bucked/sorted flower that’s not excessively leafy, 2 1/2-4 hours per #
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I think a lot of this year’s hemp will get dried and then shaken in a paper bag.
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I just made a twister t4 setup thread. Head over there. I’m not good at linking threads n such on here
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You need the traveling hmongs to come by, theyll knock out 1k a week and come fully stocked with food and shelter.
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Trash Can tek. works though…
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I remember walking into a friends workshop, and just seeing a whole family of Vietnamese people trimming away. They had a giant rice maker and were all eating some crazy looking soup. They didn’t look at us we didn’t look at them. It was very awkward. But God damn did they get the job done
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2lbs is a good day on average OG or cookie buds.
Best ive seen a trimmer do is 5lbs (i did 3 the same day, my record) and it was nice golfball sized gorilla glue indoor buds. Like 4 or 5 snips per bud and it was good and ready to go.
We were manicuring, not just doing a rush job
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They only say anything when there yelling for more totes.
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I would say 1/10 randomly hired people are suited for harvest/trim work, the rest is wasted labor dollars. Basically if you find someone good try to keep them.
Fastest dude I’ve ever employed can knock out 5 lbs a day (big nuggets totally stripped). I would say the average in general of people who manage to last is 1-3 lbs a day, depending on the material. What it boils down to for me in a hand trim situation is pay them well, and have food available, I’d go as far as to organize a daily lunch/meal. You can’t expect an 18-20 year old dude to remember to eat all the time, well fed people you get far more productivity out of.
As far as machinery goes I only have direct experience with trim bros machines , they do shave brittle material really hard. Honestly forget the productivity because I wasn’t running the show. My flower I wouldn’t ever throw in a trim machine, but I’m not pulling 1000 lb+ harvests. If it’s nice craft, good quality flower my opinion is find good employees, and create an environment that fosters productivity, you don’t have to necessarily pay people $20/hr and/or $150+ a pound (if paying by unit) to get high productivity labor.
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Back when i first started they paid 200/lb and provided lunch everyday, home cooked meals most of the time too.
I can say for a fact, its worth paying extra and getting it trimmed really well. Pay got reduced to 150/lb and bring ur own lunch, soon after the shift in pay, we started getting less weight because the trimmers were throwing away more smalls/mediums into the trim/shake bin.
At 200/lb trimmers were willing to sort their trim and pick out all the stems. At 150/lb stems were left in and just pilled up in the trim bin.
On the other hand, theres huge corps paying people 20/hr and its cutthroat, u arent productive enough they can you. Makes sense but they also dont give incentive to do better/faster. That environment is toxic, and doesnt work long run, atleast not consistently.
If u cant pay atleast 150/lb to trim, ur not growing good enough weed 
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I’d just like to thank all of the scissor hands out there. Some people have the gift and some don’t. I’ve seen people shoot the brreze with a tornado of green in front of them. Also, seen the opposite. I never had the knack for trimming, but the stars that I’ve seen shine are from another planet! Keep it up! 
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Me personally 1.5 lbs per 3 hrs but I know folks that hand trim 4 lbs in 4 hours to. But it’s all matter of how meticulous you can be while not slicing yourself if scissor trimming, but a good quality cure you should be able to know all your undesirables off & clip the crows feet off the bottom then be done.
Also attest to the bud quality mannerisms as I was a trim team manger for multiple facilities with drastically different quality at each one.
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I think the 1-3 a day mark is average. But some are great trimmers (you hire them even when you can’t stand them because they do 3-5x the work of everyone else), most are average (about a pound a day) and some just suck no matter how many tips you give them…
I once had a trimmer that really needed the money, hated all the hippies, didn’t smoke, and had never trimmed before… He put his headphones on, didn’t say a word all day, and was doing double what even my superstar girls were doing. And it was great work.
Also, how good a grower you are makes a huge difference in how fast they trim.
I get to set up this bad boy next week, we will see how it does…
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When I started 25 years ago, it was just me growing outdoors. I big leafed and hung all the plants. I have arthritis in my hands, so I couldn’t scissor dry trim to manicure. I put the grid base for an oxy-pot in the bottom of a 5-gallon bucket and shook the hell out of it. The flowers looked great and the trim made some great bubble hash and edibles.
Now, if I’m cash cropping, I buck then wet trim using a Centurion. They are over-built and are reliable being made from metal on metal parts. Twisters tend to break IME being made of plastic parts.
If I’ve got some fire or it’s for my wife and family to puff on, I pay someone $100-$200/lb to hand trim depending on skill and how good it looks.
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Is this made by the same company @anon16547145 is with?
If so, I really hope there are some robotic arms…
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I trim maybe an lb a day. I’m slow as hell
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I dont trim, so im slower than you
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Lol! I shouldn’t trim. I’ll hire homies to come help, while I drink coffee and get stoned. Sometimes you’ve just gotta leave it to the pros
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