Posted by landlord7012 on October 07, 2009 at 15:53:48 from (206.40.110.229):
In Reply to: potato digger posted by stieger on October 07, 2009 at 14:45:11:
Stieger, I commend you for wanting to do someting constructive with your time (aside from gardening?!). You don't say how young you are but regardless of age I'm sure we all have worse things we could be doing with our time! Also, since you have already encountered a potential problem in your scheme - I would say you are far from dumb. That being said, how fancy do you want it to be? Will it dig and load the potatoes or are you just trying to dig them to pick them up later? If that is the case you could build yourself a pretty simple "middle-buster" which would be something like two moldboard plow of opposite hand facing away from each other. It could be lowered from a beam (like an old time grader) stablized by a set of wheels wide enough to straddle the furrow. Or you could mount it to a 3 point hitch like a mounted plow but, depending on how close the the 3 pt hitch you keep the digger, you would still need a trailing wheel to control depth.
If you are considering loading from an automatic digger you would need to use a power take-off or your machine will need a small engine to power it. Some of the old units were self propelled and I'm sure they worked but you probably had to make sure you had good ground speed before and during each row.
I'm considering doing the same because I plant 8 to 10 - 100 foot rows of potatoes each year and even in my sandy loamy soil I manage to stick the fork in a bunch, not to mention the backaches! Either way post your progress if possible.
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