Horse drawn tater digger at auction

Man I've been wanting one of those. Salines a long way to go to see it get run up way more than I would pay. But I still want one.

How much do those usually go for?

I'd like one of these, too but I'd rather make one to mount under my G. One I wrote to the auctioneer asking for the selling price in MI a couple years ago only brought $125.

I bought one last year without the front wheels for $150 and I found two more about four miles from me that the guy wanted $100 each for. I was going to buy them, but money has been too tight lately. I think he already got rid of them because the last time that I drove by I didn't see them.

I paid 200 for mine 3 years ago, was alway shedded, but was missing the front hitch so I fabbed something up to hook to a tractor drawbar.   Works great.   I plant way too many tators to dig by hand.   As it is, it takes me, the wife and kids a good day to harvest them all. 

CTuckerNWIL wrote: I have a Hoover that is similar but I don't have the front truck. I pulled it with the 45 hooked to the drawbar.  I spent about 40 hours working on it to get it going and could have dug my taters in about 4 hours time by hand.

I bought an IH horse drawn potato digger last year for $175 including the front truck.  According to a 1934 piece of literature I have, this machine was made as a Model No 4, No.5, No 5A, No 6, No 7 and No 9.  4,5, 5A were 6' 2-horse units, others were 7' 4-horse rigs. No 4 was a riddle type; all others rod-link type.  Options included shaker and vine turner, extension elevator, road rings, coulter attachments, roller type tongue truck, continuous apron attachment, stone trap and special hitches for tractors such as the F-12 Farmall. A direct connect hitch that eliminated the need for the front truck when pulled by a tractor was also available.  Mine seeems fully operational except one wheel is frozen.  I'll open it up and take a look before potato digging season later in the year.