Hilling Potatoes with Kubota B2601

Using my row hipper or bedder to build a row and hill potatoes with my Kubota B2601.

[@fightingbear8537]

Thanks for sharing this video. I’ve drove by the place that the Hillers are made. I like 4 disks instead of 2.

[@GPOutdoors]

Good day David! Thanks for taking us along. Some great camera angles and editing which made it very enjoyable to watch. I think it looks like the first row , that you went slower over and not as deep seemed to work out best (I think?). Can't wait to see how the crop turns out! Your property looks great. Cheers!

[@HomesteadEngineering]

Hey GP, I think the 1st row was best also. I buried the other rows way too much and I had to uncover them by hand. They all look great now and are doing well. It tales a while to learn the best practices. Cheers!

[@user-vq6rx5jo8c]

Your bedders are the only ones on KZbin that are set right . The others don't know to set bedders from center of tire to center of drawbar .

[@offgridwanabe]

You make that look easy. When the rains start it will knock down those rows soon enough. Cheers and I can still taste that Florida dirt in the back of my throat lol.

[@HomesteadEngineering]

It's raining out so that should knock down some of that dust. Thanks!

[@AlaskaPrepper]

Awesome, love the tractor. God bless...

[@daddio7249]

I owned a potato farm in north Florida (Hastings area), we had a trick for making fat rows. Take some 2 1/2 x 1/8 steel strap and cut and weld three pieces to make a half rectangle. Size it so the long side bolts flat ways to the bearing hanger and extends to just past the back of inside disc and a short piece that goes across about 5 inches and a another piece that extends about 5 or six inches forward along the inside of the disc. You bend and adjust it so it blocks the soil coming off the disc and forces it under the plants. It leaves a flat topped, square shouldered row without knocking the plants over..

[@HomesteadEngineering]

You will have to send me a drawing of that... Thanks!

[@johnholt2528]

@@HomesteadEngineering @daddio7249 , Im wondering the same thing, would love to see a drawing of this!

[@Colonel1Bravo]

Very nice job.

[@HomesteadEngineering]

Thank you!

[@dougmartin4687]

I have the same tractor, can you tell me how far apart the inside discs are?

[@jeremysecrest7553]

I have never seen a hiller with two disc. Do you recall the brand? That thing did an awesome job.

[@HomesteadEngineering]

It's a Jbar Corp. Trion GA: 706-734-7351. Check out this three banger: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4uuoKWbmJuZfLs

[@blackz06]

There doesnt appear to be a benefit to having two discs while doing this.

[@onpointgarlicatlufffarms9795]

David what spacing are using between your potatoes? Thx... Luff Farms...

[@HomesteadEngineering]

The rows are 4 feet apart and potatoes are about 10 inches apart in the rows.

[@royamberg9177]

I generally plans deep and don't Hill. You should get a good crop

[@expressionamidstcacophony390]

What sort of horsepower do you figure it takes to comfortably hill and harvest potatoes?

[@HomesteadEngineering]

16ish at the engine

[@expressionamidstcacophony390]

@@HomesteadEngineering Cheers!