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SteveB[_15_]

On 12/26/2013 8:47 PM, wrote:
The issue will be moving all the nuts in the hose
The bigger and longer the hose the harder that will be
You will not be picking up one piece at a time, waiting for each to reach the barrel
You will want to support a continuous flow.
I think you need to try it, moving a significant weight at the same time will be difficult.
If you limit the amount of nuts in the hose at any one time, it might work.
Mark

So far, with the species locally produced, I have not had a jamup in the
hose, unless you count the kinks in the hose where it restricts flow,
and then releases all the nuts once the kink is straightened. We do
have some "mammoth" pecans (a grade given by USDA for very large very
long pecans) but I have not personally vacuumed any of those yet, just
bought them from property owners. There is a local variety that is
round, and approaches 1 1/4" in diameter with the husk on. Those fly
right through the hose. I did have to make a vee shaped protector for
the air filter that the nuts hit at full speed before dropping into the
body of the vacuum. I am using a very large Shop-Vac model, and have a
Craftsman with two motors that I can use on top of 55 gal barrels, but I
have not tried that one yet, as it has a bad hose, and I have not
replaced it yet. It does have awesome suction, more than the Shop-Vac,
so it will be interesting when I do try it. It will also be easier if
my long hose idea works, and I can suck them directly into 55 gal
barrels, and change barrels quickly, and leave the barrels on the truck
or trailer. The collapsible style hose will compress slightly when at
high vacuum, while PVC would not. As I say, so far, so good.

Steve