The Best Bucking Machines of Harvest 2024

If you are preparing for harvest this upcoming fall, you are undoubtedly overwhelmed with the rush of this season.

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An important step before harvest is finding a powerful, efficient bucking machine to increase your productivity and ROI.

Whether you are harvesting, you need an efficient process for removing the stems from your plants.

You likely know all about trimming machines, but these days bucking is just important.

We’ve created a list of the best bucking machines for sale of harvest . But first, let’s cover a bit more about this relatively new piece of harvest equipment.

What Is Bucking?

A bucking machine, also known as a destemmer or a debudder. This piece of equipment efficiently removes the buds from the stems prior to trimming.

When harvest comes, there is always a lot of discussion about trimming, hand trimming, motor-powered trimming, and friction trimming.

Bucking can sometimes be an afterthought. In reality, if your destemming process is not on point, the efficiency of your whole harvest will suffer!

Whether you are hand or machine trimming, a bucker is an investment that will pay for itself after one harvest.

Anyone who wants to maximize their production during harvest should consider the art of bucking.

Why Do You Need A Bucking Machine?

If you have already have a trim machine, you have probably found that the increased efficiency is a major benefit. 

However, you also have probably noticed that the most time-consuming part is removing the buds from the stems. This is where a bud bucker really shows it value. 

If you have a wet or dry bud trimmer you should look into a bucking machine. Automating your bucking will take your harvest process to the next level. 

Buckers do wonders for improving speed and efficiency. They also help reduce the number of workers you need to complete your harvest.

Which Bucking Machine Is Right For Your Harvest?

Choosing the best bucker for your operation will depend on a few factors. The size of your operation, your budget and what you plan to do with the bucked flowers all should be considered.

We are going to go over the key points of each machine and hope to narrow down your decision.

The number of feed holes, their largest available diameter, food-grade safe material, design, and overall usability will be our criteria.

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Another factor you should consider when selecting your bucker is if the bucker processes both wet and dry flowers. Most bucking machines do both, but not all. Choosing one that does both gives you more flexibility in the future to destem flowers either way.

Tips & Tricks To Get The Best Results From A Destemmer Machine

The moisture content of your plant material can make a difference when bucking. If you are planning on using a wet trimming machine, this really won’t be a factor. There is really no need to check the moisture content for trimming and bucking wet.

If you will be using a dry trimming machine, the moisture levels will play a factor. When trimming dry bud, manufacturers have moisture ranges that they recommend staying within. This helps to get the best results from bud trimming machines.

When trimming dry, you will also want to consider moisture percentages when bucking. This can significantly increase how well the bucking machine keeps the flowers intact. This will help preserve the quality of the end product.

Mobius MBX Bucking Machine

Munch Machine Mother Bucker & Double Bucker

 Triminator BuckMaster Bucking Machines

CenturionPro High Performance Bucking Machines

Twister B4 Bucking Machine

Munch Machine Cluster Bucker

CenturionPro Gentle Cut Bucking Machines

EZTRIM DeBudder Stem Remover Machine

TrimPro Bucker

Why Choose Hydrobuilder For Your Bucking Needs?

It doesn’t matter if you are a hobby grower or have a large commercial facility. Hydrobuilder.com has the perfect bucker for your harvesting needs. We have the largest selection of bucking machines for sale, and the top brands on the market.

We understand the importance of efficiency and ROI and our goal is to help you conquer both. Plus our customer service is bar none. We are the gold standard when it come to taking care of our customers. 

If you would like help choosing a bucking machine for your grow, reach out to our expert growers. We’ll be here ready to help you find one for your needs. 

When using a laser alignment system to check a machine or sub-assembly for straightness, flatness, bore alignment and many other geometric parameters, we often need to normalize the laser reference beam to some designated locations on the surface being measured. The laser reference beam is very straight and true but may not be aligned to the surface or mechanical features that you are measuring or checking. For example, imagine a guide rail that you want to check for flatness and at one end of the rail the laser is 2 inches above the rail surface and at the far end of the rail this distance is 2.5 inches. Intuitively, we would like to adjust the laser reference beam until it is a common height above the rail and then make our measurements.

