F.lli Spedo company is specialized in the production of agricultural machinery. Since 1952 the company has always produced machines mainly for sowing, ridging and harvesting potatoes. Through the decades the F.lli Spedo company has dominated the international market as a reference point in the specific sector with a unique know-how on the market. 

   The Automatic Potato Planter SPA-T or “Baby” is a compact 3pt. hitch machine designed for small plots of land or terracing mountain. An adjustable coulter forms a furrow while a chain with cups settles the tuber to the desired depth. The planting distance (4 measures) can be changed easily and fast, by means of pinions. The 2 adjustable discs, allow to obtain a variable coverage. It comes as a SPA-T , 1 row automatic planter with metal hopper or as SPA-2T , 2 row automatic planter with plastic hoppers.

   The automatic potato planter SPA-D, designed for medium and big farms, permit a high-quality seeding in short time. The strong structure “with double frame“ allows to work on uneven terrain without causing any damage to the machine. The inclination of the belt allows it to work on hilly ground with medium slope and the element is equipped with an inspection window for cleaning. The hopper is equipped with a rubberized canvas, which prevent a massive loading of tubers on the belt. The belt is equipped with cups for tubers of a diameter from 30 to 50 mm. For lower diameter there is a plastic reduction to insert on the cup, optional. The superior pulley with small blades, supported by 2 compression springs, allows greater and continuous adherence to the conveyor belt by eliminating skidding which would cause failed areas of sowing. The new element 2016 is equipped with a device which allows to loosen the conveyor belt. This action facilitates the cleaning of the belt and prevents its tension when the machine is stopped (at the end of the season). The mechanical vibrator, situated behind the belt, gives a regular and constant vibration, that prevent the loading of more tubers on one cup. The discs (SPA-2/D) can be adjusted in several positions to get the best covering. They are equipped with a compression spring, that allows to work on strong soil. 

   Towed potato digger CPP-T with rear unloading that can be mounted on small tractors with three point linkage and power takeoff (PTO). Semi-towed potato digger mode. The machine is made up of a vibrating digging plowshare with adjustable digging depth that conveys the potatoes and the earth onto a vibrating sieve grid that separates the potatoes from the earth, thus depositing them on a single row. On all the points exposed to vibrations there are anti-vibrating rubber bushes that allow the machine stability while working. Its reduced dimensions make it possible to use the device on small ground plots, both planes and hills, and make it suitable for digging new potatoes.

   The CPP-MF and CPP-BD potato diggers with rear unloading that can be mounted on tractors equipped with three point linkage and power take off (PTO). The machines are built in the working dimensions of cm 60 for single row, cm 130 and 150 for two rows. The main points that allow a good operation on any planes or hills are:

• digging plowshare made up of more interchangeable blades and 2 lateral grass-cutting discs
• Protection and clogging kit made up of a transversal moving comb, located between the plowshare and the conveyor band that eases the earth introduction on the band, and of 2 mobile cleaners that prevent the weed-cutting discs and the conveyor band from clogging
• Conveyor band made up of steel rods and supported by rubber rollers with bearings
• Rear vibrating sieve that allows a better separation of potatoes from the earth (CPP-BD-130/S and CPP-BD-150/S only)

   RD1 3pt. hitch 1 row potato hiller with adjustable hill width, to be used with SPA-T baby compact planter.

   The TPA-VRD model vibro-digger with discs seed potatoes and other tubers, whole or cut bulbs. The distance between rows can be adjusted as well. Supplied with two, three or five elements. As an option vibro-digger can be supplied with fertilizer distributor.

   The Elevator Potato Digger JUNIOR has been designed to pick early and very delicate potatoes. The potato digger pickup consists of a system comprising: 3-blade share, a swinging feeler roller for adjusting the digging depth and grass-cutting discs. The elevator-sieving belt is large 600 mm. with features intercalated bars to avoid rolling and peeling. The selection platform consist of a large belt (850 mm.) divided on the lateral sides by 2 plates to allow sorting of potatoes. On the centre of the belt are conveyed the tubers and the dug up material (earth, stones, leaves etc.). The personnel, positioned on the either side of the table, manually sort the potatoes and transfer them to the lateral sides of the belt. The picked product is conveyed into containers (bags, crates, boxes) placed on special supports located to the rear of the machine.The 2 belts are hydraulically driven.

   The Spedo Elevator Potato Digger Senior Model SPRA 2/S DRR, unlike the Junior, is born of a series of market needs:

• Minimizes the manpower;
• Skipping a passage and bring the product directly to a storage warehouse by trailer;
• Clearly, reducing consumption and digging times (3-5 ha/day)

   The digging head of the machine is totally independent and free to oscillate for a better adaption to the ground and is composed of two feeler rollers that regulate the digging depth, 2 haulm intake rollers and 2 grass cutting disks. A digging belt 165 cm wide vibrating by means of camshafts, transports the product on a defoliating conveyor of equal width that provides for the cleaning of the leaf part of the plant. Subsequently the product crosses a series of screw rollers (with variable opening) for discharge of small clods or crushed stones. Then the product is placed through another belt on a hydraulically adjustable cleaning hedgehog in inclination and in the speed to carry out a further final cleaning of the product. Finally, a lateral charger belt conveyor with a width of 1 mt conveys the product directly onto the trailer.