Vintage potato planter and harvester in action

[@raywilson800]

That's sure some beautiful country.

[@jamesmason8944]

Eating early potatoes just within a few hours of lifting from the ground is the way to sample how delicious they are, especially a good tasting variety. You just can't stop eating them.

[@Dextamartijn]

Very nice looking vintage planter and digger

[@tsikada]

I'm only 23 but this brought me back to volunteering for the co op farm from 11-14 and man do I miss it

[@its_me_dave]

I must be getting old, that looks pretty modern to me.

[@hollandduck79]

from the Netherlands thanks for the video Marty

[@MadAsKiwi]

I have never seen anyone waterblast potatoes before.. that is a great idea to get them clean. Thanks for sharing

[@ceebeegeebee70]

I remember 'spud bashin' ' with my Dad when I was a toddler living on the west coast of Scotland in the mid 70's.....filing hessian sacks full of them and loving being outside working with my Dad ....don't remember what machinery there was just the experience....loved it!!!!

[@rickburris6164]

Kind of small 'taters. Around here we would call them "new potatoes". Using the pressure washer wash just genius. Loved the puppy trying to get the pressure washer stream.

[@mfc4591]

Good to see the old Massey '65 hard at work. It looks like harder work picking up the potatoes out of the land, than actually harvesting them.

[@tolbaszy8067]

Very interesting! It amazes me how versatile and trainable Border Collies are! I would have never thought they could herd potatoes! Thanks for the great videos!

[@SteveGeremia]

Might add work but a good trick for increasing yeild from less seed potato. My Grandfather taught me as long as a potato chunk has three eyes or more it will grow a healthy plant so he often cut his seed potatoes in half or so and got more crop that way.

[@matthewscherzer4170]

I live on North Padre island in Corpus Christi, Texas. Thought of you the other day because we had our neighborhood item disposal where the city comes by and picks up discarded items from curbside. Was driving on an errand and saw 4 lawn motors on one street. It would of been like Christmas all over for Marty T despite promising your wife ( fingers crossed) that you wouldn't collect any more tractors. Thanks for the channel from Texas

[@PS-Straya_M8]

Love the old machinery ... no proprietary software to worry about! :)

[@jebsails2837]

Took me back 50 years, when working my way thru "UNI". I worked in a potato packing warehouse, In SE Idaho. I packaged 45kg burlap bags filled with .3-.4 kg russet backing potatoes. The best part was the free .45kg bag of (#2 not quite stellar) potatoes we could have each week. Thanks. Narragansett Bay

[@thomasfrancis5747]

First paying job I ever had was as a 9 year old helping a farmer along with pretty much the rest of the village hand pick his potatoes - my back has never been right since then...

[@tihspidtherekciltilc5469]

Sitting here eating mashed potatoes with skins while watching what my ancestors grew. Anything potato is good and I sure do miss my mom and her shepherd's pie.

[@paulg3336]

It's hard to get enough shepherds to make a good pie these days

[@artisansportsman8950]

Brilliant bit of kit, you can't beat freshly picked potato's for taste compared to super market potato's .

[@ruaraidhmcdonald-walker9524]

Lovely soil! Classic machines too! Brings back memories!

[@russellkitson4518]

In the depth of our U.K. winter it was lovely to hear the sound of summer with the soaring skylarks. Great machines as well😀

[@stevenlatham4397]

There’s a guy local to me that usually grows around 10 acres of potatoes and he is awesome. After he harvests with machines, for $10 he’ll let people go into the field and hand pick up the ones that the machine missed. As many as you possibly can, whether it be a bushel basket, or pickup load.

[@davidwilkie9551]

There's more when you plow the paddock.

[@Pet-Staffy]

This can’t be the Marty T channel!!! Nothing broken, nothing fixed 😩😩😩. We can only hope Marty, while visiting that farm, you discover a lost treasure buried among the spuds, just waiting for your magical restoration skills.

[@cwl6540]

This Farming Simulator video is so high quality. Graphics and game play just keep getting better.

