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Kevin

02-23-2006 06:45:34




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I run a road side stand and am looking into getting more potatos out as they sell out quik. I dont plant to much as i have to make rows and dig em out when they are ready by hand. I am looking to increase the amount i can plant. I was wondering how a middle buster works to make rows and then turn the potatoes out when they are ready? Will it work to dig em out?

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Kevin




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buickanddeere

02-25-2006 19:01:06




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 Re: Middle buster in reply to Kevin, 02-23-2006 06:45:34  
Laying off the 2nd helping, avoiding desert and doing some sit-ups did wonders for my middle.



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MN Bob

02-24-2006 06:10:02




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 Re: Middle buster in reply to Kevin, 02-23-2006 06:45:34  
Kevin; Seems like in this part of dMN I see several of the old diggers each year at auctions. If I was planting many potatos I would invest in one, heck, may as well add one to my lawn ornaments. How do you like that Mahindra? Dont think I ever seen one except in pictures.



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Kevin

02-25-2006 16:43:46




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 Re: Middle buster in reply to MN Bob, 02-24-2006 06:10:02  
The mahindra...well i guess you get what you pay for. Im not quite sure how its quality is compared to other brands like massey ferguson, case and john deere but for a comparable size they are alot cheaper. Seems like every model of mahindra has its own little problems. The first one we had all the pins kept rattling out of everything, we traded that one in for a bigger model and this one isnt quit as bad but it still has its own little problems. Overall though i think they are worth the lower price.

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Jim in NC

02-23-2006 18:32:54




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 Re: Middle buster in reply to Kevin, 02-23-2006 06:45:34  
I use the layoff plow under the belly of my offset Farmalls, Super A, 140, or 274.



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Leroy

02-23-2006 16:34:06




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 Re: Middle buster in reply to Kevin, 02-23-2006 06:45:34  
After you are thru with it and have all you can see picked up take a spring tooth harrow set deep and go over the area and you will find as many potatoes as you had already picked up, repeat till you don't find any more potatoes. We used a homemade unit on back of 2N Ford, then hooked ovet to the spring tooth. A field cultivator with sweeps would not work as it would cut the potatoes



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Deere in Ar

02-23-2006 11:07:43




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 Re: Middle buster in reply to Kevin, 02-23-2006 06:45:34  
Kevin, a middlebuster will do a good job of digging them out of the ground. Can also open a furrow to plant in. Look in photo ads for equipment, there is an antiqie potato digger in there on the first page. Have seen other picuters also of diggers. Good luck, Doc



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George in Biloxi

02-23-2006 10:16:19




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 Re: Middle buster in reply to Kevin, 02-23-2006 06:45:34  
Hi Kevin,
I seen an episode of Americas Dirtiest jobs or something like that with Mike Rowe. He was at a potato farm and the farmer made a device that dug them up, put them on a rotating mesh conveyor that knocked off the dirt and put the potato in a bin. It was not something you could wip up in a day unless you had a lot of money or a bunch of parts laying around, however, you could look at long term collecting to build something like that. It worked pretty slick. You might could do a search and find a video of the episode and get some ideas.

George

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Tim(nj)

02-23-2006 09:48:49




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 Re: Middle buster in reply to Kevin, 02-23-2006 06:45:34  
Another thing to keep your eye out for would be a true potato plow. They used to make them for horses over in Pennsylvania years ago. Looks like a middle buster, but it has wings on the sides that direct the soil and potatoes up and around the middlebuster, onto a steel rod cage. Theoretically the soil falls through the cage and the potatoes stay in. When the cage gets full, you stop and empty. I know somebody who found one of these at an auction. The handles and beam had rotted away, so he got the steel parts fairly cheap. He then adapted those parts to fit an el cheapo middlebuster frame. I don"t think I have a picture of one to post, I have to look.

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R2D2

02-23-2006 07:30:25




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 Re: Middle buster in reply to Kevin, 02-23-2006 06:45:34  
thats what we used to dig our potatoes,it's cheap and does a good job. around here middle busters are called bedding plows. just get out there and practice with it a little.



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souNdguy

02-23-2006 07:30:03




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 Re: Middle buster in reply to Kevin, 02-23-2006 06:45:34  
Might also look at a sub-soiler.. etc..

Who carries the 'potator plow' any more?

Soundguy



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Kevin

02-23-2006 08:30:33




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 Re: Middle buster in reply to souNdguy, 02-23-2006 07:30:03  
third party image

King kutter, howse, and thesmartfarmer dot com all carry potato plows/middle busters. This picture is the one i am looking at buying though tractor supply company.



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Al in PA

02-24-2006 18:28:38




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 Re: Middle buster in reply to Kevin, 02-23-2006 08:30:33  
I have one just like this. It works well. I find it helps to take a second pass after I've gathered what surfaced on the first pass.



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souNdguy

02-23-2006 08:37:38




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 Re: Middle buster in reply to Kevin, 02-23-2006 08:30:33  
Looks like it will do the job.

Soundguy



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Kevin

02-23-2006 07:27:01




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 Re: Middle buster in reply to Kevin, 02-23-2006 06:45:34  
This is what im looking at. It has a 14" shovel. I would be using a massey harris 50 high crop to pull it. Either that or if draft control is not needed i would use the new mahindra 3015 to pull it. Either way would she work to make a furrow to plant em in and then dig em up to harvest?



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Ken Crisman

02-23-2006 07:20:52




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 Re: Middle buster in reply to Kevin, 02-23-2006 06:45:34  
When I was growing up , my Dad converted an old horse drawn hand plow to pull with the tractor . We'd dig the rows for planting .Then for the digging he had a specil set of wings made to mount on the plow to be able to get the whole hill . Then later-on we bought a regular potato digger & convereted it to be pulled by the tractor too . It was less tireing . Ken



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