Skinning Machine Takes Pain Out Of Hide Pulling
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Brian Riske manufactures and sells the Skinning Machine invented by his late father, Robert Riske, who still enjoyed trapping at age 66, but pulling hides off 20 to 30 raccoons a day was growing more difficult. So, he developed the Skinning Machine and used it for a decade before he died.
Riske's machine comes in three models. Each includes a winch, telescoping tube and a gambrel. A few cuts are made, including skinning out the tail. The gambrel hooks into the legs, which have also been skinned back, and the hide from the legs is put in clamps on both sides of the machine. Flip the winch switch, and it pulls the hide off. The operator stops it along the way to make cuts around the front legs, ears, eyes, nose, etc.
"One guy in Minnesota can take a raccoon hide off in two minutes," Riske says. "Some guys skin hogs with it."
Riske's Skinning Machine requires 24 by 30 in. of floor space and has a telescoping tube that reaches from 6 ft. 7 in. to 14 ft. 7 in. The solid base is welded 1/4-in. angle iron and the telescoping tube is made of 3/16-in. square tubing.
With a 12-in. opening it's big enough to "skin whatever you can clamp in there," Riske says. Customers have used it for coyotes, otter, raccoon, muskrats (three at a time) and even commercial deer processing.
Models come in two winch sizes. The 5/8 hp winch is $425. The 1 1/8 hp winch is $450. An optional foot control is available for $25. Riske also offers an in-field model that fits on a receiver hitch with a battery-operated winch. It sells for $350.
"We stand behind them. I have yet to have people call that they have problems with a machine," Riske says.
Riske also custom makes live traps with a easy rollover release.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Brian Riske, E6676 County Rd. N, Manawa, Wis. 54949 (ph 920 538-4008; skinningmachines@yahoo.com).
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Skinning Machine Takes Pain Out Of Hide Pulling FARM HOME Miscellaneous Brian Riske manufactures and sells the Skinning Machine invented by his late father Robert Riske who still enjoyed trapping at age 66 but pulling hides off 20 to 30 raccoons a day was growing more difficult So he developed the Skinning Machine and used it for a decade before he died Riske s machine comes in three models Each includes a winch telescoping tube and a gambrel A few cuts are made including skinning out the tail The gambrel hooks into the legs which have also been skinned back and the hide from the legs is put in clamps on both sides of the machine Flip the winch switch and it pulls the hide off The operator stops it along the way to make cuts around the front legs ears eyes nose etc One guy in Minnesota can take a raccoon hide off in two minutes Riske says Some guys skin hogs with it Riske s Skinning Machine requires 24 by 30 in of floor space and has a telescoping tube that reaches from 6 ft 7 in to 14 ft 7 in The solid base is welded 1/4-in angle iron and the telescoping tube is made of 3/16-in square tubing With a 12-in opening it s big enough to skin whatever you can clamp in there Riske says Customers have used it for coyotes otter raccoon muskrats three at a time and even commercial deer processing Models come in two winch sizes The 5/8 hp winch is $425 The 1 1/8 hp winch is $450 An optional foot control is available for $25 Riske also offers an in-field model that fits on a receiver hitch with a battery-operated winch It sells for $350 We stand behind them I have yet to have people call that they have problems with a machine Riske says Riske also custom makes live traps with a easy rollover release Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Brian Riske E6676 County Rd N Manawa Wis 54949 ph 920 538-4008; skinningmachines@yahoo com
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