Potato digger plans
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DavidJ
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Do a search for middle buster and I think you'll find a thread about this.
Slamfire
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I bought a double sided plow for my subsoiler. It takes three passes, one with the plow set level, and one with it tilted each way. I sure wish I had a 30 year younger back though. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
wroughtn_harv
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In Ben Wheeler, Texas a couple of years ago there was a blacksmith who made sweet potato plows. He was in his eighties then, quite a character, no bigger than a minute but stronger than a lifetime.
He used road grader blades. He bought them, the replacement edge on a Cat grader, and put them in the forge to bend them into a U. The corners were ninety degrees and bottom was parallel to the ground. He attached these U's to a three point hook up.
He said the farmers really went through the blades because they were in sandy soil.
If I was you and making one I'd try to keep a couple of things in mind while I went through the trial and error process.
One, I'd want to be able to adjust the angle of the blade to find the perfect angle for not only cutting the soil under the potatoes, but to churn the soil to bring the potatoes to the surface.
Two, I think a lot of the success depends upon your tractor having enough umph to pull the plow.
This old man had a big open shop. And after all the years in business it was empty of tools except for the forge and a drill press, hard to understand. The best reason for work is to have tools.
He used road grader blades. He bought them, the replacement edge on a Cat grader, and put them in the forge to bend them into a U. The corners were ninety degrees and bottom was parallel to the ground. He attached these U's to a three point hook up.
He said the farmers really went through the blades because they were in sandy soil.
If I was you and making one I'd try to keep a couple of things in mind while I went through the trial and error process.
One, I'd want to be able to adjust the angle of the blade to find the perfect angle for not only cutting the soil under the potatoes, but to churn the soil to bring the potatoes to the surface.
Two, I think a lot of the success depends upon your tractor having enough umph to pull the plow.
This old man had a big open shop. And after all the years in business it was empty of tools except for the forge and a drill press, hard to understand. The best reason for work is to have tools.