Horse drawn walk behind potato digger

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  • October 9, 2011 at 8:42 pm #43102
    leeharvey
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    I am looking for any info on this potato digger.

    In the included link, it would be the 14th digger sown the first page.

    if you could e-mail me any info like age, model, where built and value that wouold be great.

    http://www.bdlilies.com/iron.html

    Thanks very much

    leeharvey@frontiernet.net

    October 9, 2011 at 8:55 pm #69532
    goodcompanion
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    No idea where built or anything like that, but I have one just like it. Probably worth about a hundred bucks unless it had new handles installed, then maybe 150.

    October 10, 2011 at 1:36 am #69533
    Marshall
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    It looks like the one setting out in my shed. Mine has no markings that I could find. Around here they bring several hundred dollars as the Amish are using them.

    October 10, 2011 at 2:43 pm #69534
    sean518
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    Just saw my Amish neighbor using one of these yesterday to harvest his potatoes.
    I’ll ask around next time I’m over to see where they get theirs and if there’s a make/model number. I suspect they show up once in a while at farm equipment/antique auctions. Here’s one in Canada:

    http://owensound.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-heavy-equipment-farming-equipment-horse-drawn-potatoe-garlic-digger-W0QQAdIdZ302179589

    October 11, 2011 at 3:02 pm #69535
    leeharvey
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    Mine is somewhat different than the one in the link posted above.

    It has 2 wood handles to hold onto and it also has 2 smaller wheels on the front that are adjustable. The handles are mounted a bit wider with bracketts to mount it to besides on the front of the digger.

    Then above and behind the digger blade, there are 2 smaller cone shaped covers or shields on top of the tines behind the digger blade.

    October 22, 2011 at 12:06 pm #69536
    Anonymous
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    I see them OCCASIONALLY at a huge sale I go to 1st sat of the month. Dont know what they bring. We always used a lister to bring up taters. I have one for that now. I use a schovel plow to dig the rows to plant them and a lister as it goes lower to bring them up

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