Hole Hawg Chicken PLucker

shinnlinger · August 30, 2009, 09:51:48 PM

Hi,

I bet many of you have hole hawgs and some of you may need a chicken plucker from time to time.

I made it using commercial plucking fingers from wizbang books and a piece of sewer pipe and a long bolt I cut the head off. It worked quite well if the scald water was the right temp. They say 140 degrees for 1 minute is a good dunk range but usually my water was 180 so I just went for a few good dunks and let it rip. It threw feathers! If any one has pointers for maintaining a steady 140 I would be interested, I had an old turkey fryer thing going but it was too hot.

I made a smaller "porta pluck" for my cordless, but I didn't use it much.

I mounted the hawg to my truck by clamping a pipe clamp to my receiver that was threaded at the other end of the pipe. 3/4 pipe thread goes right into the handle hole on the drill and it held solid. I wired the trigger down and used a surge protecter for an on/off switch.

My only cost was the $45 for the 50 fingers. I only used 27 fingers or so on the larger plucker, so you could make one that used 25 fingers for $25.

StorminN · August 31, 2009, 01:37:44 AM

Shinnlinger, that looks... interesting... I wouldn't want my arm hairs to get tangled in that one!

For the dunk... torch the top off of an old hot water heater... set the thermostat to 140F and let it rip. Even if the tank's a leaker, it probably won't leak fast enough to make a difference for your purpose...

-N.

shinnlinger · August 31, 2009, 08:58:44 PM

Does this help???
http://www.youtube.com/user/ccmhats#play/all/uploads-all/0/Gf6H0PX2shM

I really like the hotwater heater idea.. I have two gas jobs out back...

You could touch those fingers without penalty, they are soft rubber....

woodsteach · September 01, 2009, 07:21:59 PM

Great videos! If that is you my kids what to know what that designer umbrella is for? ;D ;D

woods

shinnlinger · September 01, 2009, 08:35:24 PM

You probably didn't recognize me without my cape, but yes, that is me in the rain suit. The umbrella was someone's idea, it was raining pretty good and they didn't want the hawg to get wet....