Video Holland transplanter

grandpa Love · Mar 31, 2019

We gave this old thing a try yesterday. My hats off to all you folks who rode one back in the day. So hard to keep up! We "planted" forsythia cuttings. Hopefully they don't take root!! Cool old machine, made from 2 different ones. One side has a Holland tag on it ,other side is missing the tag but the frame and mechanical parts are a bit different. Nice job making a 2 row planter.
My wife is driving. I'm in red shirt, then our 16 year old son Bubba. Then my dad, and Minnie mo Mick is on the end. I tried to video from the seat, not happening! Lol
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coshoo · Mar 31, 2019

The problem is the high gearing in the N Ford. You can't rototill with them, either- they're just geared too fast. Looked like you were having fun trying, though.

larry@stinescorner · Mar 31, 2019

use the little A/C In low gear,,try it again!

grandpa Love · Mar 31, 2019

The " way too new" AC??? Lol. My wife said to use it. I just love the Fords!

johnofnewhaven · Mar 31, 2019

Love the video! Great family fun! Making memories like that for your children are priceless!

Bruce from Can. · Mar 31, 2019

Brings back wonderful memories for me, I loved doing market garden. We planted 2,000 tomatoes, and a 1,000 peppers as well as 1,000 Spanish onions with our Holland transplanter. All bare root . You need a tractor with a slower low gear, your ground speed is way too fast. I used a IH McCormack W4, had just the perfect speed in low gear, and very quiet running tractor on idle. I am jealous of your climate.

There will be no garden work here today, lol

larry@stinescorner · Mar 31, 2019

it may be geared lower in first low,,try it

JD Seller · Mar 31, 2019

Kevin your going to have to find a different tractor to run the setter. A Ford N will barely go slow enough at dead idle in low gear. Your not pulling a plow so idle the tractor WAY down. It does not take any power to run the setter.

Here is video of one working a little more "controlled.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbcnSzfxORw
Mechanical Transplanter in action

larry@stinescorner · Mar 31, 2019

he has a little A/C 5020? (I think thats the model number) do they have a slow 1 st ?

grandpa Love · Mar 31, 2019

Yep. Super slow low gear.

JD Seller · Mar 31, 2019

Larry. It would be slower than a Ford N series. Just about any modern tractor has a lower first gear. That is why the four speeds and eight speed tractors work better for this type of stuff. An N was designed to pull a plow and disk using the draft control. Not slow, precision work.

formerly ny bill · Mar 31, 2019

thanks for the laughs...

J. Schwiebert · Mar 31, 2019

Where is your water tank? You set them when the plant is being planted the water valve will be tripped so about a quart of water is dropped in the hole as well. Around here women ride the planter. We has a customer that purchased a new 1600 Oliver back in65. The main reason they still use it is to plant tomatoes. They pull the hydra-power knob so that it is low gear and then only enough throttle to pull the unit!

Al Baker(pumpman) · Mar 31, 2019

I have spent thousands and thousands of hours being dragged around backwards by my DAD riding a one row Holland. Folks ran a truck garden farm. I hated that job. Today I would give up almost anything I have to go back and ride with Ma planting and listening to her holler at Dad to raise or lower the 3pt. Funny how 40+ years later it doesn't seem like a bad job. Al

RBnWA · Mar 31, 2019

Grandpa you need a case with the 8 speed trans. HEHE. RB

Rick Kr · Mar 31, 2019

I run the same mechanical planter that JD Seller posted.
Except mine is a lot bigger for planting trees.
I run my tractor in first gear at idle. Its the only way to plant consistently for us.
We run about 500 trees an hour with one person on back at 9 feet of spacing.

We separate the trees before we load them, but the roots seem to magically weave themselves back together when we are trying to plant

I have a bigger planter that takes a 100hp tractor to pull. Cant seem to find any pics at the moment.
CT 12 tree planter

MARK ROBKE · Mar 31, 2019

Those Holland transplanters are widely used here today to set tobacco. We would set about 1 acre in 5 1/2-6 hrs with our 1 row on our farm, but that was due to short small fields. Many large producers will raise 20 or more acres, but 5-6 is more common. They will set maybe 6 acres or more in a day with a 2 row like yours, at around 7000-8000 plants per acre. Mark.

SVcummins · Mar 31, 2019

Why don?t you want them to root ? If you want to bring that Over in about a month I?m going to try planting some sweet potatoes 🍠

fordforce · Mar 31, 2019

We grew tobacco for 35 years in Ontario.
In 1974 my Dad bought a new 2 row Powell planter, trail type with water tanks.In our soft sand it worked great.
In 2010 i upgraded to a 4 row Powell planter.Also worked great but needed 8 people on it.Needed 100hp to pull it up our sandy hills.

aFORDable · Mar 31, 2019

We are tobacco farmers. Have a two row similar but with water. Pull it with 861 Ford in 1st or 2nd gear just above idle. 1st or 2nd depending on experience of help. Works great and have set 100's of acres over the years. Live in tobacco country and the fields will be busy with those transplanters in mid May to mid June. Around here 20-50 acres is common with some raising over 100 acres. Can set an acre an hour to hour and half under good conditions with everything working properly. Plants are raised in float trays in green houses. W. Ky.

MARK ROBKE · Mar 31, 2019

What type of tobacco did you raise? We're most all burley around here- northern Kentucky. Mark.

pcsaw · Mar 31, 2019

I have several John Deere Yakima transplanter they look similar they have bells on them that let you know when to place the plant in to get even spacing

Pete in Holland MI · Mar 31, 2019

Holland Transplanter is about 5 miles from my house.

Shetland Sheepdog · Mar 31, 2019

Used to transplant cabbage with the old style planter, where one rode facing forward with his butt about 4" off the ground!
Pulled the transplanter with an AC WD-45, and slipped the oil bath hand clutch all day long to go slow enough to get the plants in less than 1' apart!

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