The Modern Sorghum Press - Unboxing

Back in the early days of the pioneers and American homesteaders, SUGAR was a commodity that was hard to come by. White sugar was only reserved for the very rich. For everyone else, if you wanted sweets, you had to find a honey tree or grow Sorghum.
Homesteaders would come together a few times in the fall and bring their freshly harvested sorghum and process it with a horse drawn sorghum press.
What if you never had to buy sugar again but relied on the syrup of the sorghum cane to make your pies, cookies and sweeten your jam?
This is the Cane Juicer from Tubobiz and Canemachines.com.
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[@DavidsCaneMachines]

This is David from Tubo Biz. We appreciate the fair review from Zac. We will be applying all his suggestions to any machines you order from us. He is "good people" and never so much hinted for any compensation or tried to use the review to get something from us. We are big fans of his channel and thank him for his business with us. We do our best always. All the best to our friends here.

[@stephaniadawn]

Why isn't there prices on your website... Its like you have to know who I am so you know how much to charge me. please add prices in. For some one like me, whom is just browsing for future refrence, it is rather annoying. Tia.

[@bbpawarppi]

Email address

[@ChickaWoofRanch]

We appreciate your honest review and can't wait to see it in action.

[@Rdrake1413]

My great grandparents used to grind sugar cane to make molasses. They had a small open sided shed with a well near by and used a mule to grind the sugar cane. Last time I was at the farm the sugar cane mills was still there. Been there since at least the 1920's.

[@CookingwithCatLover0330]

Good video! Thank you. I love your live shows. Thanks for all of them.

[@gregorythomas333]

Very kewl beans! My Grandfather used to grow & process his cane too. I still remember the taste :)

[@hetheringtonfamily8798]

I live in Australia, the machine cost $ 260 and the freight was nearly $400 Australian dollars but I love mine

[@LulasticHippyshake]

Oh wow! So excited to see how you find it! here on our off grid NZ farm are fully reliant on our honey bees for meeting our self sufficient sweetness needs met but there are many things honey doesn't really work in. Good look with your new machine!!

[@MISTERD21]

about just stripping the leaves off and running them through.... if sorghum is much like sugarcane the thick(er) outer skin might act like a straw. In the sense that you may push the "juice" out the ends rather than collect it in the press.. i think that is the main reason they skin the canes. I also have read about sugarcane, and that pressing with the skins on can affect the flavor of the pressings. It has been said that pressing with the skins on can impart a slight bitter taste. I've never pressed any cane, sugar or otherwise, this is just an observance i have made. it might be something you have already considered, and thought the skinning to be more labor than it would be worth with the sorghum, i don't know... i'm just offering my unsolicited 2 cents. I must say i am becoming addicted(?) to your series. even if i had never wanted to homestead i feel i would still have learned a lot from your channel. great work, and thank you again for your hard work and effort to help others learn about homesteading, and what it means to you and your family.

[@bigd95822]

Did you know you can get both sorghum and sugarcane seeds on Amazon? Unbelievable! I'm looking forward to seeing this badboy in action.

[@bigolmoose693]

Hi, that piece you weren't sure where it goes, is probably on the output waste side for the cane, it probably clips on that rounded rail shown at 15:43 of your vid. All the Best

[@kevinbaker6168]

You might consider getting a rolling tool base cabinet to mount your crushing machine on. As to the collection spout put on a food grade tube onto it and run the juice into 5 gallon food grade buckets.

[@johnlord8337]

Awesome!

[@MyHomesteadEducation]

Zach, it has been 7 years since you did this video. Do you still use this press for your sorghum? We have two families thinking about planting out 1-2 acres and getting a press and evaporator and making sorghum for our families use and for extra income. I don't know if your sorghum ever came in this year, but if you are still doing sorghum syrup, I would love to see a new video showing your set up and production if possible. Thanks.

[@SustainableLiving]

Did you consider "Grainmaker Sorghum Press" if so what were your thoughts on that machine?