[@bugged120]

Cool machine! The doggy at the end was hilarious!!!!

[@ritchiechristopher5603]

took me right back to my childhood - my dad was a market gardener. Good to see the "mids" separated from the big ones - we always did that. Thanks for the video.

[@beeldhouwerijvanvelzen1533]

Man that brings back memories of the seventies in the Netherlands, planting and harvesting tulip bulbs the same way. Potato harvet was more sophisticated already back then. Crawling over the earth and putting the bulbs into crates, dragging them along.

[@jimlepeu577]

Only trouble with the harvester you have to break your back picking the spuds up. Reminds me of when I was a boy I used to go potato picking on a local farm - he had a sort of ploughshare that consisted of tines coming to a point at the front, as it was pulled down the row the tines got under the potatoes and left them on top of the soil. By the way, did I mention that it was horse drawn lol. 80 years on I can still feel the backache.

[@michaelcollins6851]

Keep up the good work Marty hope the family is well

[@TigerUNC52]

That is a very cool setup. I always enjoy seeing vintage equipment. Would love to see a video on that MF 65 tractor and hear the history behind it.

[@daveschroedersworkshop4479]

Cool idea to use the pressure washer to clean them up. You never cease to impress me Marty!

[@thenonoman]

Only if they are going to be used immediately. It is better to store spuds nice and dirty and in the dark. The removal of all dirt and exposure to light is why potatoes in the store have often started to turn green. Light exposure causes potatoes to develop chlorophyll in their skins.

[@zsozso411]

In the good old days we’ve done the harvesting by hand 🤚 with crates, sometimes it was so cold we had to drink some palinka beforehand:) Actually we drink palinka beforehand whatever the weather was!

[@DomingoDeSantaClara]

I worked on the same harvester back in the 70s,the planter needed two people sitting on the back dropping seed potatoes down the tube each time the bell dinged,we even planted in snow one year (down in Otago). This brings all those horrible memories back!

[@ericfouts6752]

Was interesting seeing that work , it’s been a long time . Your dog was fun to watch also 😀

[@jpsimon206]

Thank you so much. You have no idea how pleasing this is to a mechanically inclined City dweller. I have never been around farms but love most anything mechanical. These old agricultural machines are particularly fun to watch work. What a cool machine!

[@leslieaustin151]

The only thing missing is a potato riddle, to sort the potatoes into sizes! My mum used to work on one on a big farm in Kent, UK. As usual, a nice, interesting video Marty, thank you. Les in UK

[@asf130thecompany7]

Tractor the same if not mistaken(Massey Ferguson 65) and the harverster is smaller design than we have but that thing works like a charm :P

[@my_random_things]

I remember those. I spend my teen summers picking potatoes after a harvester just like that had been through.

[@TheVwgolfmk1]

Reminds me of the old days when I was a kid picking potatoes for the local farmer. I eventually married the old farmers granddaughter but we don't do potatoes anymore 😀.

[@kameljoe21]

My old neighbor had a set like that. I tried for years to either get him to sell it to me or allow me to clean them up and repair them so we could plant in his field. They have not been used in maybe 20 to 30 years. They are nice equipment for a small grow operation. We could have easly planted a couple acres and had more than enough potatoes for everyone in town at a super low cost.

[@TrevorDennis100]

Didn't Jeremy Clarkson give away potatoes from his farm? I think he specifically targeted older folk who were isolating because of the COVID.

[@landfisho7941]

Probably the good ol “nothing in it for me” shit mentality. Even when someone else is offering to relieve them of all that and give them limelight. Ah well. Thus why we don’t have nicer things.

[@detectiveinspekta]

We would plant them by hand 15 years ago. Instead of the rotating part there would just be a chute. Would need to get the timing right or else in a the following months someone wouldn't be happy. For the harvester sometimes the plants got too big and clogged the conveyor. I would crouch on the arm near the pto and pull the plants through. Thankful I did not get hurt.

