Farmall m with a corn picker?

newtattoobob · Feb 3, 2019

I'm thinking of using my 49M to pick some ear corn this fall. I have found a really nice New Idea 324 2 row pull type picker for sale locally. I'm wondering how the M would handle it? Anyone have experience with a M and 2 row pull type picker?

Janicholson · Feb 3, 2019

All pickers from that era are intended for 70 bushel corn or less. It will pick but it won't go slower than 1st
gear, and pushing in the clutch plugs it tight. If your corn is in the 120 to 150 BPA (or more) picking with one
row of 2 might keep it going. Or not. Husking rolls add even more to the total, so that is my opinion. Jim

M Nut · Feb 3, 2019

As long as it?s not muddy or deep snow, no problems with a 150-200 bu gravity box behind. Power won?t be an issue, but traction could be.

Olyj1947 · Feb 3, 2019

My Dad ran a 2M mounted picker on an M one year. Said it was a lot better then picking by hand! Moved up to a SM the following year.

NY 986 · Feb 3, 2019

I'll just reinforce what the others said in that you want dry going and 30K plants per acre of a modern variety will probably make you run only one row at a time.

MikeinKy · Feb 3, 2019

I used a 400 on a picker. It was too fast in first gear and ta back, in 150 bu. Corn.

heavyhaulertoo · Feb 3, 2019

As long as you don?t put both pickers in field at same time you?re be good lol it will work the Amish in northeast Iowa are using two row pulls with 6 horses and doing fine

fastfarmall · Feb 3, 2019

You might have to put in some slow 1st and 2nd gears, like there was available,and still are, i see them advertised some times!!

rustyfarmall · Feb 4, 2019

Those pickers were designed to handle 38" to 40" inch row spacings. Most corn today is planted on 30" row spacings or even narrower. You will be knocking down as much corn as you pick.

newtattoobob · Feb 4, 2019

(quoted from post at 17:53:13 02/03/19) I'm thinking of using my 49M to pick some ear corn this fall. I have found a really nice New Idea 324 2 row pull type picker for sale locally. I'm wondering how the M would handle it? Anyone have experience with a M and 2 row pull type picker?

Thanks for all the reply so far. I guess I should have explained my situation A little better. I'm just farming a little bit on the weekend because I like to use my old Farmall tractors and equipment. I plant on 38 inch rows with a farmall C, then I cultivate with my H. I will only be doing a few Acres. I have several people around my area that I sell the corn for deer food. I'm not sure how many bushels per acre I'm doing but I know it's nowhere near a hundred and fifty. I'm not real sure how you can even figure it I'm doing 38-inch rows 8 to 10in plant spacing. Thanks

ss55 · Feb 4, 2019

Many seed companies post online seed population calculators.

http://www.kingsagriseeds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/conversions.pdf

DR. EVIL · Feb 4, 2019

I'll be the one to disagree with the rest. Dad picked 20 crops of corn with an M and 2M-E mounted
picker. His '51 M with the big M&W sleeves and pistons ran it better but the stock M did fine too, plus
actually had three picking gears, 1,2,& 3 while the '51 got the fast 4th kit, 5 mph 3rd gear was a bit
too fast even back in the 1960's.

New Idea made a great picker, your M will run it fine. I'd suggest you get a couple more wagons to pick
into, and have fun picking, and BE SAFE!

Rich'sToys · Feb 4, 2019

I'm with Dr. Evil on this one. If you plant your corn in wide rows and at 1950 or 60's population levels you should not have any problems. That's what those machines were made for. Back in the day there were a lot of M's with mounted pickers. I knew people who bought an M just for that and left the picker on it year round so as not to go through the hassle of taking it on and off each year.
Have fun!

randy hall · Feb 4, 2019

I've picked 200 bu corn with an M and two row picker without any problems. There must be a lot of sick M's out there if they could only pull one row.

NY 986 · Feb 4, 2019

If they are planting more than a couple acres for a food plot they are probably planting at current population rates. The stalk strength on average is a whole lot greater than
what was available back in the 1950's and 1960's. I've heard of problems with using BT corn among other traits. The older varieties while not impossible are getting hard to
find because they cannot compete for yield with today's varieties.

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