Home made potato digger or rock picker

[@gowenrv3762]

well dang.... wish I could see it in operation.

[@karlredshaw7447]

Great build, just one observation, you mounted the chain tensioner on the wrong side of the chain should be on the slack side of the chain if that makes sense.

[@josephharris2718]

Potato digger not a potato planter. The idler is on the slack side of the drive chain.

[@1mattwilliams1]

Your engineering, metal fab skills, etc, etc, etc, are amazing. Really inspiring!

[@dsfarmns2823]

for rocks you should make sure the space between the rebars is smaller than at the sprocket from te rebar to the shafts otherwiese the rocks will stick between the rebar and the shaft and block the movment from the whole chain.

[@alfredstaude3955]

Klasse gemacht. Sogar eine Fräse ist vorhanden. Die Anfertigung des Förderbandes ist genial. Freue mich auf weitere Videos. Beste Grüße, Alfred

[@abdelkderbrahimi6786]

Very good job I am watching you from Algeria thank you for showing❤

[@siriustraveler7083]

Excellent cnc working you definitely have talent, I really enjoyed watching you put it together 👍

[@mihaidonisan9517]

Nice work Mike! 10+ from me. You the best!🎉

[@dsfarmns2823]

Thank you so much.

[@cs-rj8ru]

I like everything about it except for your rebar use. Fine for rocks, but would add to damage on potatoes. A good digger actually has rubber over the steel chain to minimize damage. You could probably work something out without too much trouble though. If you do it over, use smooth steel stock instead of rebar.

[@dsfarmns2823]

I know there are a lot more options but most of the time i can use only what I have ot whats payeble

[@regigilman2255]

Amazingly magnificent You're a genius....

[@dsfarmns2823]

Thank you

[@douglasfuqua7082]

I have rocks & broken red bricks (1000's) to dig out of my soil (somebody dumped in here, years ago). Have to get them OUT, and you've helped greatly with this vid !!! It will receive on-going use, for sure, .... Many years ago, this area allowed "offloading" of broken concrete, bricks, mortar, etc. etc ... It's a mess for all my neighbors, too. Great work & solid engineering...only thing missing is a "hopper" at rear to catch the rocks, etc. ....easy to build that part, especially if it's rigged to manually dump the rocks...

[@mainlittlerock5422]

I liked (not "looked"... edited) watching you create this most handy device. My pasture is filled with river rock & our gophers & voles keep pushing them to the surface. I've only got a few undamaged windows left. Lol. It would have been more enjoyable for me without the music or maybe just set at a lower volume, because I struggled to hear & understand you many times throughout the video... just my opinion. Your implement definitely turned out beautiful. Very nice skills & finish work! I hope you're enjoying easier potato pickins.

[@deanl4193]

Awesome job. That is a neat picker.

[@robertmintz63]

Good job man, however I see one problem ! Your chain tension pocket is on the tension side , which is wrong , this will cause you problems ! it must be on the slack side . I would like to build one of these .

[@harveyrousejr.2069]

Thats some engineering marvel!

[@EmerickKing-j4o]

Very good video s. Learn alot from you guys. Take care from Ontario. ❤❤

[@thenextpoetician6328]

Well, look what the algorithm offered up. In case you read comments from older videos, you should have at least one off-sight cold-storage drive, one on-sight, and a couple of warm-storage drives, and the working drive where nothing is stored. VOE. ;)

[@melrickramjobugarinlimen702]

Nice work man!!

[@berniejames5138]

Brilliant. The only difference I would do is put the tensioner on the other side of the chain..

[@dillinpicklesworth5698]

Should have put the idler gear ⚙ on the slack side of the chain, but other than that, great job 👍

[@noelstractors-firewood57]

This old fella in PEI is wondering if there is a video of this hydraulic digger, digging potatoes. I looked thru your videos, but didn’t see one.

[@mongomay1]

loved the soup commercial

[@warrenmaker798]

Very nice, but some footage of it actually digging some potatoes might have been nice don't you think.

[@dsfarmns2823]

yes you a right but I dont want make fake videos I want make videos that shows the real life. in this case I dont have any patatoes in the ground that i can dig out and the last harvest was so bad because of the wet weather ther was not one potato to dig out, sorry

[@arunbankar9952]

Grate

[@KrazyKajun602]

Excellent video, Darn which I could have seen the beginning. You will have to build another one and record it. Also you could as a add-on, coulters on each side in the front to slice through vines if you use it with sweet potatoes. What angle and internal width did you use? What is the brand and ratio for the hydraulic motor?

[@arunbankar9952]

Could we use it ? for Onion Harvesting

[@donald-w9y]

Isn"t the idler on the wrong side of the chain

[@djzatka]

Can you upload working video ?

[@charleshairston4853]

Why did you skip over the roller chain making part?

[@frnksttlz]

Great job,... but the best is the running chicken! LOVE IT! Greetings from HD ;-)

[@dsfarmns2823]

Thanks man, the are always everywhere.

