looking for a potato digger

BLW · Mar 26, 2012

getting to old to dig potatoes on my knees anymore would like to find an old digger that i can pull behind my 8n small that leaves the potatoes on top of the ground maybe a horse drawn i can convert or even a 3 pt hitch working or repairable must be mostly there thanks any info on these greatly appreciated

bjb in TX from Ne · Mar 26, 2012

My dad uses a 1 row JD horse drawn lister to dig potato at the end of the season. He uses a 2 row ford lister to dig the rows, plants the potatoes at the bottom of the furrows and as they grow he knocks down the soil around them and then eventually uses a home made tiller plow to hill them. Sometimes the lister doesn't get deep enough to get all the potatoes though. All of this is done with an 8N ford.

BLW · Mar 26, 2012

what does the home made digger look like is it poss to get pictures of it so i can build on we have no prob planting and hilling them it is just the digging on my knees that is getting to me 73 now and knees don"t work as good as they used to thanks for any info what is a lister not familiar with that thanks this sight works great doesn"t it

El Toro · Mar 26, 2012

Here's a digger in a museum in CA. I should've had one of these when I grew a lot of Kennebec and Red Bliss spuds. Hal

bjb in TX from Ne · Mar 26, 2012

There were not modifications made. We just set the old JD lister as deep as it will go and my dad has the drawbar down and we "list" the potatoes out.

Here is a website with something that looks similar:
<a href="http://www.everythingattachments.com/Tractor-Potato-Plow-Middlebuster-s/10508.htm">Middle buster/potato plows</a>

soder33 · Mar 26, 2012

My Grandfather using a potato digger, around 1923. I asked my Aunt the names of the horses, but she said she did not remember.

dej(Jed) · Mar 26, 2012

(quoted from post at 07:12:52 03/26/12) getting to old to dig potatoes on my knees anymore would like to find an old digger that i can pull behind my 8n small that leaves the potatoes on top of the ground maybe a horse drawn i can convert or even a 3 pt hitch working or repairable must be mostly there thanks any info on these greatly appreciated

I have an iron age, I think, potatoe digger like the one pictured below. It is complete and should function with a little oil and some paint. It comes with the original 2 horse tounge(sp). I just removed it from the old barn
on my mother and dads farm. It could be yours at a reasonable price.
I am however in western, pa.

BLW · Mar 26, 2012

what is a JD lister doesn"t ring a bell can you send me a pic [email protected] thanks is it what they called a sod buster a plow with mole boards on both sides that made a ditch and put the dirt on the sides ???

BLW · Mar 26, 2012

yeah that is a little far for me too old thanks for the pic though I am looking for the one that is just like an old one horse plow but it hac an upside shovel ty;e digger and kind of a rack that let the dirt fall through and kept the potatoes on top easy to convert to 3 pt hitch and easy to pull thanks great site isn"t it

RGMartin · Mar 26, 2012

(quoted from post at 11:59:02 03/26/12)
I have an iron age, I think, potatoe digger like the one pictured below. It is complete and should function with a little oil and some paint. It comes with the original 2 horse tounge(sp). I just removed it from the old barn
on my mother and dads farm. It could be yours at a reasonable price.
I am however in western, pa.

Talk to me JED. My email should work on the modern side. I don't think I am very far away from you. I could use a spare.

soder33 · Mar 26, 2012

Is this what you are looking for?

