That's kinda what I'm thinking. I don't want to wait too long. Im going to ask a few people about livestock trailers today.
The Butchering Thread
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I don't have the bandsaw to do a pig justice. Ribs, chops, shoulders, I like my pork bone-in. Butchering with vacuum sealing is around 95 cents a pound +kill fee around here. Still a good deal but you'll need to time your appointment and pig purchase unless you want to hold on to that pig for a week or two.
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When in doubt....improvise. I used one on an 800# black angus last weekend. I wouldn’t make the fine cuts with one but it reduced that cow down pretty quickly.
My nephew raises beef and offered me a 350lb heifer that had a bad knee that locked up in the rear. She wadnt gaining any weight at all. So Greyson and I headed over and put her down and brought her home. Hung her up and dissected and quartered her up. Wrapped in saran wrap and aging in fridge for a week.
I butchered it the same. But yea, much tougher skinning. Broke out the Outdoor Edge and made quick work of it then
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We butcher all our own meat. With that being said we have some pretty damn nice equipment. You can do a hog without much equipment. Basically just a meat grinder and stuffer.
The basic breakdown is the same as a deer loin etc... If you plan on doing casing sausage the last I bought casing it was around $30. But it will do roughly 2 hogs. We only grind sausage once with a larger die(3/16- 1/4).
Pretty much the same. Good knife and a sawzaw. I've butchered quite a few. You can cut off the side meat and do your own bacon or have someone do it too
I’m hog ready after I install my electric hoist on my ceiling Ibeam. I just need to get a scissor lift over here.
About to pick this up today at kohl’s. I didn’t know they had em”. After receiving coupons in mail from kohl’s for 30% off. I decided to use it for food saver vacuum sealer. Original price for 149.99 and get it for $119.99 by using the coupon.
