Bought a nee upright freezer for the garage and cleaned out a small chest freezer we already had. After defrosting and thorough cleaning, we packed it for of bagged ice—-and i mean full. Probably 30 bags in their. Local town has a ln ice station where you can bag your own for about 1/4 of what you pay at a gas station. Sure will be nice to not have to pay a premium and waste time heading to the lake. Best thing i did in a while
Dedicated ice freezer….
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I need to do that.
chimneyman
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Great idea. I've got a freezer I use just for freezing honey frames for 48 hours after extracting. 11 months a year it just sits empty
Im finding stores that are always out of ice. So glad to have it my disposal
megalomaniac
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I reuse my ice... buy a 20lb bag for $2.00... go fishing, prob have 15lbs left in the bag after the trip.. put it back in the chest freezer. Next trip, bang the bag on the concrete to separate the cubes, and back into the cooler. After the 2nd trip, it's down to 10lbs. Refreeze and reuse with a couple 16oz frozen water bottles. Next trip. down to 5lbs and add a new 20lb bag. Rinse and repeat... get more trips out of the same bag during the winter.
ive used ine with a heat lamp to heat them up for extracting. what does freezing them do, kill wax moths or beetles?
i have 3 ice machines at some of my offices. i fill up a big cooler on weekends.
they just installed this smaller one. thought about buying one. this one makes 200 pounds in 24hrs. its about 800 bucks. northair has one that makes 100 pounds for about 400 bucks.
they just installed this smaller one. thought about buying one. this one makes 200 pounds in 24hrs. its about 800 bucks. northair has one that makes 100 pounds for about 400 bucks.
chimneyman
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Yes after I extract i let the bees clean them then I put them in freezer for couple days to kill any wax moths, hive Beatles before storing them for winter
dang this thing makes a tray of ice every 12 minutes. about half full in 3 hours.
I bought a compact ice making machine ($85) and keep it in the garage. It will make all the ice we need then put ice in freezer until its time to fill the cooler.
Dadgum why did hou show me that. You just cost me 400.00 buck im sure
Very similar to the one I bought a couple of months ago. I empty it into my work cooler every morning. Has already paid for itself.
Ditto. I rarely buy ice, but do buy the occasional bag here and there. Between 20 ounce Gatorade bottles, 50 ounce orange juice bottles, and the occasional 2 liter soft drink bottle, I recycle ice every chance I get. Cheap and easy IMO.
I'd like to have a non working one for dry storage, corn
I took everything out of the freezer on my refrigerator except the icemaker and ordered a tub that fits in there. A couple times a week I empty the tub into ice cream buckets I keep in my deep freeze. When it's time to go fishing there is more than enough ice. I was surprised at how much ice the icemaker makes when it never cuts off due to a full tub. I told one of my fishing buddies that I'm probably going to too much trouble just to save a few dollars. 
agelessssone
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Looks like I need to get one.
I'm out of the house at 4 AM to go fishing, too early for most places that sell ice.
I'm out of the house at 4 AM to go fishing, too early for most places that sell ice.