However, the rail surface is not necessarily straight so we need to designate two locations on the rail, called datums, that we can use to establish a straight reference line. We were all taught that “two points in space define a line”. It is at these two designated points, or datums, on the rail that we use to “connect” the straightness of the laser reference beam to the surface that we are trying to measure. This step is frequently referred to as “normalizing” and is in many ways similar to calibrating or connecting the measuring system to the surface to be measured.

We can start by measuring the position or height of the straight laser reference beam relative to the rail surface at two designated locations. At these two locations we have a precise Laser Microgage reading of height and we also know the distance from the laser transmitter to the designated location. Now, we have two options to normalize the position of the laser reference beam to the surface we want to check; bucking in the laser or leaving the laser beam where it is and using math to normalize the readings. Both methods have their advantages and disadvantages.

First, we will consider “bucking in” which is the process of steering the laser so that the laser and the surface are physically parallel to each other at the two designated datum locations. The “bucking in” approach is iterative and involves moving the laser transmitter and/or the surface being measured and re-measuring the values at the two designated locations. This process continues until the readings at the two locations are the same indicating that the laser reference beam and the surface datums are now parallel. The measurement values may not be zero and this is easily achieved with a zero function on Pinpoint’s Laser Microgage display units. The advantage of bucking in the laser and the measured surface is that the receiver can now be moved anywhere and readings that deviate from your zero value indicate high or low regions on the surface being measured. The disadvantage of the bucking in process is that it takes time and sometimes requires finesse to position the laser beam in exactly the correct position and repeat the measuring process. Over the years we have found that many Pinpoint customers have used this process with traditional instruments and prefer to continue with this method.

An alternative to the “bucking in” process is to bring the laser beam generally close to parallel with your two designated datum locations and then use math to calculate the position of the laser beam above the surface that is being measured. Based upon the two selected datum locations on your measured surface, the math involves calculating a rise over run value, commonly referred to as slope, which can then be applied to all the other measurements taken. Based on this information you can now calculate exactly what Microgage reading you should be seeing for each given location on the surface if the surface were exactly straight. The difference between this calculated value and the measured value that you obtain from the Laser Microgage tells you the surface error and which direction (up or down) this error is occurring.

For example, consider a laser reference beam that is not exactly parallel with a machine surface but with your Laser Microgage Receiver, you record a height value of 0.005 inch and 0.010 inch at locations that are 20 inches and 40 inches from the end of the surface, respectively. A simple calculation tells you that halfway between 20 and 40 inches the reading should be 0. inch. If your Microgage measurement does not produce this value then the difference tells you the error in the straightness of the surface and also the direction of this error. Measurements can be made in many places along the measured surface and compared with the calculated values to find the difference in the values or delta values for the surface being measured.

The advantages of this mathematical approach is that it reduces the time needed to “buck in” the laser and is very accurate for measuring. The disadvantage is that for each measurement made you also need to record the position or distance of the laser from the receiver for the calculation at that location. At Pinpoint, we have spreadsheet applications and other tools that make this process quick and easy.

Using a computer or laptop and Pinpoint’s interface option and Capture software you can record many readings and run the calculations quickly and accurately. The Microgage can be set to record readings at a set interval and export these readings into a spreadsheet application. If the Microgage receiver is moved at a fixed rate, and the readings are recorded at a set time interval, one can gather hundreds or thousands of readings along a moving slide or surface and see with great detail how straight the travel or surface really is.

We have talked about the Bucking In process and normalizing measurement readings by measuring distance and using mathematical techniques for each reading. Both methods have their advantages and disadvantages and we have worked for years with customers that are comfortable with one method or the other and with great success. We encourage questions and comments on these methods and have full write-ups and spreadsheet applications to help with each.