- Large-diameter Acme screw
- Reversible ratchet
- Durable Acme screw thread
- High pressing force & low effort
- Sturdy pressing handle
- Commercial duty construction
- 3/16" wall thickness steel tubing
- Steel juice pan with 1" drain pipe
- Stainless steel basket
- Upper frame yoke tips 90° to the side easily
- Fast retract handle socket
- 9.5 gallon pulp capacity
- Wide, low stance for stability
- Press apples, pears, grapes & more
- Assembles in minutes
- Fast cleanup with garden hose
- Strong cast iron pressing plate
- Modular design
- Grinder Swing Arm Mount (GSAM)
- No tools necessary for disassembly
- Maximizer cider press
- 9.5 gallon (36 liter) stainless steel basket
- Grinder swing arm mount (GSAM)
$699.00
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Maximizer® 36L Fruit Press w/GSAM
Whether you have a few apple trees or a larger orchard or vineyard, the Maximizer® apple cider press provides the top quality construction and superior design features you need. To call the construction of the Maximizer fruit press stout would be an understatement... this is the Sherman Tank of fruit presses. Its frame has the strength to withstand tremendous pressure, and the acme-threaded forcing screw and solid ratchet mechanism make it easy to create that pressure. (The forcing screw is 1-1/4" diameter.) With a Maximizer cider press you can quickly and easily develop pressures that will send other presses to the scrap heap. Higher pressure = higher juice yields and more production in less time.
Fast tip-off design
With the pull of a single pin, the upper yoke of the Maximizer press tips fully out of your way for full basket loading-and-unloading access. The speed and convenience of this design makes the pressing operation fast and easy.
Best materials
A frame made of 3/16" wall thickness steel tubing combines with a heavy stainless steel pressing basket and stainless steel pan to make the Maximizer a cider press you'll enjoy using for many years. The Maximizer presses arrive in two shipping boxes and require assembly.
GSAM feature
The Maximizer-GSAM fruit press features an included integrated Grinder Swing Arm Mount (GSAM) that allows you to mount an optional apple grinder right on your press for maximum convenience and productivity. The GSAM provides you with a secure mount for the optional apple grinder. It puts the grinder just where you need it to rapidly pulverize apples for full juice extraction, and then just as easily it swings your grinder out of the way for pressing.
(The Maximizer apple grinder will fit the GSAM.)
Fast Retract feature
The Maximizer presses now feature a very handy Fast Retract handle socket. After the juice has been squeezed from a batch of fruit and the forcing screw has been ratcheted backward a few strokes to relieve pressure, remove the ratchet handle from its horizontal socket and drop it into the adjacent vertical socket. This Fast Retract feature lets you spin the forcing screw and pressing plate quickly back up to the top of the basket.
Important notes: When used with the optional grinder in place, the base of the Maximizer-GSAM press must be secured to prevent tipping. You can do this by bolting the legs (using holes provided in the feet) to a base such as a wood deck or concrete pad. Another option is to bolt the feet to a 4' x 4' sheet of plywood, 1/2" thick or more (plywood not included.) In the accompanying images, the press is not mounted in the manner required for operation. Proper secure mounting of the press legs prevents tipping and also optimizes operation of both the press and the grinder.
MAXIMIZER® APPLE CIDER PRESS |
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36 Liter (9.5 Gallons)
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Frame Dimensions
(W x D x H)
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24.75" x 17.75" x 43"
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| Basket Dimensions (Dia. x H) | 12.5" x 17" |
| Net Machine Weight | 100 lbs. |
For more details see the specs tab, above.
Lubricating the Acme Screw
It's important to keep the acme forcing screw well lubricated with food safe grease; this greatly reduces wear and turning effort, and dramatically increases maximum pressure and juice yield.
Mesh Basket-Liner Bag
We recommend ordering an accessory mesh basket-liner bag to use with the press. Traditionally, disposable cheesecloth is used to keep finer fruit pulps from squirting out between the basket holes under high pressure, but our mesh bags are reusable and much more convenient.
Apple Grinders |
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As with any press, to get good juice yield from apples you need to pulp them first. Proper pulping lets you get three to four times as much juice from the apples, compared to pressing the fruit whole. Our Maximizer™ apple grinder and Electric Apple Grinder are both excellent choices. |
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The top U.S. fruit-pressing states are Washington, California, Oregon, Idaho, Texas, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa and Colorado… We ship apple cider presses free to the 48-contiguous U.S. states!
