[AT] Back on farm equipment! I need help finding... for my farmingoperation

[Larry D Goss]

Grant, would a sugar beet harvester work?  I know where one is available, 
but it's not exactly close to California.  It's near Fort Morgan, Colorado. 
Transportation would probably put it out of contention.

Larry

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Grant Brians" <gbrians at hollinet.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 11:38 PM
Subject: [AT] Back on farm equipment! I need help finding... for my 
farmingoperation


>I have a farm equipment need that the list might help me find. Last year I 
>was looking for a potato digger for my potato crops and a friend turned out 
>to have one locally that i now use. That was an amazing piece of luck, 
>especially since I had no idea he had it even though we talk frequently and 
>he lives less than a mile across the fields! This year my need is for root 
>harvesting machinery. I grow Turnips, Rutabagas, Carrots, Parsnips, Beets 
>and a number of other root vegetable crops here in coastal central 
>California. I need to start mechanizing the picking as labor shortages are 
>getting more and more profound during the spring and summer. As a result, I 
>am looking for machines that will help me. I cannot pay much and I assume I 
>will have to buy from a long distance away.
>      There are adaptable machines that can harvest all of these by 
> adjusting the settings, but there are also machines that will only do some 
> of the crops. I am not picky as I need to get started on the process. A 
> Carrot harvester would seem to be the likely best place to start. An old 
> Scott-Viner from the 50's or an FMC or.... Please let me know if anyone on 
> the list or off can help me inexpensively. Thanks to all, and I know that 
> if we can get off of the midwinter threads all will be back to sanity and 
> pleasant discourse. Thanks!
>      By the way, our weather has been very unusual lately - lots more 
> frost than any winter before but less rain than usual. I have lost some 
> crops and lots of production, but my veggies mostly still look very good, 
> just not growing the way they should. I've already started planting for 
> spring.
>        Grant Brians
>        Hollister,California
> p.s. Anyone know of a parts Oliver77 CHEAP and nearby to allow me to fix 
> our super77??????
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