they make it look. I can butcher a deer because my cooler is tall enough to hang them. I'm not going to butcher cow's. ~ The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. Thomas Jefferson |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 78265618 Canada 04/29/2020 05:58 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | No one in the area can hammer them on the bean and dress them till october? I remember in the 80s in Italy my relative wanted steaks for supper . He took an sledge and cracked the heifer on the noggin . Shit sprayed out. I'm Vegan now thank u very nice. |
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(OP) User ID: 77016380 United States 04/29/2020 06:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | No one in the area can hammer them on the bean and dress them till october? I remember in the 80s in Italy my relative wanted steaks for supper . He took an sledge and cracked the heifer on the noggin . Shit sprayed out. I'm Vegan now thank u very nice. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78265618 Everyone is booked up. ~ The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. Thomas Jefferson |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 75136688 United States 04/29/2020 06:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Butchering a steer ain't that bad. For a bandsaw, find an old Craftsman and get fine toothed blade. Set up a fence to help give you the thickness you need. This will get you the steaks. For hamburger you can find an old sausage grinder and fit a large pulley to it and a very small pulley on an old motor from a dryer. But watch out, the cast iron blades are easy to break. Nowadays I'd just buy the grinder off amazon and plug it in. There are ways around all this bullshit, we should have already been practicing this stuff. |
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(OP) User ID: 77016380 United States 04/29/2020 06:10 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Butchering a steer ain't that bad. For a bandsaw, find an old Craftsman and get fine toothed blade. Set up a fence to help give you the thickness you need. This will get you the steaks. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 75136688 For hamburger you can find an old sausage grinder and fit a large pulley to it and a very small pulley on an old motor from a dryer. But watch out, the cast iron blades are easy to break. Nowadays I'd just buy the grinder off amazon and plug it in. There are ways around all this bullshit, we should have already been practicing this stuff. I have the grinder and saw. These cows are in the pasture two hours away. I thought about this for a day. I am not set up for this. ~ The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. Thomas Jefferson |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 75136688 United States 04/29/2020 06:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Butchering a steer ain't that bad. For a bandsaw, find an old Craftsman and get fine toothed blade. Set up a fence to help give you the thickness you need. This will get you the steaks. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 75136688 For hamburger you can find an old sausage grinder and fit a large pulley to it and a very small pulley on an old motor from a dryer. But watch out, the cast iron blades are easy to break. Nowadays I'd just buy the grinder off amazon and plug it in. There are ways around all this bullshit, we should have already been practicing this stuff. I have the grinder and saw. These cows are in the pasture two hours away. I thought about this for a day. I am not set up for this. Honestly if you are in the city or have close neighbors, the hardest part is getting rid of the guts, head, legs, and hide. Out here we just dump them in the woods and let nature take its course |
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(OP) User ID: 77016380 United States 04/29/2020 06:16 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Butchering a steer ain't that bad. For a bandsaw, find an old Craftsman and get fine toothed blade. Set up a fence to help give you the thickness you need. This will get you the steaks. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 75136688 For hamburger you can find an old sausage grinder and fit a large pulley to it and a very small pulley on an old motor from a dryer. But watch out, the cast iron blades are easy to break. Nowadays I'd just buy the grinder off amazon and plug it in. There are ways around all this bullshit, we should have already been practicing this stuff. I have the grinder and saw. These cows are in the pasture two hours away. I thought about this for a day. I am not set up for this. Honestly if you are in the city or have close neighbors, the hardest part is getting rid of the guts, head, legs, and hide. Out here we just dump them in the woods and let nature take its course I have the farm, deer cooler, etc. I don't have the tables, etc. He has 300 head...he'll ration their feed and someone will eventually pay him something for them. ~ The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. Thomas Jefferson |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 75136688 United States 04/29/2020 06:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Butchering a steer ain't that bad. For a bandsaw, find an old Craftsman and get fine toothed blade. Set up a fence to help give you the thickness you need. This will get you the steaks. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 75136688 For hamburger you can find an old sausage grinder and fit a large pulley to it and a very small pulley on an old motor from a dryer. But watch out, the cast iron blades are easy to break. Nowadays I'd just buy the grinder off amazon and plug it in. There are ways around all this bullshit, we should have already been practicing this stuff. I have the grinder and saw. These cows are in the pasture two hours away. I thought about this for a day. I am not set up for this. Honestly if you are in the city or have close neighbors, the hardest part is getting rid of the guts, head, legs, and hide. Out here we just dump them in the woods and let nature take its course I have the farm, deer cooler, etc. I don't have the tables, etc. He has 300 head...he'll ration their feed and someone will eventually pay him something for them. Well, all you need is one......It's a chore no mistake about it, but you could do it in a day. Find an old table on Craigslist and go for it! |
