cotton picker header one row

rick deere · Aug 29, 2015

what yr was this one row header made in serial # m12h 5910L thank you.

rick deere · Aug 30, 2015

This must be a very hard question to answer????

Nebraska Kirk · Aug 30, 2015

The model M12H cotton picker was made between 1946 and 1952.

Claven2 · Aug 30, 2015

I just googled M12H - what a strange implement setup! Presumably, it needed a dedicated tractor as the rear wheels were reverse-tread and the steering mechanism was alterered to allow the driver to face aft.

I'm guessing it must have only had one speed (i.e. the tractor's reverse gear).

Very odd - but cool. Never seen one in the flesh, but we have not cotton farming in the North.

If you can find a date code on one of the associated castings, you can use this letter suffix decoder to find out when it was made:

http://antiquetractorblog.com/2015/07/06/how-to-find-your-tractors-birthday/

The era in which it was made works with this list.

Nebraska Kirk · Aug 30, 2015

(quoted from post at 08:15:31 08/30/15) I just googled M12H - what a strange implement setup! Presumably, it needed a dedicated tractor as the rear wheels were reverse-tread and the steering mechanism was alterered to allow the driver to face aft.

I'm guessing it must have only had one speed (i.e. the tractor's reverse gear).

Very odd - but cool. Never seen one in the flesh, but we have not cotton farming in the North.

If you can find a date code on one of the associated castings, you can use this letter suffix decoder to find out when it was made:

http://antiquetractorblog.com/2015/07/06/how-to-find-your-tractors-birthday/

The era in which it was made works with this list.

Yes, the cotton picker was mounted on a dedicated tractor. The tractor has special drop axle housings with gear drive inside which reverses the tractors direction, thus you now have 5 gear forward and 1 reverse.

rustcollector · Aug 31, 2015

Rick,

By my numbers the picker would be a 52 year model.

cotton picker header one row

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