Potatoes of 1940

47fivewindow · Jul 23, 2023

We dug the rest of the potatoes today. 40 9N. 47 chevy

SweetFeet · Jul 23, 2023

Great pics! Nice harvest.

Richard G. · Jul 23, 2023

Nice.
Ours rotted in the ground because of too much rain.
Oh well, got about 125 quarts on the shelves.

larry@stinescorner · Jul 23, 2023

x2!!!!

CaseChev · Jul 23, 2023

Doesn't get any better than that !!

GermantownGreen · Jul 23, 2023

Neat pics.
Is the truck standard transmission?
Very nice looking both.
Thanks for sharing. GG

Kevin Happke · Jul 23, 2023

Nice Potatoes, I will be planting my potatoes this week.
I even have some voluntary potatoes growing in my garden from last year because we had enough snow last winter and the ground never froze here in central Minnesota.

anderson farms · Jul 23, 2023

Awesome pics!

47fivewindow · Jul 23, 2023

The truck has a 4 speed non syncromesh floor shifter. Double clutching is needed to change gears. The 1947 was still using some prewar parts.

Leroy · Jul 24, 2023

Chevy did not make an automatic untill in the 50's and then only a light duty in the cars. it was either that or a 3 speed with sift on colum. Truck looks just about like we had but ours was a 49 with that same transmission but no double clutching needed. Ours was the 3/4 tone instead of a half ton and I would guess what they called a 5 window cab. Dark blue. That is what I learned to drive with. Was in the family from when it was 3 months old untill 1976 when could no longer get brakes. It had 7:00x17 tires on. and the 216 engine. Tractor looks like mine but mine is a 44 2N and we had a homemade digger like that we dug potatoes with. After all were picked up that we could find hooked to the spring tooth harrow and went over the patch and turned up as many potatoes as first picking and used that spring toot about 3 more times pulling out missed potatoes.

Tim in New York · Jul 24, 2023

Is that a middle buster you are using as a digger? How well does it work? How many of the spuds end up still covered? How wide is the plow? Do you have to make more than one pass?

I am getting too old to use a potato hook and thinking of alternatives.

Thanks!

Tim

47fivewindow · Jul 24, 2023

Yes. Its a cheap middle buster from TSC. It works great. After it loosen them 3/4 are on top. I then run the cub with the cultivators down the rows and get most of the rest. I end up with a lot less damaged ones than digging by hand. I use the same set up opening the row to plant so the row spacing is right. When I was a kid my dad grew 1/2 an acre. He had 3 growing boys to keep fed.

Tim in New York · Jul 24, 2023

Thanks! That would probably work fine on my little Kubota. I will give it a try this fall. We grew maybe 1/4 acre when I was a kid, but dad found an old ground drive digger we pulled with a Farmall H. That worked great as long as a rock did not get stuck in the side chain and lock up the digger. I let mom give that old digger away years ago and kick myself all the time.

Tim

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