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Potato Plow question

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jd2120

11-15-2007 06:59:29




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Wondering if you guys could help me out on something, i'm looking to build a 3 point hitch potato plow, i was gonna have a shovel at the front like a chain type digger has, then have tines at the back a few inches apart, so the potatos would ride up it, the dirt would fall through and the potatoes would roll off the end. Anybody ever done this before? Think it would work? I currently use a middle buster but it tends to roll em' out, then throw dirt on top of them, so you spend alot of time uncovering everything.

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El Toro

11-16-2007 17:04:09




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 Re: Potato Plow question in reply to jd2120, 11-15-2007 06:59:29  
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Let me try that picture again. Hal



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El Toro

11-16-2007 17:02:30




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 Re: Potato Plow question in reply to jd2120, 11-15-2007 06:59:29  
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This potato digger may work as shown in Figure 3.
I never had or saw one, but I do use the moldboard plow on the far left on my garden tractor. It does cover a lot of the potatoes when plowing them out. I use it to plow the furrow when planting the spuds too. Hal

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johns48jdb

11-15-2007 19:27:29




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 Re: Potato Plow question in reply to jd2120, 11-15-2007 06:59:29  
what your suggesting has been done by jd and avery mule drawn turning pplows that i know of. they had the rods your talking about on them. you might get some ideas if you could find a book on mule drawn implements and look for them in there. i've seen some in museums too. chain types simply roll the dirt and potatoes up a flight of bars and let the dirt fall out first and then the potatoes fall on top of the dirt. i'd want to keep that real low to the ground to keep from brusing the potatoes.

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Ken Crisman

11-15-2007 11:26:25




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 Re: Potato Plow question in reply to jd2120, 11-15-2007 06:59:29  
When I was a kid , my Dad used a horse drawn handplow for digging taters . I drove the tractor pulling the plow & he handled the plow while the rest of the kids picked the taters up before the dirt did . But if no kids are available & ya wanna try fabricating one like you mentioned , give it a shot & post back with pics as to how it worked out . One never knows how his ideas will work until he tries it . Good luck & God bless, Ken

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jd2120

11-15-2007 13:41:52




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 Re: Potato Plow question in reply to Ken Crisman, 11-15-2007 11:26:25  
how do the chain type diggers work? i've thought about buying one but not sure how good they would work.



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IaGary

11-15-2007 10:05:30




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 Re: Potato Plow question in reply to jd2120, 11-15-2007 06:59:29  
You mean like this.

They made them just like your thinking 60 years ago.

It must work.

Gary



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