[@davekimbler2308]

There very efficient to use but we always cut the greens and feed to our cattle and pulled a small hopper bottom wagon behind to collect ! Our soil is more sandy then that appears to be !

[@franek_izerski]

If more people would start to realize this, people wouldn't be so dependent on big supermarketchains for food.

[@lyndonwortley6329]

Lovely soil to be planting into. I don't have to go too far to see similar equipment being used (Northern Ireland)

[@justinbrfcno9]

That dog is amazing

[@aniketadas]

Thanks Marty for showing us this incredible vintage machine.

[@saucercrabzero]

It's so weird to see a Marty T video with a machine that hadn't been sitting in the jungle for 70 years with a tree growing through the engine block, but somehow he still starts it on the third try

[@dickdavidson3616]

Hilarious, so true! Admire this guy so much.

[@andymoseley2230]

I like the way you cleaned up the small spuds at the end, would never have thought of that, always a chore with them runty ones haha

[@nordishkiel5985]

Gotta love machinery that predates safety. We had a similar harvesting setup, but our "planter" just made the holes. We threw in the seedlings by hand and stepped on them to cover them. Later a separate machine heaped the rows. fun times.

[@ihrescue]

Very interesting Marty T. Always enjoy seeing machines in operation.

[@JackBWatkins]

Next week Marty T hooks up an old washing machine with knife blades on the barrel to the potato harvester to cut them into julienne fries as it moves along the rows. A potato masher is in the works for the future.

[@markparker2873]

Well done, its good to see you're helping out in the local market garden and the machines still work and it didn't take the chook long to start scratching in freshly turned dirt! thank you for the video and wow what a Lovely back drop! 🙂

[@sollien]

I see it is a Underhaug planter you use. That is a good and reliable machine made here in Norway. The company still exist.

[@townsville69]

Fresh dug potatoes are so tasty ! Funny ole dog was just an extra bonus.

[@kostaskotoulas6542]

Dogs and pressure washers man... my dog goes crazy too when I wash the paved part of my yard.

[@markbehr88]

I love the dog trying to bite the water.

[@bluegrallis]

We have a pretty nice Keystone potato planter in the barn, just like the one Dad used for years in our big garden. I used to own an old horse drawn ground drive Hoover digger, but it was missing the front truck, and had a hitch for a tractor added. We never planted whole potatoes, unless they were small. Almost always cut seed to 2 or 3 eyes, let dry and planted with the cut side down.

[@mattthescrapwhisperer]

That old Massey is pretty sweet too!

[@robindisney7716]

It's much easier if you flail off the potato plant stems and leaves before digging them, makes picking potatoes much faster.

[@avrel820]

I really enjoyed watching you as usual. Nice to see you using vintage equipment for planting and harvesting the potatoes and it's nice to see you doing something different

[@Rulusto]

Oh freshly harvested potatoes, that is tasty food.

[@markhensley9378]

That little video brought me back to my younger days working on the farm with my dad. Machinery was very simple and very easy to use. Thank you so much for your time. Enjoy the rest of your week.

[@TrevorDennis100]

I thought I was going to recognise the equipment from your description, but our machinery was older than that. The planter was similar with the same hopper and furrow blades, but ours had a seat on each side and a bell that told us when to drop a seed potato into the chute. I can time our usage exactly because I remember our dad insisted we finish the last few acres while England were winning the soccer World Cup which was July 1966. That was late in the year to be planting potatoes, so maybe that was why the rush. Our harvester had a similar shear that lifted the earth, and rotating arms that threw the spuds into heavy sacking. Then they had to be collected by hand which was back breaking work. I remember that most of the women that worked for my dad were from local Gypsy families like Bibby and Buckley. This was in South Essex in the UK. We had a similar (but multistage) riddle arrangement that shook off most of the dirt, and rolled the potatoes so you could pick out any that had rot or were green.

[@bobjoncas2814]

..good to see old iron in action, keep safe...

[@steveclifford1239]

Now that’s a good dog.

