Hello Randy & All,
>I've been thinking about getting one--does anyone have one who can give me
feedback on it?

I would buy a Dakota Gunness.

I think they are great for the mid size honey producer. They never break
down! You can stick your hand in the flails and not get hurt.

I have got an autistic person which extracts for me at times and I am not
afraid to leave him alone with the machine.

The first machine the model fifty works great for one person. Has a slide
instead of a conveyer.

The model 100 and 200 work best with two people. I believe two people
feeding a Dakota Gunness 100 or 200 can uncap faster than a Cowen. The Cowen
uncapper has one speed. The speed of the Dakota goes as fast as the people
feeding the uncapper. Several frames go through at a time instead of one!

 One person can run both the 100 and 200 but you need to keep extra switches
handy ( wear out with constant turning on and off)as you have to load the
entry table and then run through and switch off. Then load the next frames
on load side. Walk to the outlet side and load in extractor. then switch the
conveyer on( from the outlet side) and run through and then load those into
the extractor.
Then return to the load side.

A conveyer extension (10 foot or longer) helps for the larger producer.

Sincerely,
Bob Harrison

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