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wdTom

11-10-2003 18:57:34




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My friend came on to some kind of planter which he gave me. It is a John Deere from the colors, yellow and green. It has two 15" spoked wheels that turn a 1 5/16 dia. steel axle. It is 6 1/2 or 7' wide. There are two hoppers about 18" square and maybe 20" deep. The axle drives a jack shaft by a chain and sprckets. There is a dog clutch on the jack shaft to disengage it from the drive axle. The jack shaft drimes, by a chain a mechinism under each hopper. There is a drum about 2 1/2" in dia, with approx. 1" square paddles on it. These paddles move what ever this implement handles to the back and up and over the rear of the paddle enclosure where it falls into a round tube that divides into two approx. 1 1/2" dia. tubes that angle slightly out away from each other. It is in pretty rough shape, especially the mechinism at the bottom of the hoppers. I don't know if I can save it but it seems like a somewhat unique piece of equipment so I am going to try. I think it would have been made in the 50s or late 40s from the look of it and the tire size, 15". The frame is a combination of wood and metal. It doesn't look like a seeder really. Potatoes maybe? There used to be some fairly large potato farms around here in southern Rhode Island. I would be interested in any information or even a manual or parts list. Would pay any reasonable copy and postage costs if anyone can do that. Thanks for any information I may receive.

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Allan

11-11-2003 13:13:32




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 Re: Help to identify planter in reply to wdTom, 11-10-2003 18:57:34  
Tom,

It does sound somewhat like a spud planter...Are there any hilling discs behind the row(s)?

Those jackshafts being disengaged by a clutch should be hooked to the rear hillers lifting arms. When they were lifted out of the ground, the thing quit feeding.

The paddles. Are there any "pickers" there?

Allan



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wdTom

11-11-2003 18:14:57




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 Re: Re: Help to identify planter in reply to Allan, 11-11-2003 13:13:32  
There is nothing behind it. And nothing that would lead me to believe there is anything missing, like brackets with nothing attached to them. The Jackshaft, which runs from one side to the other, infront of the main axle has a dog clutch that disengages the drive sprocket from the jackshaft. It has no sprockets that would drive anything else. There is a small lever with a handle for operating the clutch.

Pickers?? as in harvesting? No. I don't think anything like this. As I said whatever is in the hoppers drops into the drum/paddle chamger and goes around the bottom, part way up the back and drops into the tubes. If it is a planter there would have to be a ditch already dug, and you would have to drag the field to fill the ditch after planting. Wish I had a digital camera, but I don't. Maybe I will try and get a picture on here in the future. I think from my description, if anyone had one or knew of it they would reconize what I was talking about. Thanks for you input. You confirm what I thought.

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paul

11-11-2003 20:54:41




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 Re: Re: Re: Help to identify planter in reply to wdTom, 11-11-2003 18:14:57  
The couple old potato planters I have seen had tiny little spikes, or nails, for 'picking' up the spuds on paddles. Perhaps that is the 'pickers' he means?

Would there be a seat for someone to ride on back there tending to stuff? Like a tree or specialized veggie transplanter?

A pic would be the best bet.

--->Paul



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wdTom

11-12-2003 17:46:34




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Help to identify planter in reply to paul, 11-11-2003 20:54:41  
Paul, there is no seat, or anything that looks like a seat would have been there. I know a picture would be best, maybe I will try and get my brother, who has a digital camera, to take one for me. Have been thinking a camera would be a good thing to have soon, maybe I will get one for the holidays. Thanks for posting anyway.



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