Anonymous-0 · Mar 26, 2012

Where did you find the picture of the modern version? I would like to have one for my own potatoes.

gene bender · Mar 26, 2012

I use an irrigation shovel on the A rear tool bar it works well. My potatoes get hilled with the disc hillers so that makes them dig well.

molinebob · Mar 26, 2012

I have an old pto driven one, needs a part welded on it and a pto shaft other than that its all there..Im in northern minnesota so prob to far to go to get but its here, dont know if i'll ever use the thing...Bob

bjb in TX from Ne · Mar 26, 2012

I will have to see if my dad can get a picture of it (I am in Texas; the lister is in Nebraska). It actually was a lister/planter. Instead of cutting a slit in the soil and planting the corn (ground remained essentially flat), it would dig a furrow and plant the corn at the bottom of the furrow. The when you cultivated you would throw most of the soil back on the corn and if you wanted to go again the would use a "go-dig" and hill the corn.

bjb in TX from Ne · Mar 26, 2012

There are a few pictures similar here under implement photos

<a href="https://photos.yesterdaystractors.com/cgi-bin/gallery/gallery_pic.cgi?pic=http;//photos.yesterdaystractors.com/gallery/iphotos/i6256.jpg&firstrec=17&Parameter=lister&w=iphotos&cc=0">1</a>

<a href="https://photos.yesterdaystractors.com/cgi-bin/gallery/gallery_pic.cgi?pic=http;//photos.yesterdaystractors.com/gallery/iphotos/i3727.jpg&firstrec=17&Parameter=lister&w=iphotos&cc=1">2</a>

<a href="https://photos.yesterdaystractors.com/cgi-bin/gallery/gallery_pic.cgi?pic=http;//photos.yesterdaystractors.com/gallery/iphotos/i3547.jpg&firstrec=17&Parameter=lister&w=iphotos&cc=0">3</a>

<a href="https://photos.yesterdaystractors.com/cgi-bin/gallery/gallery_pic.cgi?pic=http;//photos.yesterdaystractors.com/gallery/iphotos/i4349.jpg&firstrec=17&Parameter=lister&w=iphotos&cc=0">4</a>

<a href="https://photos.yesterdaystractors.com/cgi-bin/gallery/gallery_pic.cgi?pic=http;//photos.yesterdaystractors.com/gallery/iphotos/i4348.jpg&firstrec=17&Parameter=lister&w=iphotos&cc=2">5</a>

<a href="https://photos.yesterdaystractors.com/cgi-bin/gallery/gallery_pic.cgi?pic=http;//photos.yesterdaystractors.com/gallery/iphotos/i2111.jpg&firstrec=17&Parameter=lister&w=iphotos&cc=0">6</a>

Kippster · Mar 26, 2012

Where abouts in western pa? I raise a few spuds and
could use a digger. Spade fork is too much work for
half an acre.

Fullers Farmalls · Mar 26, 2012

Well If its to far for Kippster, I might also be interested in a digger.
I am in New Florence and can travel to get it. Email is open.

dej(Jed) · Mar 27, 2012

(quoted from post at 19:51:26 03/26/12) Where abouts in western pa? I raise a few spuds and
could use a digger. Spade fork is too much work for
half an acre.

I am near Butler , Pa.

oldironman · Mar 27, 2012

You might want to check this out.

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.jonespotatodigger.com/model1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.jonespotatodigger.com/&h=553&w=573&sz=144&tbnid=1uvHPizpRSN5HM:&tbnh=97&tbnw=100&zoom=1&docid=ByhtMWKfFCcdoM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=p7FxT5ekIIrj0QGJ09HbAQ&sqi=2&ved=0CHUQ9QEwAg&dur=0

oldironman · Mar 27, 2012

well that didn't work. Go to google and put in potato digger and select images. You see all kinds of them there. Click on the picture and it will take you to the site.

BLW · Mar 27, 2012

thanks any pick of the irrigation shovel thanks

BLW · Mar 27, 2012

any pics how much maybe it would be worth shipping truck

BLW · Mar 27, 2012

yes thats just what i am looking for where can i find a used one or where can i buy a new one thanks

Kippster · Mar 27, 2012

I'm in meadville. Do you have any pictures? I'd like
to see some before I make the trip. I'm sure Fullers
Farmalls and the rest of the gang on here would like
to see some too if possible. Also how much were you
thinking would be a reasonable price? Thanks.
Kippster

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