'Old ' spud elevator digger

[tomlad]

Pulled out of storage
I believe spud or root at least trailed elevator digger, looks complete
Will be cut up soon but seems a shame
Ive seen them with retro 3piont hitch so mounted for headlands ....
Pr3 preston.
'Offers invited '

 

[Tractortech]

Now Then..
A few pictures might help....

 

[tomlad]

Fair point thought i had

 

[Flatlander]

My day had one like that back when I was a nipper. Think it was a Webb. Very gentle on the spuds. Hard on the back afterwards.

 

[tomlad]

Spud basket eh
Do some use them now for headlands

 

[solo]

One of those was used here in the 1960’s on field scale and thereafter for a couple of headland rows for the farm workers until the mid 1980’s. I’ll see if I can find the slides.

 

[tomlad]

I presume ,dad , grandad used it

 

[solo]

These pictures would be around 1967-1968.

The trailer was used to collect the ladies with their prams ready for the days work picking spuds. Different type of folk back in those days compared to now!

 

[mobileweld]

Will be cut up soon but seems a shame

Our yard is packed with old bits I don’t have it in me to cut them up. I know we can’t keep everything but always seems a shame to me. Hope somebody makes an offer for it!

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

These pictures would be around 1967-1968.


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The trailer was used to collect the ladies with their prams ready for the days work picking spuds. Different type of folk back in those days compared to now!View attachment 1037723

Can you imagine ladies with prams now going to pick spuds, ha how about the ones without prams, they would be away getting their nails done, never mind picking spuds,
Taking of spuds we used to let the pickers take a bag home at night, if you dropped a free bag off at most ladies houses today, They would look down their nose at you and tell you to take them dirty spuds away .

As pickers got harder to get, we went to a Faun potato harvester, and latterly had to get pickers from a fair bit off as locals not interested,
Anyone still have a Faun harvester in use or in back of the shed ?

 

[tomlad]

I do agree but .....
Been looking at the lift leaver for plough adjuster tbh and lock clamps for wheel ,axle , width adjustment look good too ...
Digger lads whos retiring , leaving my site has weighted couple of grand in recently so obviously got me thinking

 

[Henarar]

we still use one something like that, linkage mounted single chain, gave about 35 quid for it at a farm sale about 20 years ago

 

[tomlad]

I saw one at a sale with 3 p h looked retro fitted ,probably make it much more useful.

 

[solo]

Came across this on a Google search for 1960’s potato harvester. Ours was obviously inherited from an earlier decade or two!

 

[renewablejohn]

These pictures would be around 1967-1968.


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The trailer was used to collect the ladies with their prams ready for the days work picking spuds. Different type of folk back in those days compared to now!View attachment 1037723

Come on then challenge for the day what type of tractor in the bottom picture.

 

[tomlad]

John dear on twins

 

[Frodo]

Put it on eBay and some smallholder might buy it. That said you would have to spend more on guards than it’s value to make it safe.

 

[solo]

Come on then challenge for the day what type of tractor in the bottom picture.

John Deere model B with dual wheels 16hp. It would pull two of those trailers in tandem to Kidderminster beet factory with land girls to wind the brake shoes on the handle on the front of each trailer. 4t on each trailer all on and off with beet scuvins. Unfortunately that tractor is no longer as it got burnt in the farm fire in 1968.

 

[tomlad]

16hp with what 10t interesting compared to modern gear eh progress .
Shame tractors lost .

 

[solo]

16hp with what 10t interesting compared to modern gear eh progress .
Shame tractors lost .

Mf 135 took on haulage duty a few years later in 1968 with a Bedford lorry conversion. That also took 8t beet but did tip itself which was progress.