Farmall 140 and a corn picker?

Jeff0253 · Jan 24, 2017

Hi All--

Assuming both machines are in good shape, could a Farmall 140 in low gear pull a one-row corn picker? A moderate variety, not 200-bpa corn.

Thanks,

Jeff

Janicholson · Jan 24, 2017

Not and the wagon to catch it. In reality it would need to be 50 Bu to the acre. Jim

Jim Becker · Jan 24, 2017

A level field with solid ground would give you a fair chance. Even so, you would find yourself having to stop with a partial wagon load.

Jeff0253 · Jan 24, 2017

Thanks Guys! It's a level and well-drained field. The trailer is shorter, lighter, and has lower side stakes than normal ones do.I'd say the yield will be somewhere from 40 to 70 BPA.

Cmore · Jan 24, 2017

No problem. If a Super C will do it why wouldn't a 140?? Go for it!! Cmore

fastfarmall · Jan 24, 2017

Jeff, what you could do if, 1st gear is too fast, and too big a load, if it a rear elevator on it, attach the wagon, put another tractor on front like a H, attach a nylon rope or chain with a old tire in the middle for some cushion, that way the 140 just has to run the picker, and the the guy on the H can throttle back to a idle if necessary !

Jeff0253 · Jan 24, 2017

Thanks for the suggestion, FastFarmall. The backstory to this is that I currently own a good solid 140. I've pretty much decided to grow some feed corn next summer. If I have to, I can buy another tractor, but if I can get away with just the 140, that would, of course, be easier (and less costly). If I do end up getting another tractor, I will go ahead and go for a Super H, a 300, something big enough to do it by itself. However, I will definitely keep what you said in mind!

Thanks,

Jeff

Jeff0253 · Jan 24, 2017

Thanks CMore,very encouraging! Luckily I have until summer to think about it!

Cmore · Jan 24, 2017

You'll have no problems!! Even with a full wagon with 100 bu or so in the wagon. Did it for years with a Super C... even in soft ground and some mud!!! Go for it... Cmore

dgoodman2 · Jan 24, 2017

We used a single row picker and a wagon behind a SUPER A for decades. About 40 acres a year. Not any more load than a square hay bailer.

BMD · Jan 24, 2017

Jeff
We used a Farmall 100 to pull a one row picker and wagon back when I was growing up. Used 1st gear and I'm sure the wagon was small by today's standards but it got the job done eventually for about 10 to 15 acres. Have no idea of the bushels per acre back then.

Relatively flat land in central NC.

BMD

PretendFarmer · Jan 25, 2017

Farmall 140 first gear is slower than A/SA/100/130 first gear. So out of the other cultivision tractors, the 140 would be the most ideal I would think.
If you wanted to buy another tractor look for an H with a low first gear, it will have a serial ending in X1A. I think X1G is slow first and fast fourth but I have only ever seen one of those. X1A H's are common and can be had for under $1000 running and driving.

PretendFarmer · Jan 25, 2017

OH and the 140 should have more power than a C and super C in stock form as well. Super C and C would have traction advantage but some weight would help that.

BarnyardEngineering · Jan 25, 2017

If you've got the H to pull the rig around on a chain, why not just run the picker with the H?

I'm alluding to fastfarmall's suggestion here. I know you don't have an H to pull the picker with.

Pembroke · Jan 25, 2017

My vote: Go for the 300 and you're on your way to being a collector of IH tractors. Plus it will do a great job of pulling your picker and wagon. Pembroke

Jeff0253 · Jan 25, 2017

Thanks to all for the great responses! It looks to me that I can probably do the job with the 140. I'm about to buy the picker, which is a one-row New Idea (model 323 I think?). I can afford another used tractor if necessary, but it's good to know that I might not need it.

Now, to hijack my own thread, this all got me to thinking. Always an odd experience, lol! Do you guys think that some company will someday start building corn pickers again? I know several guys who still pick the corn and grind it on the cob or shell some as needed. Therefore, they don't use combines. I wonder if there are enough of us corn picker users to constitute a market for new machines. What do you guys think?

Best,

Jeff

Janicholson · Jan 25, 2017

I believe the market is saturated with good to very good used pickers. From 1000 to 10,000, they are on the lot. Jim

Leroy · Jan 25, 2017

Pulled a 1 row Oliver picker for years with a 41 H and NEVER used first gear only second. And I have tried first with Deere picker on Deere tractor and would not work, just chewed things up, had to stay in second for it to work. Many many a picker was used with smaller tractors than yours, your power was what 2 row pickers needed.

fastfarmall · Jan 25, 2017

I thought it might be a mounted picker on the 140,

Roger46 · Jan 25, 2017

I was always amazed at my dad. Back in the early 1960's he bought this 2-PR IH corn picker and pulled it with a Super H in the Missouri river hills of So Dak. He pulled a flare box wagon behind and when he went up some of the hills the tires were slipping on the old Super H especially if he had much corn on the wagon.

Jeff0253 · Jan 25, 2017

Roger 46, I picked corn with an H when I was a kid back in the '60's. However, the fields were flat, so we never had traction problems. But the 2PR was a two-row picker, no?

Jeff0253 · Jan 25, 2017

Sorry FastFarmall, I should have been more clear. It's a one-row New Idea model 323. Personally, I've never liked mounted pickers. Too many gears, chains, sprockets, etc, turning two feet away. Also, the guys I've known who had them said that the mounted ones do a slightly better job, but they are apparently hard to hitch up. To each his own, I guess!

Jeff0253 · Jan 25, 2017

Janicholson, you must be right. I imagine that if there were a market, some company would jump on it. I bet they still make them in India and China though. They make stationary threshers over there

gene bender · Jan 26, 2017

No way they just would not sell first the price would be very high and there is just no demand. Plenty of one row pickers out there they dont bring much money at a sale even two row ones dont bring much. Your tractor will pull one if the wagon isnt huge and you are picking 100 bu corn. Remember they were produced before high populations were available so their capicity isnt that huge.

BarnyardEngineering · Jan 27, 2017

Can someone explain to me the benefit of ear corn? If there's so much feed value in the cob why do we harvest with combines and blow the cob on the ground? Seems like an awful waste.

Is the cob good for more than making tobacco pipes, or as a substitute for toilet paper in the outhouse?

tractorguy2 · Jan 27, 2017

Grandpa used a Ford 8n with a two row MM corn picker.

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