was RE: [AT] Towing now planters

[charlie hill]

David there is a picture of one of those devilish hand planters in one of 
the links I sent.

Charlie
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From: "David Bruce" <davidbruce at yadtel.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 11:56 AM
Subject: Re: was RE: [AT] Towing now planters


> Sorry, no pix here - but you might be able to find some pix via google.
> The manual one was just two tubes attached together, one big enough to 
> drop a transplant down the chute to the bottom of the tube where a 
> clamshell arrangement is used to open a spot in the prepared soil for the 
> plant.  The other tube holds water and a portion of it is released to 
> water the transplant - not a good description but a really neat device.
> David
> NW NC
>
> Lew Best wrote:
>> Thanks David
>>
>> You got pix of the manual one?  :)  Or even a 2-row; might be able to
>> try to build a 1 row?
>>
>> Lew
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of David Bruce
>> Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 10:06 AM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> Subject: Re: was RE: [AT] Towing now planters
>>
>> I don't know of a planter for sale but it should work wonderfully for 
>> transplanting tomato plants.  Just remember that you will need several 
>> people to man the thing so it would work best for a larger operation.
>> The ones I remember were two row - four people feeding plants to the 
>> planting section (they ride in seats on the setter) and, of course, 
>> someone to drive.  A water tank was mounted on the tractor to supply the
>>
>> transplanter - if you are planting acres it would be prefect.
>> For smaller operatoins maybe a manual transplanter - I think I have the 
>> remnants of one here somewhere - might be just the thing for my tomato 
>> garden <g>
>> David
>> NW NC
>>
>>
>>
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