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Everyone who has a garden knows how hard it is to prepare beds for planting potatoes and further growing them. Usually this process, depending on the number of hundredths, stretches for 2-7 days. Today, you can reduce the time of work with the help of a manual hiller, made by yourself using simple technology.
How to make a hand hobber potato from an old bike

Will need


  • An old child or adult bike (or rather, only the front fork).
  • Sheet metal.
  • Steel pipe for the frame, a pair of steel strips.

In general, the hiller is made entirely of trash, which can be found in almost every garage.

Manufacturing process


Manual hiller can be done in an hour. The manufacturing process itself is as follows:
To make a knife from a steel sheet, cut out the petals, bend them and weld them out to the reinforcement. We reinforce the lower part with steel strips.
How to make a hand hobber potato from an old bike

We disassemble the bicycle and separate the front fork with the wheel.
How to make a hand hobber potato from an old bike

We cut off the hinge with a grinder and weld a piece of a half meter pipe to the fork. Then we weld a meter piece of pipe at an angle.
How to make a hand hobber potato from an old bike

A hiller knife is welded to the bend.
How to make a hand hobber potato from an old bike

A bicycle wheel is put on the end of the pipe.
The knife is welded in such a way that it is possible to adjust the angle of inclination.
How to make a hand hobber potato from an old bike

How to make a hand hobber potato from an old bike

In general, the resulting device will look like a purchased motorbike. However, unlike a store apparatus, a hiller will cost several times less than the production counterpart and will serve its owner longer, since store samples often have a fragile structure and quickly break down.
How to make a hand hobber potato from an old bike

How to make a hand hobber potato from an old bike

Interestingly, you can achieve the same appearance of your product as in a store. To do this, you can additionally paint the component devices, varnish or attach plastic to them.
Now hilling potatoes or beds will be noticeably easier and several times faster.
How to make a hand hobber potato from an old bike

Since the hiller knife is adjustable in angle and height, you can set convenient parameters to fit your needs.

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Comments (2)
  1. Guest Yuri
    #1 Guest Yuri Guests May 19, 2019 10:45 PM
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    I would flip the design. Pulling is still easier than pushing.
  2. OGORODOFOB
    #2 OGORODOFOB Guests June 14, 2019 10:35 p.m.
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    haha! I would have tried it myself with a frivolous garbage I would have pulled it up .. they usually do it like that ... they’re p-shaped, buckle, they are usually pulled in front by 2 guys and one goes behind the plow .. and you’ll get 20 hectares, every bed in the furrow to spud .. Here is how the hiller works ...

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