Derelict product cracker, nest, and cracking method

A method of cracking a derelict product having a shell covering a core, said shell having opposed front and rear faces and a sidewall extending between said faces, said sidewall having at least one pair of diagonally opposed corner-edges extending transversely between said faces, said shell being separable along said sidewall into a pair of covers, each said cover including one of said faces and a part of said sidewall, said method comprising:

• loading said derelict product on a transporter;
• during said loading, setting said faces in an orientation transverse to a transport direction of said transporter;
• impelling said derelict product into a nest;
• during said dropping, maintaining said transverse orientation;
• impacting said shell at one of said corner-edges with sufficient force to separate said covers;
• supporting another, diagonally opposed one of said corner-edges in said nest during said impacting;
• sweeping said nest clear of said derelict product following said impacting.