[@yankey4]

You could just run a hose off that thing nps. Just use a hose clamp. God Bless Brother.

[@geraldjones5621]

Thank you for review.

[@jonathanbrinkley2371]

Zach, Me and my kids absolutely love your videos! We are currently working on getting ourselves "educated" in homesteading and plan to make the move in the next few years. What resources would you recommend for information?

[@mechanic2874]

that piece looks like the lower outlet deflector to keep the trash out of your pan . not sure how it set in place . may be that lower bar comes out and that piece slides over it

[@dalehenderson3526]

Where did you get your sugar cane seed? I would like to try that. And for the extra part it looks like it fits on one of the handles on the side to help it feed in or out. Just a thought.

[@wagonertim]

Look forward in seeing this machine run. I have been making sorghum for 7 years now. I had a dear old friend who is in Heaven now that taught me how. It is a dying art and a few are keeping it going. This will be the first year since I had my farm in not doing it. The area I plant it this year flooded. So this year was a complete loss. What type of cane did you plant? In Kentucky the type I have had the best luck with is dell. It makes a nice tall firm cane that is not affected as much by wind and has a wonderful taste. For myself I found that after I squeeze it one day I would then let it sit overnight. And cook the next day. Just had to make sure and keep the juice cool so it did not spoil. The sitting overnight allowed a lot of sediment to settle out so I did not have to skim as much. I am also looking forward to seeing how your maple pan does as a sorghum pan. If you have any questions I would be more than happy to answer any. I think you will really enjoy the family fun when it comes time to cook. I know my family always has. I have a clip on you tube of what we do titled making sweet sorghum. Best of luck and have some biscuits ready to rub through that wonderful sorghum syrup.

[@sandangels73]

I wonder if the extra piece could be a lid to keep debris out. Just a thought :)

[@dalehenderson3526]

About the extra part I was wrong about the side handles. I thought it fed through the sides. It looks like it would fit on the exit side on that bar above the pan below the bottum roller.

[@1timby]

I wonder how long it will take you to feed this through? Especially if you have a large harvest.

[@courtneybrad]

Great video! Have you shown the sugarcane yet? I dont think I have seen that yet.

[@gardenofedencoltd..3048]

Perfect review Bro.

[@anikeshishian1]

It looks like a great machine. I hope it works well for you. I can't help being curious about the horse drawn cane juicers. I've read about them but never seen one. I'm going to have to look those up.

[@gregorythomas333]

Danny & Wanda over at DeepSouthHomestead have one that they just fixed up and mounted. It is huge!

[@janicereeser1965]

I am gluten intolerant and use sweet sorghum flour daily hummm could the squeezed cane be drked and then i could use my wonder mill to ground it into sorghum flour hummm would make a great video organic sweet sorghum flour I LOVE this video jannie from 6 acres in florida

[@tennesseehomesteader6175]

So fast forward to now... do you still like it? How much was this machine please never did see a price

[@qhack]

I wonder if that extra plate is meant to divert the spent cane away from the screen filter at the bottom. I noticed that there is a smallish 1/2" shaft that looks like would fit those flanges on the plate.

[@LiberLady]

It looks like the plate goes on the BACK! when the rollers are exposed there is a bar those clamps would clip on to. I believe it's to facilitate cleaning out the fiber mash from the back of the unit.

[@joshosborn4832]

What is the price of this machine.

[@miracletimberlake9202]

Thinking about sorghum farming. Would you mind giving me some advice?

[@timcoulson6992]

Happy Blessed Easter.

[@user-zu2rl8dt6c]

put a food hose or copper line onto spout w a filter screen

[@MrWestexjustinc]

instead of a threaded end on the spout you could still attatch a hose by simply using a hose clamp? shalom

[@barbarabell3366]

Wanted to see it work. Put some tubing with a clamp so the sorghum can run down into a bucket, would that work?