[@kymberlypray6985]

While everyone else covets the latest (seldom greatest) inventions and gadgets, Marty casually and joyfully is about to get medieval on those taytoes.

[@freddyteddyyy]

Looks like a Underhaug potetsetter from Norway. Did not know they were exported to NZ.

[@cameronrolston6099]

The Old Faun Planter we used one of these Commercially up till 2018

[@johnmiller7989]

cook up a mess of those little potatoes. pour some melted butter over them. eat till gone. the absolute best!

[@daveydoo3173]

Great machinary, Lovely to see in action.. Does its job..

[@can-cruiser]

Something incredibly serene and satisfying about watching this video.. Thanks..

[@mossmonaco9061]

Nice to see the pooch lending a paw.

[@TechGorilla1987]

I cannot wait for weather like this again! G'Day, Marty!

[@FishplateFilms]

"Marty T"...your "budget", down under " Tractorspotter" channel...LOL. Lovely old gear Marty! No computers, GPS or aircon cabs....but still getting the job done! Cheers, GRegg.

[@thenonoman]

Unless you are planning on eating them immediately, don't rinse them off. The more dirt you keep on your potatoes the longer they will taste fresh - assuming you store them in the in a cool dark place. The darker the better. My wife grew up on a potato farm, and she educated me on all things potato.

[@JohnSmith-pl2bk]

They were for immediate consumption.... fresh small potatoes for Christmas Dinner...

[@agrodlu691]

Hello from Poland, its a very goog planter I have the same. Greatings from Poland

[@steamfan7147]

That Potato washing tip is genius!

[@cameradoctor205]

'Vintage" ! Geez Marty, make me feel old ;) One of those harvesters and a MF 135 funded my teenage years :)

[@wileycoyotesr8623]

Now that was fun. You're a well-rounded guy.

[@davekimbler2308]

My neighbor cuts the greens off and feeds to his cattle then digs them up , put a wagon on the back of the digger to collect the spuds it’s a lot faster that way ! Them baby whites are the best , my wife’s has a recipe that’s fantastic ! A cream sauce with baby peas WOW my mouth is watering just thinking about it ! Lmao !

[@thenonoman]

My mom's potatoes and peas in cream sauce was amazing. It is truly delicious.

[@siskamore11]

Some say that doggo is still trying to get a drink of water, lol love from Canada 🇨🇦

[@kairon156]

very satisfying to see.

[@billsmith5166]

Looks like really nice soil. Thanks for the vid!

[@jojacobs305]

Love seeing the chicky chook overseeing the operation

[@VintageTexas59]

Wow, this brought back memories from my childhood helping a farmer picking taters. Had no idea back then what I committed too, farmer on the tractor going down the lane and I crawling in the soil on my knees with a huge basket behind me, up and down the rows from morning to sundown.. Farmer checked each row that I picked with his boots, kicking the soil, checking if I forgot some.... Got paid pennies at the end of the day... couldn't hardly stand up and decided very fast, farming was not for me. :)

[@joeyjojo4506]

Very nice Marty, dog even looks like my border collie x. Just had flash back to sitting on my neighbours old chamberlain with the massey f, or maybe sunshine, seeder putting in lupins and oats on our little blocks. For his horses and the odd cow or sheep. Love to send you some pics of some of the olg giggers around here. There is a group of people in my area who do up all the old tractors and bits and peices. They have a display evey year at the local show day. I think the oldest one i have seen is 1920-1930, somewhere around there but they all run!

[@sausage5849]

On the harvester, the conveyor could be longer and that runs over a BBQ table on wheels, that seats four people under a sun umbrella that pick the potatoes off :-)

[@Stuzzzo]

That’s basically how modern harvesters work except it’s automatic. Only two people required, a tractor driver and someone overseeing the machine.

[@darreng745]

@@Stuzzzo You forgot to add the price as well, A modern Grimmes harvester will easily cost more than the tractor that is pulling it

[@crapbag9724]

Used to follow behind one of those as a bit when my parents took us to a pick your own potato farm (many moons ago), probably wouldn't be allowed now due to health and safety.

