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truckerfarmer 
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Posted: 17 May 2018 at 7:00am |
Finally got our potatoes planted last high. Usually like to get then in the ground by May 10th. But, with the late spring and rain we've been getting, I can't complain to much, we need the moisture. Just hope I got a good enough kill on the rye. Like to let it sit for a week before planting to make sure.  The WD 45 likes this easy work. 2nd gear at idle.
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Brian F(IL)
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Posted: 17 May 2018 at 7:20am |
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Nice. Your wiring harness looks just like mine. Not OEM but functional. Good luck with the potatoes.
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Posted: 17 May 2018 at 8:14am |
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Thanks for sharing picture. I have never seen a potato planter before, antique or not.
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Posted: 17 May 2018 at 8:16am |
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if yer there, and she's there....who's taking the pic? and what's that thing in yer mouth?
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Posted: 17 May 2018 at 9:32am |
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Some call it a fag, others would say he's blowin a bad boy, I say it's just a cigarette.
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Posted: 17 May 2018 at 9:33am |
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I smoked for 45 years. I wouldn't recommend it even for a taste.
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1938 B, 79 Dynamark 11/36 6spd, 95 Weed-Eater 16hp, 2010 Bolens 14hp
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chaskaduo
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Posted: 17 May 2018 at 9:35am |
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Quit a couple years ago, and still have a hard time breathing.
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Posted: 17 May 2018 at 9:39am |
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OK I've caught my breath.
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Posted: 17 May 2018 at 10:03am |
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Nice job. Good looking soil there!
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Posted: 17 May 2018 at 10:46am |
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thats a nice fully automated state of the art potato planter
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Posted: 17 May 2018 at 1:22pm |
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that is one determined look on that ugly mug! LOL
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Posted: 17 May 2018 at 1:34pm |
I agree nice looking dirt
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Posted: 17 May 2018 at 5:06pm |
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Must be a quiet tractor, the rain flap is down.
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Posted: 17 May 2018 at 5:14pm |
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Very environmentally friendly.
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Posted: 17 May 2018 at 6:59pm |
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Awesome photo thanks for sharing!! I get a kick out of growing taters. Nice job of conditioning your soil. Nice photo that we seldom see.
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truckerfarmer
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Posted: 17 May 2018 at 9:10pm |
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Yeah, that's a cancer stick hanging out of my mouth. Only vice I have left. I quit drinking Sept 29 2005.
Mom took the pic. Her and wife had most of the seed cut before I got there. Had supper in the field.
Tractor was at an idle in second gear so flap wasn't hardly lifting.
Dug the rye with the field cultivator week ago Monday. Hit it again Tues night with field cultivator then 2 passes with disc. Been planting rye in the fall the last couple years. Then plowing half in the spring and planting taters, sweetcorn and pumpkins. Using some old time techniques to amend the soil. Rye helps with weed control and by plowing it in helps to loosen and fertilize the soil, about the same as compost. This had rye on it last year. Mowed it off last fall, disced it under then replanted.
Edited by truckerfarmer - 17 May 2018 at 9:16pm
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Looking at the past to see the future.
'53 WD, '53 WD45, WD snap coupler field cultivator, #53 plow,'53 HD5B dozer
Duct tape.... Can't fix stupidity. But will muffle the sound of it!
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Posted: 17 May 2018 at 9:12pm |
 Planted sweetcorn tonight.
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'53 WD, '53 WD45, WD snap coupler field cultivator, #53 plow,'53 HD5B dozer
Duct tape.... Can't fix stupidity. But will muffle the sound of it!
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Posted: 17 May 2018 at 9:34pm |
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Looks good, I have the same corn planter, pulled by my wd. Amazing how well all the old equipment still works
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Posted: 17 May 2018 at 11:16pm |
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you needs a marker....for a 2 row???? whew. I never used a marker for a 6 row! LOL (poke,poke)
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Posted: 18 May 2018 at 6:41am |
 shameless dude wrote:
you needs a marker....for a 2 row???? whew. I never used a marker for a 6 row! LOL (poke,poke) |
I'm hoping I got them straight enough to cultivate with Dad's 4 row cultivator if I can get it put together this year.
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Looking at the past to see the future.
'53 WD, '53 WD45, WD snap coupler field cultivator, #53 plow,'53 HD5B dozer
Duct tape.... Can't fix stupidity. But will muffle the sound of it!
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Posted: 18 May 2018 at 12:27pm |
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Just out of curiosity... do you have some type of mechanical lift to raise the potato planter when you get to the end of your row? Or does the bar in front of the person on the planter raise the digger? I've never been around one.
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truckerfarmer
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Posted: 18 May 2018 at 9:09pm |
 The bar in front is simply a grab handle I added to the planter. This was originally a horse drawn planter. The lift lever is to the left of the seat. It lifts the furrow opener on the front, and the hiller discs on the back. The lever has several notches to adjust depth. The opener can be adjusted for depth by selecting a different hole on it's lift arm, or by rotating the lift arm on the shaft. The closer discs can be moved closer or farther apart, and the shaft can be rotated up or down to change the amount of dirt in the hill over the row. Hope that makes it clear as mud. LOL.
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Looking at the past to see the future.
'53 WD, '53 WD45, WD snap coupler field cultivator, #53 plow,'53 HD5B dozer
Duct tape.... Can't fix stupidity. But will muffle the sound of it!
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Posted: 18 May 2018 at 10:41pm |
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good look'in outfit and operators!
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Posted: 19 May 2018 at 6:57am |
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Man, you sure do make a cigarette last a long time,,,.....or ,,,maybe .....that's a new cigarette in the second picture!....? LOL! Darrel
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Posted: 19 May 2018 at 1:23pm |
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Darrel...maybe he blows instead of sucks? (poke,poke)
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truckerfarmer
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Posted: 19 May 2018 at 10:38pm |
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I don't know about you Shameless. First you says I gots an ugly mug. Then you says good lookin operators.
Ain't you guys figured it out yet, the cigarette is for keeping the rows straight. Line it up with the left front tire like a gun sight. Toothpicks work, but being so small, their harder to see.
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Looking at the past to see the future.
'53 WD, '53 WD45, WD snap coupler field cultivator, #53 plow,'53 HD5B dozer
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Posted: 21 May 2018 at 7:55am |
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Truckerfarmer, thanks for the reply. I could tell with the wooden drawbar it was originally a horse drawn implement. The last picture and your explanation says it all. Looks like a neat operation.
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Posted: 21 May 2018 at 9:28am |
truckerfarmer wrote:
I don't know about you Shameless. First you says I gots an ugly mug. Then you says good lookin operators.
Ain't you guys figured it out yet, the cigarette is for keeping the rows straight. Line it up with the left front tire like a gun sight. Toothpicks work, but being so small, their harder to see.
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I speculate you save the toothpicks for precision planting,,,,,,,,,,,,, right????
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