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jpro

07-31-2004 19:16:52




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I just bought a potato digger that was horse drawn and has a scoop to dig the spuds and revolving fingers with wooden handles to throw the potatoes off to one side. I am trying to figure out the manufacturer and approx. year. Thanks in advance for any help.




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Hugh MacKay

08-01-2004 17:35:35




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 Re: potato digger in reply to jpro, 07-31-2004 19:16:52  
jpro: Is it by any chance a Moody? From your description it sounds similar. If Moody it will have that stamped on gear box cover. Could be close to 90 years old.



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jpro

08-01-2004 21:03:46




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 Re: potato digger in reply to Hugh MacKay, 08-01-2004 17:35:35  
Hugh, I was just reading one of your old posts describing the moody digger and it sounds pretty close. I think this one has five sets of three metal fingers with a wooden handle about 4 feet long for each set. The handles all stick through a metal ring on top of the digger and these handles are what keep the fingers from spinning with the wheel they are mounted on.



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jpro

08-01-2004 20:43:22




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 Re: potato digger in reply to Hugh MacKay, 08-01-2004 17:35:35  
Have'nt found any name yet. This digger has a metal seat, a lever to adjust depth of shovel, a foot pedal to take spinner out of gear, and a spinner with 5 sets of fingers that toss the spuds to the right side of row. I dont know much else about this implement yet but I intend to put it to use this week in the potato patch. I dont know how rare this digger is but I have a cousin that says he has one just like it. I bought it at an auction july 31 just outside of St. Louis Mo.

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Hugh MacKay

08-02-2004 02:06:24




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 Re: potato digger in reply to jpro, 08-01-2004 20:43:22  
jpro: From what you are telling me I think this machine is quite similar to the Moody. I have my doubts that it is a Moody though. All of the Moody's I have seen have the name cast into gear box cover. The interesting item is Moody gives no address on this cover. So I've never been sure just where Moody's were manufactured.

The Moody digger I have was bought new by my grandfather and three of his neighbors in 1917. Your machine being similar technology is probably close to the same age. In those days I think patent holders would enter agreements with manufacturers to service relatively small geographic areas. Not like today where one manufacturer will service the whole continant.

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jpro

08-02-2004 16:23:05




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 Re: potato digger in reply to Hugh MacKay, 08-02-2004 02:06:24  
Hugh, The gearbox cover on my digger is the one part that is in fairly bad shape. The cover is made of sheet metal and a bracket is attached to both sides which supports the seat.The only identification I can find are some numbers on several pieces. There is a- D111 on one side of the gearbox cover and a - D112 on the other side. There are several more D numbers on other places.



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Hugh MacKay

08-02-2004 16:53:01




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 Re: potato digger in reply to jpro, 08-02-2004 16:23:05  
jpro: There is a difference then as the Moody gear box cover is about 18" long, about 12" wide and made of cast about 3/8" thick Kind of the shape of V8 motor oil pan.



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jpro

08-02-2004 17:26:19




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 Re: potato digger in reply to Hugh MacKay, 08-02-2004 16:53:01  
The size of the gear cover is about right. Does yours have the seat attached to the gear cover? I don't know what this would be worth in your area but I had to pay about $300 to keep it from ending up as a yard ornament in the suburbs of St. Louis. (dont mention that $300 to my wife please)



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Hugh MacKay

08-03-2004 02:47:42




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 Re: potato digger in reply to jpro, 08-02-2004 17:26:19  
jpro: My digger seat attaches just ahead of the gear box, basically bolted to the tongue of the digger. I don't have a photo scanned or would send it to you.

The $300. sounds a bit pricey. I bought one for parts about 4 years ago for $15. The wheels were in bad shape as were the lift levers, but it had all new gears in the gear box. The gears were what I needed. Digging wheel was in good shape as well.

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Ibby

08-01-2004 06:14:54




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 Re: potato digger in reply to jpro, 07-31-2004 19:16:52  
Check out Smallfarmersjournal.com. They should be able to point you in the right direction.



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