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(OP) User ID: 77016380 United States 04/29/2020 06:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: ~Fire Watch~ I have the grinder and saw. These cows are in the pasture two hours away. I thought about this for a day. I am not set up for this. Honestly if you are in the city or have close neighbors, the hardest part is getting rid of the guts, head, legs, and hide. Out here we just dump them in the woods and let nature take its course I have the farm, deer cooler, etc. I don't have the tables, etc. He has 300 head...he'll ration their feed and someone will eventually pay him something for them. Well, all you need is one......It's a chore no mistake about it, but you could do it in a day. Find an old table on Craigslist and go for it! That's a possibility. I'm still kicking that around. I still have 8 weeks of meat. Hoping things open up by then. ~ The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. Thomas Jefferson |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 76140145 United States 04/29/2020 06:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This situation with the farmers and the packing houses is heartbreaking. Something has to give. We, Americans, just can't let our meat supply rot. Maybe the National Guard can set up to house, feed these animals and set up some kind of packing house/butcher scenario. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 77743250 United States 04/29/2020 06:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | No one in the area can hammer them on the bean and dress them till october? I remember in the 80s in Italy my relative wanted steaks for supper . He took an sledge and cracked the heifer on the noggin . Shit sprayed out. I'm Vegan now thank u very nice. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78265618 We have a pond full of frogs here. Greens is greens. |
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(OP) User ID: 77016380 United States 04/29/2020 06:25 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This situation with the farmers and the packing houses is heartbreaking. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76140145 Something has to give. We, Americans, just can't let our meat supply rot. Maybe the National Guard can set up to house, feed these animals and set up some kind of packing house/butcher scenario. They have been euthanizing piglets for weeks...that will show up. There are millions of fed out animal units with no place to go. ~ The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. Thomas Jefferson |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 75136688 United States 04/29/2020 06:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This situation with the farmers and the packing houses is heartbreaking. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76140145 Something has to give. We, Americans, just can't let our meat supply rot. Maybe the National Guard can set up to house, feed these animals and set up some kind of packing house/butcher scenario. Or we could forget about the .03 percent death rate and go back to normal. |
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(OP) User ID: 77016380 United States 04/29/2020 06:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This situation with the farmers and the packing houses is heartbreaking. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76140145 Something has to give. We, Americans, just can't let our meat supply rot. Maybe the National Guard can set up to house, feed these animals and set up some kind of packing house/butcher scenario. Or we could forget about the .03 percent death rate and go back to normal. True that. ~ The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. Thomas Jefferson |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 75840782 United States 04/29/2020 06:34 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I was happy as my supply, and my family's supplies are dwindling. After checking all butchers in a large radius I have to turn him down. The soonest I can get them butchered is late October. Quoting: ~Fire Watch~ $9.00/lb. for ground beef at my local butcher shop. Most pork producers are euthanizing all of their piglets. Fucked up times... I love how all the farmers like to say they're euthanizing their animals nowadays. Killing the animals is killing the animals. Oh, we ground them up in grinders alive or we shot them in their heads and "euthanized" them. Or we drowned them. Snort |
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(OP) User ID: 77016380 United States 04/29/2020 06:38 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I was happy as my supply, and my family's supplies are dwindling. After checking all butchers in a large radius I have to turn him down. The soonest I can get them butchered is late October. Quoting: ~Fire Watch~ $9.00/lb. for ground beef at my local butcher shop. Most pork producers are euthanizing all of their piglets. Fucked up times... I love how all the farmers like to say they're euthanizing their animals nowadays. Killing the animals is killing the animals. Oh, we ground them up in grinders alive or we shot them in their heads and "euthanized" them. Or we drowned them. Snort They can't feed them out if they can't sell them. They would quickly go bankrupt. Then all the pigs are dead. There is no home for them... ~ The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. Thomas Jefferson |
hardscrabble farmer User ID: 76531980 United States 04/29/2020 06:44 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 1) Make friends with a muslim. Halal slaughter done on site is humane and relatively easy. Give them a share for the help. 2) No farmers are euthanizing chickens, pigs or cattle. CAFO's may be (that's industrial agriculture, not farming) but real farms don't have to meet weight guidelines or feed quotas. I wish I could meet the new demand we've had for our chickens, pork and beef. Our business has never been better. 3) Never look a gift horse in the mouth. When someone makes a generous offer, especially one that will feed your family, FIGURE IT OUT. How lazy or incompetent can you possibly be to let that opportunity slip through your hands? |
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User ID: 72697157 Canada 04/29/2020 06:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I was happy as my supply, and my family's supplies are dwindling. After checking all butchers in a large radius I have to turn him down. The soonest I can get them butchered is late October. Quoting: ~Fire Watch~ $9.00/lb. for ground beef at my local butcher shop. Most pork producers are euthanizing all of their piglets. Fucked up times... Many big game hunters could gut and butcher it. I’m sure someone would do it for some free meat Last Edited by Morpheus on 04/29/2020 06:48 PM |
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(OP) User ID: 77016380 United States 04/29/2020 06:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 1) Make friends with a muslim. Halal slaughter done on site is humane and relatively easy. Give them a share for the help. Quoting: hardscrabble farmer 76531980 2) No farmers are euthanizing chickens, pigs or cattle. CAFO's may be (that's industrial agriculture, not farming) but real farms don't have to meet weight guidelines or feed quotas. I wish I could meet the new demand we've had for our chickens, pork and beef. Our business has never been better. 3) Never look a gift horse in the mouth. When someone makes a generous offer, especially one that will feed your family, FIGURE IT OUT. How lazy or incompetent can you possibly be to let that opportunity slip through your hands? Go away, m'kay. You don't have a clue what you are talking about. My family and I will have beef either way. I don't need a handout. My point wasn't that I was about to starve. I am only sharing with GLP the state of our food system...it is dire. These are the people who feed the world. ~ The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. Thomas Jefferson |