Case Corn Chopper

Part Time Pete · Sep 26, 2016

FYI - I saw a case 1 row corn chopper for sale alongside the road in Milford NY. It looked to be in pretty good shape. I'm not sure if they're rare or not, but it's the first one I've seen around here
Pete

NY 986 · Sep 26, 2016

They are rare but we need a picture as it is possible it was made by IH for Case which happened during the 1960's. A Case IH well before the merger came to be.

Adirondack case guy · Sep 26, 2016

That chopper is a likely a 200 series. They were very popular aronnd here in the 50-60s when a 1 row was still the norm. Dad sold lots of them.
The IH built unit badged as a Case 300 chopper could be equiped with a one row head, but by then 2 row heads became the norm.
We had the IH engineers here for about a week when the 300s were introduced. the 2 row heads wouldn't feed downed and weedy corn into the feed rollers. They shipped several styles of gathering chains and the spring strapes that held the corn stalks straight in the snouts, until it got to the knockdown bar. There were major design problems that had to be adressed in the basic design of the heads, which were never adressed.
We took on the Hesston franchise at that point and never looked back.
Loren

01gentdc · Sep 26, 2016

caase was just flirting with ihc at that point ,. then a one nite stand for old times sake brought about the shotgun wedding,... lol

casecollectorsc · Sep 26, 2016

As you know I'm sure, the Case 300 was a IHC 50 series painted tutone Case colors. I had one for several years and finally traded it on a Super 718 New Holland.

brutus49DC · Sep 26, 2016

a C series has spoked wheels and a 200 series has a 6 bolt wheel otherwise pretty similar, can you flip the shear bar over on a 210? mine is badly worn

fastfarmall · Sep 26, 2016

Too me it looks like it's a Gehl out of West Bend Wisc, But my brother in law had one like that a single row, and it chopped real good, with G John Deere on front.

fastfarmall · Sep 26, 2016

But the IHC chopper used a little diameter rotary cutter like the old push lawn mower, with spiral blades.

casecollectorsc · Sep 26, 2016

Yes it was a lawnmower type head on the 50 IH, Case 300....straight knives not spiral. The C C2 200 and 210 all used a fan type cutter head with 4 or 6 knives. I have 2 sets of knives for the C-210 cutters.

brutus49DC · Sep 27, 2016

The 200 and older cutters were a Case product, the 300 was an IH product but I could find an "IH" cast into any of the parts on the case cutter

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