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- From: "Rob Wallbridge" <rob AT songberry.ca>
- To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: [Market-farming] potato digger advice
- Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 10:07:51 -0400
Hi all, Anybody have any advice to offer on using chain-type potato
diggers? I bought an old “ I’m most curious about the effect of the speed of
travel, and the angle of the chain. My observations so far are that the
momentum of a faster speed seems to help keep things flowing, but I don’t
want to overdo it and break something. I can’t really decide what
difference the angle of the chain makes – I’m pulling it with a
hitch bar on the 3-point hitch, so I can adjust the digging depth that way,
without having to get off and move the lever, so moving the lever really just
adjusts how steep the climb is for the potatoes and soil. Anybody know what
angle and speed these things were designed to work at? (And yes, I know that a new PTO-drive machine would be
better and that this thing probably belongs in a museum, but this was a
fraction of the cost, and those big spaded cast-iron wheels look so cool…
J) Cheers, Rob Rob Wallbridge Songberry Organic Farm 24 Sixth Line, email: rob AT songberry.ca web: www.songberry.ca facebook: become a fan of "Songberry Organic Farm" |
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[Market-farming] potato digger advice,
Rob Wallbridge, 09/24/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] potato digger advice, Richard Stewart, 09/24/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] potato digger advice,
Dalew Farms, 09/25/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] potato digger advice, MAsteveINE, 09/25/2010
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