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Our electric apple grinder makes fine pulp of your apples. Compared to pressing whole apples, this fast and powerful grinder lets you get up to four times as much juice from your fruit!
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Step-by-step instructions, recipes, illustrations, countless tips, plus interesting bits of the history and lore of cider. You get them all in the 213 page book Cider, by Annie Proulx and Lew Nichols. It's a great book, the ideal companion to your fruit press, and shipping is free when purchased with your fruit press!
Chapters include:
“…one of the most comprehensive and enduring books on the topic. [Cider] is a valuable resource not only for those attempting home bottling, but also for apple enthusiasts.” ― Gastronomica
“It’s all there, from grafting to distilling, from applejack to vinegar.” ― Washington State Grange News
“ … a straightforward, user-friendly, step-by-step handbook … ” ― Library Bookwatch
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These high strength pressing/strainer bags have holes approximately 1/32". Disposable cotton cheesecloth is the traditional material to use for this purpose, but these mesh bags are much handier and they're very durable—one bag will last more than a season in normal use. They also speed the pressing process. Size is 14.5" diameter x 20" tall and they also work perfectly in smaller baskets.
If you press apples or other fruit without a cloth liner like this bag provides, at a relatively low level of pressure the pulp will start to shoot—and we do mean shoot—out through the larger gaps or perforations of the pressing basket. Without a bag, when you reach that point, no further pressure can be attainted because fruit will only continue to exit through the basket gaps. The mesh keeps pulp in the basket, allowing you to crank down on the batch with much more pressure and get much more juice from your fruit.
In addition to allowing much higher pressure and greater juice yields, these mesh bags also keep almost all pulp out of your squeezed juice, for a high degree of clarity even without filtering.
For effortless cleanup when you're done, just throw the bag in the washing machine with your next load of laundry! The bags are tough polyester, so you can use warm water and the regular wash cycle.
Click here for the mesh liner for the hydropress fruit press.
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Step-by-step instructions, recipes, illustrations, countless tips, plus interesting bits of the history and lore of cider. You get them all in the 213 page book Cider, by Annie Proulx and Lew Nichols. It's a great book, the ideal companion to your fruit press, and shipping is free when purchased with your fruit press!
Chapters include:
“…one of the most comprehensive and enduring books on the topic. [Cider] is a valuable resource not only for those attempting home bottling, but also for apple enthusiasts.” ― Gastronomica
“It’s all there, from grafting to distilling, from applejack to vinegar.” ― Washington State Grange News
“ … a straightforward, user-friendly, step-by-step handbook … ” ― Library Bookwatch
In stock Usually ships in 1-3 business days.
Our electric apple grinder makes fine pulp of your apples. Compared to pressing whole apples, this fast and powerful grinder lets you get up to four times as much juice from your fruit!
In stock Usually ships in 1-3 business days.
These high strength pressing/strainer bags have holes approximately 1/32". Disposable cotton cheesecloth is the traditional material to use for this purpose, but these mesh bags are much handier and they're very durable—one bag will last more than a season in normal use. They also speed the pressing process. Size is 14.5" diameter x 20" tall and they also work perfectly in smaller baskets.
If you press apples or other fruit without a cloth liner like this bag provides, at a relatively low level of pressure the pulp will start to shoot—and we do mean shoot—out through the larger gaps or perforations of the pressing basket. Without a bag, when you reach that point, no further pressure can be attainted because fruit will only continue to exit through the basket gaps. The mesh keeps pulp in the basket, allowing you to crank down on the batch with much more pressure and get much more juice from your fruit.
In addition to allowing much higher pressure and greater juice yields, these mesh bags also keep almost all pulp out of your squeezed juice, for a high degree of clarity even without filtering.
For effortless cleanup when you're done, just throw the bag in the washing machine with your next load of laundry! The bags are tough polyester, so you can use warm water and the regular wash cycle.
Click here for the mesh liner for the hydropress fruit press.
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These buckets are heavy duty (65 mil thickness) and are made with food-safe plastics, and are BPA-free. They come without lids. They're sold in a set of three 2-gallon buckets.
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Petrol-Gel is the purest of lubricants, made with an odorless, tasteless, high viscosity index paraffinic base oil. Compounded with food grade additives, its high cling factor keeps it on the surfaces where it's needed to reduce friction and guard against wear and corrosion. Petrol-Gel is approved by USDA as a lubricant for use where there is incidental contact with food.