[@yeagerxp]

Nicely done 👍👍👍Thanks for sharing

[@timfolgers2759]

That dog at the end was ready to risk it all to get that water.

[@williamscott6810]

Has to be the most chilled out thing to do on a tractor

[@frankdantuono2594]

The thumbnail picture looks like the Jawa Sandcrawler from Star Wars. DOOTINI!!

[@kirk467]

Thanks for sharing Marty! 👌🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻

[@gayle4804]

That is a very awesome machine never seen one before

[@allenhenry1113]

Looks like your going to have a great crop of them. 👍👍👍👍👍

[@mischef18]

Great video bro they sure look good spuds, clean up well too. Never had much luck growing them but my dad always had good success with anything he grew. Safe travels

[@warrenvalentino5763]

Wow! i have always wondered how they worked. Thank You for your Awesome channel! :)

[@brianswarbrick8492]

Reminds me of walking behind Dad picking up spuds in his market garden at 8yrs old "lots of fun"

[@andrewjones-productions]

I'm surprised you haven't made a little low down trailer with grating on the floor to pull behind the harvester. You'd still have to separate all the leaves from the potatoes, but at least you could do it in one place. Someone as clever and talented like you could probably make it that the grating floor of the trailer would be wheel driven that it moves something like an old threshing machine or in a modern combine to shake as much of the mud off as possible.

[@darreng745]

Land drive relies upon the forward speed of the tractor and the lifter, jobs like that are done at low speed to avoid bruising the crop as undamaged potato's sell better and you would also probably have to buy a more powerful tractor as the MF in the video is perfect for a low speed and low PTO application.

[@bridgetqualey4366]

I grew up picking "patadahs" (potatoes with a Maine accent) into a woven ash basket made by regional Native American tribes behind one of those - what we called - patadah "diggers" in northern Maine, USA. A harvester is one of those BIG new-fangled rigs that a few people ride on and sort rocks from the potatoes and vice-a-versa. I guess with a market garden they are only digging a few potatoes at a time rather than the full crop to store for the winter as my father and other farmers in our area did. They didn't dig until the potato tops dried out after they were killed either by frost or chemicals (boo!) which gave the potatoes time to harden up a bit and grow thicker skins so that they didn't bruise or split with the jostling during their shaking trip (caused by an oblong sprocket with teeth that grabbed and shook the connected individual lags or rods) when the potatoes ride up the digger bed as the dirt falls through. Ah, the good ol' days.

[@michaelmcclure8673]

Sounds like a Aroostook county story to me. When I lived near Limestone the school would let us out to pick them taters.

[@hubrisnaut]

ayuh I live in Southern Maine. Worked on a farm hand picking corn and bagging potatoes starting when I was 13.

[@bridgetqualey4366]

@@michaelmcclure8673 Yup... tho southern Aroostook. Due east of Katahdin.

[@valuepack2]

Funny, the pockets of people near each other watching someone in another hemisphere. Southern New Hampshire here. Listened to that Bert and I record as a kid, set up your way. Had family up in Presque Isle years ago, beautiful country.

[@thenonoman]

My father in law is a potato farmer. Bridget clearly knows what she is talking about when she advises killing the tops first and letting them harden before you dig them. Additionally, don't wash off the dirt until right before you are ready to cook them. There is a good chance that potato that looks and tastes green from the store was perfect when it was dug. It just had all its protection washed off and spent too much time in the light. Light exposure causes the potatoes to develop chlorophyll.

[@andrewrobotbuilder]

Have to show this to my dad, maybe he’ll plant potatoes one day XD

[@poacher9118]

I thought you was doing a wheelie from the thumbnail. Hello from England Marty.

[@bootsowen]

Hi Marty, there are some pretty excellent Eastern european /russian homebrew pedestrian tractor devices that do this, videos of them on KZbin.

[@paulwomack5866]

Nice Ferguson 65 - launched in 1958