[@Anamericanhomestead]

That's probably what we will do.

[@indigenouspotliquor3546]

steam juicer clamp & hose

[@Markam248]

What generator do you use?

[@lindahumphrey9113]

i checked out the website as I am very interested in such a machine/quality myself. It looked like the back shield was made of a heavy acrylic cover...which would have allowed to see the actual canes coming through the machine. Your model has a Stainless Steel cover..yes, more durable but not see through. Hmmm...wondering about that. I'd also like the prices. It should be listed on the site as well as just the videos/specifications. Otherwise you have to click the ask questions button....

[@elkhound25]

they need to design something about twice the size in rollers. both in diameter and width and fix it on a simple frame with a PTO hook up so farmers can use their tractors as power source. also need a shear pin capability at PTO and machine connection point. i hope i am pleasantly surprised with how much this smaller machine is capable of and its long tern service. after all cramming a few acres of stalks through it is going to test it for sure.

[@Anamericanhomestead]

I think the most we might do is a half acre. That will produce a lot of juice. We will have to see how this year goes. We have about a quarter acre planted.

[@kevinstanton7338]

How's it do rhubarb, because I'm thinking about making a rhubarb/sorghum wine?

[@geraldjones5621]

It looks like the metal plate that you don't understand is to go under the spout. I was concerned about material from cane getting into bottle of juice. Metal plate may protect scruff from cane going into juice. lol ..

[@Joseph102169]

Who do you sell the syrup to? How is the the syrup used?

[@bethaddis3696]

I would see about friction fit some raw milk hose on the spout.

[@hatac]

The cords obviously a voltage thing. The differences between voltage phase etc in different countries. I'm in Australia and we see that occasionally in goods sent to us. New machine; old cord because that's all that's available in the manufacturing country. We had the Aussie department of defense bought a computer once and had assurances that it was rated and tested for 240 volts, 3 phase. They plugged it in and it burned nicely. We are still trying to court marshal the US company. lol.

[@JandjacresNet]

He doesn't list any prices on his website :-( Perhaps a simple tube pipe w/ a hose clamp would go over the nozzle nicely and let you route the juice to a 5 gal bucket or whatever. Just an idea.

[@GreenAcreHomestead]

Good idea. This would also help keep the juice clean. Having the loader port right over the juice pot lends itself to junk falling into the juice.

[@sandangels73]

I thought the same thing :)

[@moadeebjudahbenisrael2030]

1/2 " silicone hose would be the way to go,easy clean up too.

[@d3adp001]

looks like spare plate goes in the back, under the cowling, down low near the roller.

[@dalemason183]

I have

[@RichSobocinski]

Just hose clamp a piece of tubing to that spout. There's no pressure to deal with

[@susieintn9466]

Wonder if you could use it for muscadine's or persimmons for extracting the juice ? Zack you crack me up with that dirty cord! I'd be the same way, everything else is clean, brand new, EXCEPT the dirty cord. Thanks so much for sharing. Susie in TN

[@Anamericanhomestead]

Persimmons are just paste. The best way to get juice from persimmons is to make it with a steam juicer. It will make great wine doing it that way.

[@susieintn9466]

Oh ok... Thanks never knew that. Congratulation on your new press.

[@marcushatley5589]

I'm a Sorghum producer in AR and would like to see your juicer.

[@romelmadray6706]

Dear An American Honestead- I am trying to find out some more information on how the machine has fared during the three years that you have had it. Can you possibly do a review video or alternatively comment, as I am interested in purchasing this machine but unsure as unfamiliar with the company.

[@jeffschmidt8491]

Hi how’s it been working

[@BumbleBeeJunction]

The old machines also had internal lead bushings / bearings that wore out (giving off lead) and the juice was exposed to before leaving the machine... They were heavy metal poisoning nightmares... I really believe you dodged that bullet...

[@BumbleBeeJunction]

Your spare piece a splash guard to ride that top roller and protect the glass ???

