[AT] Machinery use

[Grant Brians]

Greg, that was me who bought the dog for my lister. I use my equipment as 
otherwise I would not be able to get much of anything done! I need a potato 
digger though as I have potatoes planted and will have to pick them up by 
hand. I hope to have thirty tons so that will be a lot of work. I need a two 
row digger though. I tried to find one in Idaho after I was told there were 
lots of them available for scrap value, but then no one could find one for 
me. Sigh. We shall see.
        Grant Brians
        Hollister, California
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Hass" <gkhass at avci.net>
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Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 2:43 PM
Subject: [AT] Machinery use


> Recently someone on the list (and I forget who it was) was looking for a 
> dog or whatever to lift a Lister.  (I believe that was it.)  Although I 
> love looking at old machinery at shows, it really warms my heart to hear 
> of somebody that is fixing his up to actually use the old equipment and I 
> appreciate hearing about these things.  On a related note, a few days ago 
> I mentioned having bought a PTO-driven 1-row potato digger.  Just today I 
> was looking through a JD pocket ledger from 1938  (the type of book that 
> used to be given out free at JD Days).  I was surprised to see that their 
> potato diggers were available as ground-drive or as an engine-driven unit, 
> which I have never seen.  I would be curious to see if anyone knows what 
> type of engine was used on these diggers.
>
> Greg Hass
>
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