Crusher/Destemmers - which is best?

Paul,

I have an Eno-3-S, the same as you're interested in, but all stainless, & without the motor. Also from St. Pat's. I think it's a well made machine, and I've had no problems with it. I don't really need the motor for the amount of grapes I grow (50 vines), but I think the SS will last a lot longer, especially around acid. Do consider the stand & chute, though. It makes things a lot easier. Or you can do as I did and use two sawhorses & bend your own chute from a big sheet of aluminum.

HTH, Mike MTM

I got one from beer beer & more beer in california and they have free freight.

the model number is WE273B and I'm pretty happy with it, have used it 2 years. I built a folding stand out of pine and a plastic wall panel and fiberglassed it all. I'm not an expert but the only thing i have wondered about was the nylon rollers. I notice the professional rigs use rubber rollers. It eats the grapes about as fast as you can dump em in. Kinda embarrasing to run your harvest equipment 30 minutes a year.(2 ton per hour capacity) That's the difference between a hobby and real farming!

Bonaquisti wrote "I am looking at purchasing the Eno 3m-ps crusher destemmer from St. Pat's of Texas, but know nothing of it's quality or durability. It seems to have alot of features that others don't (such as rubber rollers)"

Paul - I have St. Pats Eno crusher (no destemmer) with rubber rollers. I don't like the rubber rollers. If I had it to do over I would opt for metal rollers. I've had whole grapes get through the rollers and I routinely run the grapes through the crusher two to three times before I'm satisfied with the result. This doesn't take too much time because I'm working with 3 ro 4 hundred pounds of grapes and it's a hobby with me. Still, it doesn't seem like it should be necessary.

Bill Frazier Olathe, Kansas