Horse drawn walk behind potato digger

[leeharvey]

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

[goodcompanion]

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.

[Marshall]

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.

[sean518]

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

[leeharvey]

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.

[Anonymous]

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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