Digging potatoes with B and horse drawn plow.

A quick video of us digging potatoes with an old horse drawn potato plow attached to the draw bar of my '38 B. That's my 16 y.o. son manning the plow; good thing hes got long legs!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMj9xsVZ9hw&feature=youtu.be

Runamuck, THat is nearly the exact same plow as I use, somebody cut the handles off mine, and converted it to 3 point hitch, before I spent $75 on it.  Do you (or anyone else) know what brand it is?  It's a pretty good digger, the way mine is set up, you adjust the toplink, and when you have it right, taters just roll back into the opened row, pretty clean, too...

Thanks for making that a link. I didn't know how to do that. Not sure on the make, a friend of mine spotted it at a yard sale and knew I needed one. First time we used it we didn't go deep enough, this time went a little too deep. He thinks hanging on to the plow beats digging them all with a fork. It turned several hours a row into several seconds.

Definitely beats hand digging!
  David from jax

That beings back a few memories of when we dug potatoes using the plow. At first the kids were having fun finding the treasure (the potatoes), but after the 2nd year the fun was gone and it be came work. LOL Thanks for sharing.

How's about some pics of that plow out of the ground?  Just to see what it looks like so the next auction.........

I use a plain old horse drawn walk behind "Middle Buster" without that contraption out the back that is supposed to do WHAT? Wife drives while I plow. It is always a good idea to pull up the tater vines by hand before plowing. That way there is nothing there to "plug up"
I sure don't have half the trouble walking the furrow as the
youngster in the video. And I'm 75. Papa needs to throttle back a notch or two maybe.

Edited by Ken in Texas - 20 Oct 2015 at 1:17pm

Ken in Texas wrote: I use a plain old horse drawn walk behind "Middle Buster" without that contraption out the back that is supposed to do WHAT? Wife drives while I plow. It is always a good idea to pull up the tater vines by hand before plowing. That way there is nothing there to "plug up" I sure don't have half the trouble walking the furrow as the youngster in the video. And I'm 75. Papa needs to throttle back a notch or two maybe.

We still have some bugs to work out, but I got a rock shaft for the B so the plan is to mount the plow either hand or hyd lift. It was set a little deep and is unstable the way it is. I will get some pictures of it out of the ground tomorrow if I get time. I picked up a pto and hyd pump that needs to be gone through; is there anyone I could just send it to and get it back ready to go? Thanks for all the comments, it's fun to actually contribute something instead of just lurking in the shadows.

You have a pic of the middle buster for a allis chalmers b ??