My Grinder Sucks - Grinder reviews

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I ground 250# of deer and elk last week, still hasn't let me down. I did have to take it apart and unwind some silver skin about half-way through.
Knowing what you know, would you buy the 0.5HP again or bump up?
 
I have a Walton’s #12 (.75 hp). Wife got it for me for Father’s Day last year (I buy her nice stuff, she buys me nice stuff). I don’t have a ton of complaints thus far, with the exception of the price. I believe they were running a sale at the time because the invoice says $450ish shipped including tax and now I see the website indicates the base price is $549. Tariffs prob playing a role as well.

Anyway, a few complaints: it’s huge, and heavy. Want to say it weighs close to 40lbs. Also didn’t like that the foot pedal is an add-on purchase. I don’t have one yet but will prob pick one up this year. It’d also pretty loud, as far as grinders go.

That said, manufacturer says it can do 7 lb an hour. I think I did 40-50 lbs straight last season without any shutdowns or overheating. So I didn’t exactly put it through its paces, but also didn’t have any obvious issues that would cause concern.
 

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