Old cotton pickers....

big tee · Dec 23, 2018

Slow day so I looked up old cotton pickers. It is different looking stuff for a guy who grew up in Iowa. Here are some-the third pic from the bottom shows all the lint hanging on the picker. They say not if your picker will catch on fire but when. The newer ones have a fire suppression system on them.---Tee

rick deere · Dec 23, 2018

HOW DID YOU GET A PICTURE OF MY COTTON PIKER?

rick deere · Dec 23, 2018

It's the farmall M high drum. Was I here when you took this picture.?

Steve@Advance · Dec 23, 2018

Those new fangled contraptions will never catch on! LOL

There is a cotton gin museum in Burton TX. They start it up once a year and run some cotton through it for a demonstration.

There was a sign on the wall "NO MACHINE PICKED COTTON". They only accepted hand picked cotton.

Not sure if it was because their equipment couldn't handle the stalks, or if picking equipment was not as good back then...
Cotton Gin Museum

Billy Shafer · Dec 23, 2018

I had my first job picking cotton. In Wilmer Texas at 12 years old. I thought cotton is soft how hard can it be. An elderly black lady showed me how to pick. It without cutting my hands up to much.The next year he had a machine to pick it. He ended up recalling everyone back. Because the machine left so much behind.

GreenEnvy · Dec 23, 2018

The two JD photos with the A or B and the one with the 30 series tractor with an overhead bin are cotton strippers. They are different from pickers.

unc · Dec 23, 2018

Here's a dumb question from a far North boy- what is the difference between a "cotton picker" and a "cotton stripper"? unc

big tee · Dec 23, 2018

No idea, but checked the price and the picker is about $222,000 more---Tee

big tee · Dec 23, 2018

Are you serious?-I typed in "old cotton picker" and they all came up--NO TRESSPASSERS HERE!!!!!!---Tee

formerly ny bill · Dec 23, 2018

the Red Power Roundup in Alabama last June had many examples of IH cotton pickers from over the years. very nice exhibits.

Square Eye · Dec 23, 2018

Simplified: The gatherers on a picker have fingers that pick
the cotton lint out of the open bolls, sending a relatively
clean product to the gin.
The stripper gatherers consist of pairs of opposing bats &
brushes that spin in opposite directions. They slant upward
from the gatherer mouth and the spinning action strips
everything off the stalk moving lint, leaves, bolls, & other
trash through the system. Older strippers sent it all to the gin
for cleaning. Now they have onboard cleaners that leave most of
the trash in the field, reducing their gin costs.
Pickers & strippers each have their positives & negatives.
Also, cotton is bred for stripper harvest or picker harvest.

rick deere · Dec 23, 2018

We?re can I type in old cotton picker I?d like to see it too and ask them how they came up with this picture

rick deere · Dec 23, 2018

I found all of them on old cotton pickers but mine wasn?t on there I found all the rest

unc · Dec 23, 2018

Thanks Square Eye. unc

Super92 · Dec 24, 2018

The cotton harvester on the Ford NAA is a Dearborn. I was told that Ford recalled all those that were made.
The cotton harvester on the JD A looks like a model 15. That was the first cotton stripper my Dad owned and first one I ran.
The cotton stripper on the JD 4#30 series tractor most likely is a 283.
The blue stripper I believe is a Montana from South America.

rick deere · Dec 24, 2018

I know about cotton since I live in cotton county I was just trying to figure out how a picture of one of my pickers got out there it wasn?t on old cotton pickers site when I looked last night it?s not a problem I just don?t like it when I don?t know how it got there with out me know who took picture without my ok

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