Potatoe digger.

[propane1]

A fella in Nova Scotia built this. Would work great on a Case tractor. Hydraulic motor drives the digging chain. 8 gpm should throw the potatoes out fairly good.

Noel

[JSinMO]

Looks like he did a great job. I’d like to see it at work! The only diggers I ever see around here are old relics that haven’t been used in who knows how many decades.

[thebuildist]

How does it work? By what method, I mean. I don't see how to stick it in the ground.

Bob

[propane1]

How does it work? By what method, I mean. I don't see how to stick it in the ground.

Bob

At the 3 point end the shovel digs into the hill, below the potatoes, and as the tractor pulls it, the ground and potatoes are pushed up toward the conveyer. The conveyer could also be below ground level a bit. Pictures were not that good and no video of it working. So hard to say, that is the general idea. So the conveyer pulls the potatoes and tops, if any, up the conveyer and drops them on the ground, the dirt falls thru the conveyer.
That’s how I believe it works, same as a pull type one row conveyer digger from years ago, ground or pto driven. This one just happens to be hydraulically operated. Not sure if that answers your question or not. Let me know.

Noel