A friend's got a new idea single row corn picker we play around with once a year, mostly for fun. Not sure, but we believe it's a no. 7.
We do about 3 acres - somebody else plants the corn for us. It's always worked well enough, but this year we can't go more than 50' without it fully clogging.
We waited on the corn much longer this year than in the past so it's pretty dry. It's also planted closer together, so that doesn't help.
I've try researching what to do since we really don't want to have to pick it all by hand now.
I've read about wrapping the snap rollers with chicken wire, barbed wire, leather, and welding spots on the rollers, or building the rollers up.
Would like to see if anybody here has some suggestions. I'm not a big fan of introducing any metal into the corn since it'll be fed to my animals. So I'm shying away form the barbed wire idea.
I can certain weld some spots on the rollers or weld them to build up areas, but I just have no idea what people mean by that. As in - where on the roller.
If anybody's done this -might you have some pictures?
Any advice would be appreciated (short of buy a new picker - we just don't do enough to justify any purchases)
We do about 3 acres - somebody else plants the corn for us. It's always worked well enough, but this year we can't go more than 50' without it fully clogging.
We waited on the corn much longer this year than in the past so it's pretty dry. It's also planted closer together, so that doesn't help.
I've try researching what to do since we really don't want to have to pick it all by hand now.
I've read about wrapping the snap rollers with chicken wire, barbed wire, leather, and welding spots on the rollers, or building the rollers up.
Would like to see if anybody here has some suggestions. I'm not a big fan of introducing any metal into the corn since it'll be fed to my animals. So I'm shying away form the barbed wire idea.
I can certain weld some spots on the rollers or weld them to build up areas, but I just have no idea what people mean by that. As in - where on the roller.
If anybody's done this -might you have some pictures?
Any advice would be appreciated (short of buy a new picker - we just don't do enough to justify any purchases)