[@Anamericanhomestead]

Oh, you're talking about the bushings and bearings in the antiques?? WOW!

[@BumbleBeeJunction]

The old ones literally had no bearings... Just lead sleeve bushings that were inside the housing, and the juice ran down and across them (the rollers were vertical and the bushings were top and bottom of the rollers) before exiting the machine... The bushing we 1/2" thick (or slightly more) and were sometimes replaced 2 and three times a season... All of that ground away lead went into they syrup... Granted a chunk that broke away might have been caught in a filter... But most was not....

[@miracletimberlake9202]

How much are they?

[@EarthCrust722]

I wonder if this press worked out well or was a total loss.

[@alandavis8162]

who was american company you looked at

[@brucela7702]

It seems to me that piece we didn't know where went probably gets jammed in there with that screen and Clips in somehow and it's probably a covered to keep junk from falling into the bucket that goes beneath the spout where you're feeding stuff in so nothing that you're feeding in or get into the bucket that you're collecting your syrup in just a thought sorry I interrupted

[@uprepper1316]

For a true off-grid product considering adding a hand crank option for usage

[@efcefc9668]

Do you sell fresh cane?

[@miracletimberlake9202]

Hey guys, how much are they? $$

[@jeffschmidt4795]

What is the website

[@dsstroyer]

Sugar cane seeds? Can you point me to who sells them?

[@GreenAcreHomestead]

sustainableseedco.com/sorghum/ www.rareseeds.com/store/vegetables/sorghum/ www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Dlawngarden&field-keywords=sugar+cane+seed

[@vantynguyen1654]

how much$$

[@thewiredfox2691]

Where is the PTO hookup? ;-p When the motors fails you wouldn't need a donkey/horse, you could just hook up your tractor!

[@chasmofsar2691]

Cool video, but do you have some agreement with Tubobiz not to disclose what a machine like that costs? I've made it a practice not to do business with companies that don't disclose pricing. If they can't be honest up front, it's hard to trust them to deal honestly, imo.

[@Anamericanhomestead]

Are the prices not on the website? It may be because of shipping. It's going to be vastly different for everyone.

[@docbrown6550]

I don't believe this New Type will be as reliable as the Older Type and Almost guarantee you will not be Satisfied, especially if you make a Lot of Syrup, There is a Lot of tension on the Rollers You will be Changing Bearings a Lot I'm Guessing......It won't hold up Just My Opinion. We hooked up a car Rear End Vertical with Gears running off a Tractor PTO to our Cast Iron cane Mill, We made 12-14 Gallons of Finished Product per Batch with 2 Batches a Day.

[@gousa976]

Hay what happened to your cord...lol

[@peerless-d6r600]

wth KZbin unsubscribed me from your channel? why do they do that?

[@Anamericanhomestead]

I have no idea. I should google that.

[@peerless-d6r600]

+An American Homestead I have been waiting for a new video and never seen one so I checked your chAnnel and I was unsubscribed. strange

[@pl747]

It must be dangerous out in your part of the hood.

[@Asomesauc]

watched the hole video for nothing wow

[@bbpawarppi]

Machine manufacturing company email

[@razzorbladz]

All that talking and you don't use the dam thing

[@Asomesauc]

thumbs down, didn't even use it, really

[@Anamericanhomestead]

you don't harvest until the fall. this was just an unboxing. stay tuned.

[@FINfinFINfinFINfin]

Is there a follow up to this video where the press is used? I searched your videos and could not locate one. Thanks

[@FINfinFINfinFINfin]

That machine does not look very robust. I'll be surprised if it works well and is built to last. Since this video is 7 years old, I'll come back to the future and see how it did.

[@Anamericanhomestead]

Its still working. I have not used it every year since we got it but most. I even ordered giant sugar cane stalks through a coop and it crushed those fine as well. Tubobiz is a good company. Just make sure you get the right one because there are some fakes out there.