[@shanebassen5963]

Love your design thinking of doing something like that but fitting it to the front of a loader bucket

[@dsfarmns2823]

DO IT

[@donaldhagen1173]

Shouldn,t the idler sprocket be on the other side of the chain so it isn,t on the pull side

[@dsfarmns2823]

You are right but there was no space to put it.

[@homesteadfromscratch]

About 21:27 the dogs are digging their own potato patch! Well done sir.

[@nikoszalistis5471]

Excellent job. I need some informations please. I need it only for rocks do i have to do any changes or it's the same for both? And the second is if i register for your patreon i will have more detail informations about the rock picker? Thanks

[@be.ndover]

where's the video using it i wanna see it work

[@mrmrjeremy37]

Like the build but just wondering if it wouldn’t be easier to control the depth of digging if you use a flexible top link(chain works). This way your three point will lower only the front of the machine without pushing on the wheels but still allowing you to lift the whole thing in the air when needed. Just going by how large potato diggers work.

[@dsfarmns2823]

If I did it like you said it would go into the ground like a excavator bucket and it would change the angle of the conveyor that the potatoes would roll back and it would no longer sift the ground. The top link is holding the vertical position of the entire attachment and thus prevents unwanted angle changes which a chain would change due to flexibility

[@curlybrownk9]

At 20:38 the dogs had a head start digging potatos😁

[@Ta-bc8py]

What is pitch f blade

[@lukethibault4464]

Could you do a how to build belt sander atleast 2hp

[@harryshorts426]

Good work but conver belt no processing scene

[@speedbuggy7240]

What size, type and model is your hydraulic gear box?

[@dsfarmns2823]

its from princess auto and it is a hydraulic motor www.princessauto.com/en/50-cu-in-2-bolt-hydraulic-spool-valve-geroler-motor/product/PA0008490344

[@jeffg2535]

have you considered building a home made bulb seeder for onions or garlic? would be very interested!

[@dsfarmns2823]

I am working now on a Video "Homemade potato planter" that could work for onions too but it would take a litlle mor time

[@KrazyKajun602]

Its Wayne again, Friend of mine is helping and we are starting to build my version this week. I see you are using the hydraulics from the loader it appears. So how are you controlling the speed of the chain?

[@dsfarmns2823]

with the handle of the bucket tilting valve

[@jimhilton9023]

How do we know if it works you did all that and we don't get to see it works

[@dsfarmns2823]

sorry it is no potato season now you need to wait 3 more month than i can make the harvesting potato video

[@gregholl5011]

@@dsfarmns2823 you could always show it picking rocks. It's almost always rock picking season unless the ground is frozen.

[@TqSNv9R0iG5Ckxew]

@@dsfarmns2823 1 more month to go!

[@akairmen82]

What size hydraulic pump did you use? Got a link?

[@dsfarmns2823]

Pump or Motor ??? The pump in the tractor is a 12.5 Gal / 550Rpm The motor is from Princessauto.ca t he have all kinds depense of the size your tractor hydraulik pump.

[@speedbuggy7240]

What's the Gpm flow rate of the pump?

[@dsfarmns2823]

12 gpm

[@speedbuggy7240]

Is your tractor cat 1 or cat 0?

[@dsfarmns2823]

Its a kioti 2410 with cat 0 but lots of time cat 1 works too

[@TheKiltedHomesteader]

Nice build! What is the spacing on the cross bars that attach to the sprockets?

[@dsfarmns2823]

what you want know the length of the rebar or the space between the rebars

[@TheKiltedHomesteader]

@@dsfarmns2823 space between : )

[@dsfarmns2823]

The distance is automatically determined by the size of the roller chain from outer link to outer link and is 1.5" for 60H roller chains.

[@TheKiltedHomesteader]

@@dsfarmns2823 thanks!

[@sanjaykumar-om5ke]

Please give me febrication drawing

[@speedbuggy7240]

I'd like to see it in action....

[@dsfarmns2823]

Sorry we had no absolut no luck withe patatoes in the last two years.

[@samijaradat-py2cw]

Did not verify its work by real example

[@fido8366]

And how it works...😢

[@thedoitguy]

So i just have to go to school for 8 years to learn the scales to use toes machines and spend $80.000 to buy the machines than i can make a potato digger. cool.

[@dsfarmns2823]

Sometimes there is a simple solution to a challenge and sometimes it is not expensive, but knowledge takes time and is unaffordable

[@EOTG_AK]

@@dsfarmns2823 ironic that comment comes from “The Do it Guy” 😂 There are numerous inexpensive Chinese IGBT welders on the market now so that is t a huge cost. There are even fairly cheap mini lathes if you can’t find one used. Honestly though, that machine could be built without a lathe. You can learn all the skills needed from KZbin and practice.

[@vidili68]

Hey does it work I do not think so none video lot of talkin have a good day

[@robmosher362]

Welding flash is not entertainment but it could be a liability.

[@djzatka]

Upload working video

[@dsfarmns2823]

its coming soon

[@djzatka]

@@dsfarmns2823 I am desperately waiting for that video

[@warrenmaker798]

@@dsfarmns2823 Still waiting, lol........

[@vidili68]

Hi there Did see it work 👎👎👎👎👎👎🇺🇸