What is your experience with high volume trimmers?

Hey everyone!

I recently discovered a product called the Triminator, which claims to be able to cut high volumes of plants quickly without hurting the plants. Has anyone tried this product or any similar products? If so, how did it turn out?

Thinking about buying one in the future and could really use some personal testimonials from the community.

Thanks!!

Hoping others chime in because I'm curious too. The price tag on these trimmers is beyond ridiculous but I'm sure they will come down.

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Tumbled bud looks like tumbled bud.
It's quick, but it's the barest level of "trimmed"
If you got real weight and no time, they're great. Good enough to move your first units and pay people to touch up the job.

I've used all types, fan tables, vertical rotaries, horizontal rotaries....
They're all way more aggressive than a good trimmer, without actually being tight.

cranberrycrumble said:

Hey everyone!

I recently discovered a product called the Triminator, which claims to be able to cut high volumes of plants quickly without hurting the plants. Has anyone tried this product or any similar products? If so, how did it turn out?

Thinking about buying one in the future and could really use some personal testimonials from the community.

Thanks!!

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I tried one last season I used it for 15 mins an said fuck that!!!it was a 3000 dollar trim pro what a hunk of junk!!

These types of trimmers are best at different stages, depending the screening. Some trimmers work better with fresh cut buds others work better when they have crispy leaves and are very close to jarring up. Almost none work on limp yesterday's cuts.

Almost all tumble type trimmers require that buds are solid (dense) and at least 1.5 inches in diameter, so they will not be pulled into the blade and wasted.

Tumbled bud looks like pot that's been trashed around and sometimes is void of (observable) frost.

I use a fan trimmer (trim pro), on fresh cut buds. It works great and helps remove contaminates because of the vacuum action. It only works on fresh cut buds that are at least 1inch in diameter and have a overall length of 4 inches, and i only used it to remove fan leaves and fan leave stems, I try not to remove sugar leaf. I hang for (about) 2 weeks, then hand trim and jar.

Dmannn said:

only works on fresh cut buds that are at least 1inch in diameter

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You can go smaller. It just has to not fit through the grate and still turgid so leaves break instead of sucking the whole stick through.
It works so long as you aren't just scrubbing buds against the grille.
For fan tables, I try to not let buds proper touch the grille, but you'll never get the base leaves that way...

But yeah, table's almost useless once the leaves go limp.

In a legal or medical state you can rent one to find out how you like it
Grow shops in Michigan ...

Herb & Suds said:

In a legal or medical state you can rent one to find out how you like it
Grow shops in Michigan ...

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Oh man, those rentals would have some *miles* on 'em in my area...

I own a T4. LOVE it!! Paid 3500 for it used with 13.5hts on it. Currently has over 80hrs on it. Still looks brand new, as I do a full clean. And always grease those bearings after every wash to keep it in tip top order.

I also pull harvests down for clients for a fee.

Do these buds look machine hacked up? I dont think so.


Edit:
This is ONE pass thru the t4. No 2nd touch up ever needed. This is strain and grower dependent. It's not great for airy/fluffy buds

DemonTrich said:

Do these buds look machine hacked up? I dont think so

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No offense, but I'd have a hard time moving that. Nice chunky buds, but too much leaf and crows feet....
But if that's good enough, so be it. My area is picky because they can be.
I'd murder children to forego trimming by hand, even if just touching up rolled buds.
Fuckin' hate it.

I used a t4 for a couple years before I went back to dry trimming my stuff. When I was running volume, lbs were dropping as fast as I could pack them for $3000, and I was really just focused on getting a spot cleaned out and refilled, the t4 was a godsend.

Now days I dry trim my stuff with a much simpler tool and hand finish it. I see buddies who still run the t4 have problems some times with the Custies turning down their packs. If I was going to use a volume tumbler I would probably use one of the dry ones. We run a bunch of nugs through one I won’t name every couple months that does good work.