Self Propelled Corn Picker

charles Leddy · Feb 26, 2021

I was wondering what make of Corn picker this is? Date on the picture is August 1956 so I assume it was pretty new and exciting since some family members were taking it for rides. My memories of it in the late 50's or 1960's was that it was not in use anymore and parked out with other old machinery. I wasn't aware of many self propelled Corn Pickers?? Thanks in advance. Cleddy

DeltaSteve · Feb 26, 2021

My guess it'a 'MinneapolisMoline 'Uni' .You could get a Uni 'tractor' and fit it with a miriad of harvest implements. baler;combine;pickers;shellers and more.A neat,novel idea that never really took off.

lugnuts2030 · Feb 26, 2021

Its a Massey Harris.They were ahead of the times.I believe they came out in about 1947.

rrlund · Feb 26, 2021

Now you've both got me second guessing. As soon as the picture popped up I said Massey Harris. I don't think the Uni head mounted like that or had the rear steering tires set out that far did they? Either way, the trouble with them was, if it was slippery, going up hill or on side hills with a wagon, they didn't have enough traction.

RedRoundhead · Feb 26, 2021

That is a Massey Harris.

marloweg · Feb 26, 2021

Massey

charles Leddy · Feb 26, 2021

It is pretty well confirmed to be a Massey-Harris. Thanks for all the response. You can't tell from the picture and I did not remember that it was Red-Yellow(50-60 years ago) but making the pictures larger I can see the paint was well wore off in the feeder area and up the elevator.
We didn't have very many "Massey" people in our area but my uncle down the road had a Massey-Harris tractor in the late 50's so maybe that how that happened?? Our first self propelled combine was a Massey Clipper in the early 60's
but I always felt we had it because no one else wanted it and it was a step up from the Allis pull type? I thought maybe "New Idea" had a self propelled Uni-Picker. Cleddy

1206SWMO · Feb 26, 2021

Its a Massey Harris...I own one..

paul · Feb 26, 2021

All MM Unis had the engine on the left behind the driver. This has to be a Massey, with the radiator on the right side as it is.

The heads look more similar than I thought, but it isnt quite a Uni head. We had a brown Mule and yellow picker back in the day, for a short time.

Anyhow, Massey in the picture.

Paul

charles Leddy · Feb 27, 2021

Great to know. Is yours functional and do you use it?? We were at a Harvestor show last year and a guy was using an old pull type picker. He said if he went slow it was better but dropped about 1/2 of the corn with the better yields we have now days??cleddy

tomstractorsandtoys · Feb 27, 2021

It is a Massey. I was told by two different owners they were very underpowered. Tom

coonie minnie · Feb 28, 2021

My wife's grandfather and greatgrandfather had one for awhile. According to "grandpa" the thing had over 100 grease zerks to hit every day!

lugnuts2030 · Feb 28, 2021

When the MH picker came out in the late 1940's it probably was ahead of the sealed bearings,at least if greased no bearings to replace. It had the same engine as a MH 44-6 Tractor. That should have been decent power.

billfromwisconsin · Feb 28, 2021

The early ones had a 4 cylinder in them and were under powered, then they put the 6 in it. The one I had used manifolds for the grease zerks, I think there was 3 of them. Wish I didn't sell it....

old truck lover · Mar 16, 2021

there is a massey harris self propelled corn picker on zenke auctions at caledonia mn thur mar 25 there are pics on the auction site also an oliver 2 row pull type corn picker.

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