dutchman85
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Older couple in our area has recently torn down a barn and had removed an implement that I am hoping somebody recognizes. I didn't find any serial tag on it (don't really know were to look) but it has J. I. Case on the side of the ear corn elevator. Let me give a description first:
At first glance this looks like a single row corn picker, tractor pulled, and it has a picking head with snapping rolls mounted currently. Behind this is the elevator for the ear corn. I'm not sure if there were husking rolls in it or not. Mounted on the same frame, on the left side, there is a silage blower and spout. Sitting next to the machine there is a silage head, same size as the picking head, single row, with gathering chains and knives in it. Sitting next to that was a grass head with a cutterbar, gathering paddles (like a haybine) , and a small agri-type tire in the center of the head, evidently to help material into the feeder house. The picker/chopper has pneumatic tires but a considerable amount of wooden components so I would place it sometime in the late 40's or early 50's.
The paint is pretty fair, very restorable piece in its current shape. The older couple said it has been in the barn as long as they can remember. They are hoping a collector will get it and restore it rather than scrap the thing.
I've never seen another one like it. Right away the silage spout and ear corn elevator coming out of the same machine caught my eye. I'm looking for any information on this machine. Are these rare? Is there any value to it?
At first glance this looks like a single row corn picker, tractor pulled, and it has a picking head with snapping rolls mounted currently. Behind this is the elevator for the ear corn. I'm not sure if there were husking rolls in it or not. Mounted on the same frame, on the left side, there is a silage blower and spout. Sitting next to the machine there is a silage head, same size as the picking head, single row, with gathering chains and knives in it. Sitting next to that was a grass head with a cutterbar, gathering paddles (like a haybine) , and a small agri-type tire in the center of the head, evidently to help material into the feeder house. The picker/chopper has pneumatic tires but a considerable amount of wooden components so I would place it sometime in the late 40's or early 50's.
The paint is pretty fair, very restorable piece in its current shape. The older couple said it has been in the barn as long as they can remember. They are hoping a collector will get it and restore it rather than scrap the thing.
I've never seen another one like it. Right away the silage spout and ear corn elevator coming out of the same machine caught my eye. I'm looking for any information on this machine. Are these rare? Is there any value to it?