Seed cleaning using a Robert Bodington Gravitator

In this video we look at how we clean weed seed and other impurities out of our bra before we plant it.

[@davidmaxep5434]

Thank you, Geoffrey, for another interesting video. I have never heard of that machine. On my farm we graded thousands of tonnes of grain by using the natural wind and slowing the auger on the header down, emptying into chaser bin, then repeating the same again into the field bins. By taking care with what l was doing always got the grain in first grade.

[@brookdalefarm7986]

Hi David, I am glad you enjoyed it. There aren’t many of the gravitators around. I often use the wind threw the auger too. It is harder with the larger harvesters as they unload the grain so fast. Thanks from Geoffrey

[@oldfarmsawmill3098]

Now that is a fascinatingly simple and ingenious piece of equipment, that I, for one, never heard of. Thank you for sharing.

[@brookdalefarm7986]

Hi, I am glad you enjoyed the video. I have only seen a few others like it. Thanks from Geoffrey

[@Americanarnold]

Thanks for taking the time and making this and your other ones as well, I find them very interesting.

[@brookdalefarm7986]

Hi Hubcap, thanks very much. I am glad you are enjoying them.

[@paulwomack5866]

I'm probably being dumb - but this machine doesn't seem to have any controls (a "normal" seed cleaner has *so many* adjustments for airflow rates and sieve size). I can see that the peas go to the outside, and the radish seeds run down the inner spiral. So what if you had a crop of radish seeds - how would you clean it?

[@brookdalefarm7986]

Hi Paul, it doesn’t have as many adjustments as a regular cleaner, but there are 4 different outlets at the bottom and a swinging flap at the bottom to allow you more selection as to where you take off the grain. Also changing the flow rate at the top changes where things come out the bottom too. I have got a good clean sample of radish and rye grass seed from the different outlets at the bottom. Thanks from Geoffrey

[@andyhutch8262]

You aint going to get rich on youtube, I am only one to post a comment, & only 7 gave it the thumbs up. It's like stepping back in time to the 40's watching your fillums Robert.

[@brookdalefarm7986]

Hi Andy, it’s not about getting rich. I am hopping to show people how we farm in Western Australia. I am showing some of the older machinery like this seed cleaner that I don’t use much, but also the equipment that we still use all the time like the chamberlain. Thanks for commenting, and I hope you are enjoying some of the aspects from the 1940’s and 50’s. Thaks