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

[Grant Brians]

Larry, there are several types of Sugar beet harvesters. The wheel type uses 
a spike to pick the beet and is unsuitable for veggies for that reason. The 
typical non-wheel type (for lack of a better term) is not adjustable for the 
smaller diameters of the veggies and bangs up the more delicate roots (such 
as turnips). As a result I am not looking for a sugar beet machine. They are 
also findable here in California as we used to have a very large Sugar Beet 
industry here, but now there are almost none.
    I did get a call back about a harvester that sounds interesting in 
Ontario, Canada that I will follow up on, but am worried about cost of 
shipping and needing to see it first.... I hear they have something called 
snow there??? LOL. Actually I lost some crops this winter from the roots 
freezing, it was that cold here - NOT NORMAL and that was the first time 
anyone can remember hearing of it happening in this part of California.
        Grant Brians
        Hollister, California
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry D Goss" <rlgoss at evansville.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 6:11 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Back on farm equipment! I need help finding... for 
myfarmingoperation


> 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>
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> Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 11:38 PM
> Subject: [AT] Back on farm equipment! I need help finding... for my 
> farmingoperation
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>
>>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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