Petrol-Gel is ideal for forcing screws on fruit presses and sausage stuffers, metal and synthetic gears, axles, valves, pistons, O-rings, guides, slide mechanisms, and many other applications in home, commercial and industrial environments.
If you're purchasing Petrol-Gel for a full-size fruit press, we recommend starting with two (2) four-ounce tubes (one tube for a tabletop press) and be sure to lube the pressing-plate socket as well as all surfaces of the forcing-screw threads.
Although Petrol-Gel is nominally referred to as "white grease" (and is even labeled as white on the tube) it is actually clear.
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I had the best of hopes considering the price of this press. It isn't cheap, but I'm very happy I decided to make the investment. (Actually, I saw some rough looking used stuff on Craigslist for pretty much the same price or more, so the Pleasant Hill price might actually be good.) It's really sturdy and the workmanship is excellent. I had never operated a press before, but it seems to function perfectly and I made some killer cider. Now that the press is confirmed, I plan to buy the GSAM, apple grinder and hopper extension to complete my system. The grinder and these additional components are nicely engineered to mount and function together, so I expect setup for my next pressing to be a breeze. Have fun and press on!
Your Maximizer press has it all, does it all, and it's clearly going to last and last. I mean, I would say that only a bomb is going to make this thing fail, but actually I don't think a bomb would damage it all that much. Maybe a direct hit.
The efficiency, in conjunction with your apple grinder, is just outstanding. The effort requirement is low, juice yield is fantastic, and there's just no better way to spend a beautiful day in the fall.
The icing on the cake is that it arrived so fast, and well-protected. I've really had it up to "here" with the shoddy, shabby packaging that gets worse by the year. Goods damaged on arrival are such a pain in the rear. Thanks for doing things right!
I had trouble finding a quality cider press until I came across you guys last fall and I want to tell you that this is a terrific machine. I did 100 bushels of apples and it worked perfectly. And it's a good value. Thank you for offering such a great fruit press!
Love it. We press about 800 lbs of apples a year. Has held up for five years with very little maintenance required.
Great company to deal with. Thanks for being awesome.
We just put this to the test last night. Very well made and very efficient. We are loaded to the hilt with apples this year. Have borrowed an old rickety home-made press in the past. It performed well enough, but we wanted something that would last for years to come. I am a retired carpenter/builder and could construct such (wood), but would it last for decades? Probably not.
Great unit, all in all. If you want a reliable cider press, this is the best I've seen. Very well made. You won't be disappointed. We have many friends who want to come down and make cider with us..... now that they've seen photos of the press on Facebook!!
One last thought. We looked around for used presses. They, generally, want quite a bit of money for them. In my mind, it's just not worth spending $300-500 for an old cider press....some w/o a grinder. Don't waste your money on such antique items.
Your fast-retraction feature is quite a time saver. We hadn't used a press of any kind before, but it's clear that the smaller turning circle makes raising the screw much faster than it would otherwise be. Kudos on smart design!
The Maximizer is a quality press and an excellent value, and customer service was excellent as well.
I've received my fruit press and found it to be well made and really much more than I expected. This is a top of the line press that will give me many years of service, and the help and courtesy demonstrated by your people were greatly appreciated.
I have a homemade press that works well enough, but isn't enough to handle our annual pressing party of over 20 friends and neighbors. Last year we rented a press which cost about $50 for a weekend. So this year we splurged and purchased the 36L Maximizer.
Wow this press is well made and has a 3/16 thick steel framework. Very impressed with the ease of use and well thought out design. We pressed about 80 gallons of cider and it never missed a beat.
Pleasant Hill Grain was also great to purchase from. I ordered it online late Friday night and it was here in rural southern Oregon Wednesday. I will be using Pleasant Hill from now on.
Press is high quality and much sturdier/nicer than the ubiquitous wood presses popular here in the Pacific Northwest. If you want to get a decent quantity of cider the grinder is not optional; we could not get any cider to come out of a load of quartered apples but managed over a half gallon from the same apples after grinding them. The only other issue is the press tends to move when applying force to the crank arm. You really need to anchor the press to a piece of wood to prevent it from moving, which diminishes the gorgeous appearance of the press. Overall, even with the added cost of the grinder, this press is cheaper than used wood press for sale locally on craigslist, looks better, and works well.
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