A Short Guide For Farmers Seeking Groundnut Digger Shaker

Peanut, also known as groundnut is a legume crop grown primarily for its edible seeds. To harvest these edible seeds, a Groundnut digger shaker is used. Groundnuts are uprooted from the soil using the machine's harvesting blade (V-shaped). To dig out and uproot the groundnut, this is a tractor-mounted PTO-powered machine with a telescopic propeller shaft suitable for tractors of 35 HP and above.

Here's Everything You Should Know About Groundnut Digger Shaker

This farm implement is a single-piece curved blade with extension rods welded at the back, two-disc coulters, and an endless chain type pick-up elevator-cum-shaker conveyor with spiked rakes bolted to the chains comprising the combination of digger shaker.

The digger's power transmission consists of a gearbox, a cross-drive shaft, a V-belt and pulley system, and driving sprockets mounted on a shaft supported by frame members. The blade, shanks, coulter forks, and gearbox are all clamped to a rectangular toolbar, which also has two inclined side members that hold the sprocket drive shaft.

Look At How A Groundnut Digger Shaker Works

Groundnuts are uprooted from the soil using the machine's harvesting blade.
The crop is dug from a 1.2-meter-wide strip by the blade.
The shaker conveyor that follows the blade picks up and lifts the vines.
The soil that has adhered to the roots and pods is shaken off by the conveyor, and the vines are dropped in the form of a fluffy windrow at the back.
The belt continues to vibrate, which cleans the pods of the attached soil.
The spread bed of groundnut for drying is formed by opening the collection box.
Because the machine is heavy, rear wheels have been installed to reduce the load on the tractor.
After one or two days of sun drying, the vines are manually gathered and hauled to a central location for threshing.

Features Of Groundnut Digger Shaker

A tractor PTO-operated groundnut digger shaker is widely used in northern India for groundnut harvesting.
A blade, elevator-cum-pick up reel, power transmission system, windrower attachment and fenders, gauge wheels, and coulters are all part of the machine.
The front end of the pickup-cum-elevator reel is adjustable following the depth of the blade's working. It digs out the plant as well as the groundnut.
It is designed for tractors with 30 horsepower or more and is powered by the tractor's PTO shaft.
The width of a digging shovel ranges between 50 and 60 cm.
This machine produces 0.27 ha/h on average.
The digger's forward speed is kept between 2.4 and 3.0 km/h.
To pick and gather the tubers dropped in a windrow behind the digger, approximately 10-12 workers are required for continuous digger operation.