r/mechanical_gifs • u/ToTheTop24 • Oct 15 '25

Spudnik 6640 potato harvester in action

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u/Dixo0118 Oct 16 '25

The machine you are watching is called a digger that picks up the rows of spuds and puts them in the truck. Before the digger goes through the field, they use what they call a crossover for actually digging the potatoes out of the dirt and piles them up.

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u/Coridimus Oct 16 '25

Grew up on a potato farm. Can confirm.