Butchering with a Massey Ferguson

[Don87]

I claimed to have done it, but never provided pictures..........until now.

Awoke at 4:30am, drank coffee and woke up a little. 5:30am jumped in my pickup and drove to BIL's house. Dispatched the hog quickly and loaded it on the pickup. Back home by 7:00am and put the Massey to work.

BIL guesstimated the live weight to be about 280lbs.

Started raining just as I was splitting the hog in half to hang in the spare fridge until tomorrow morning.

 

[bigbull338]

loaders do come in handy.

 

[Don87]

loaders do come in handy.

Yes Sir, they sure do.

 

[brin]

Nice job skinning....I have dressed Deer that way, using my FEL on my JD 3020...makes it easier for sure...did you or are you going to make cracklins ? :thumbsup:

 

[brin]

Geeez, I just noticed in the first picture....did you let the hog finish his coffee before you dispatched him :confused3:

 

[Don87]

Nice job skinning....I have dressed Deer that way, using my FEL on my JD 3020...makes it easier for sure...did you or are you going to make cracklins ? :thumbsup:

Negative, no cracklins. Just sausage, except for the ribs.

 

[Don87]

Geeez, I just noticed in the first picture....did you let the hog finish his coffee before you dispatched him :confused3:

No way.........I needed that coffee, it was early. :thumbsup:

 

[sandman2234]

Good looking Yorkshire...
David from jax

 

[Don87]

Good looking Yorkshire...
David from jax

Thanks, My BIL raises some good hogs. I get 2 per year from him.

I was getting them done at a butchering place, but the cost became prohibitive. So I just started butchering them myself. I mainly just make sausage, and my 28 year old #12 hand grinder that I hooked a pulley and old dryer motor on make short work of a hog. I purchased the funnels, (and most recently a meat mixer) and just buy casings and seasonings and do it myself.

 

[ray66v]

Here in Ohio, we have grocery stores, where be can buy the meat already cut and wrapped in a nice package.