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SWEET CORN SNAPPER

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BILL LEWIS

12-31-2005 06:15:26




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I NEED SOME HELP, I HAVE A SMALL FARM IN ARKANSAS. I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR A USED SWEET CORN SNAPPER. WHAT IS THE NUMBERS ON THE DIFFERENT MAKES OF EQUIPMENT THAT WILL DO SWEET CORN.I THINK A JD120,JD227,IH234,NI309 WILL DO THE JOB, CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG. ARE THERE ANY OTHERS THAT WILL WORK? PLEASE PROVIDE MAKE AND NUMBERS,OR A WEB SITE THAT THAT I CAN GET THEM FROM, ANY HELP WILL BE APPRICATED,THANK YOU. OLD ARKANSAS FARMER

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David (AL)

01-01-2006 13:02:12




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 Re: SWEET CORN SNAPPER in reply to BILL LEWIS, 12-31-2005 06:15:26  
Did International make one or is this an experimental unit



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Bill from wisc

01-04-2006 14:36:50




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 Re: SWEET CORN SNAPPER in reply to David (AL), 01-01-2006 13:02:12  
They did sell the 24sc picker. My farther still has a 24 picker and when he lived in Ill he seen one. I guess the difference between the 24 and 24sc picker was that the husking rolls were removed and some stripper plates were installed beside the snapping rolls. My father said a dealer tryed to sell him a set of snapping rolls for his 24 picker so he could do sweet corn besides ear corn. He said he did do a small amount of sweet corn with his 24 picker but had to do it very early in the morning due to having the husking rolls on the picker would tear up the ears pretty bad. I am sure someone must have a manual on the 24sc picker. We never had a manual that I know of.(too young)

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Dick2

01-02-2006 13:46:48




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 Re: SWEET CORN SNAPPER in reply to David (AL), 01-01-2006 13:02:12  
We had a #24 picker that we used on our Super H to pick corn. The snapping rolls were somewhat shorter than other pickers to reduce damage to sweet corn, but we never picked any sweet corn with it. It did a good job in dry ear corn just like a standard picker without a husking bed. That didn't matter to us as we ground the ear corn for cattle feed.



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3bridge

01-01-2006 10:50:47




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 Re: SWEET CORN SNAPPER in reply to BILL LEWIS, 12-31-2005 06:15:26  
The FMC machines were very popular in south jersey when it was a big sweet corn area.We picked 40 to 50 thousand crates(bu)a year with a one row.there is also a 2 row self propelled.Now they sit as most farms are back hand picking,mostly for the roadstand customers.There are plenty of tese pickers around this area.



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Paul in WI

01-01-2006 05:10:51




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 Re: SWEET CORN SNAPPER in reply to BILL LEWIS, 12-31-2005 06:15:26  
The Pixall company is still making them. They are just up the road from me in Clear Lake, WI.



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MikeinKy

12-31-2005 17:57:30




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 Re: SWEET CORN SNAPPER in reply to BILL LEWIS, 12-31-2005 06:15:26  
Years ago, I think in the 70"s, Morgan Packing Co. in Austin, In., had several mounted on IH 656 tractors. I never noticed the brand, but I think they were painted yellow. They raised a lot of the produce that they processed in their plant. the owner was named Jack Morgan. I think he died a few years ago, I'm not sure. Some of the family still lives on the farm.



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JD9295

12-31-2005 13:53:38




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 Re: SWEET CORN SNAPPER in reply to BILL LEWIS, 12-31-2005 06:15:26  
The traveling outfit that comes thru here and picks the sweet corn had new ideas and another I cant remember. The paint looked like the OLD new holland combine colors but Im sure it wasnt a new holland.
They were all self propelled with dump hoppers. They probably pick close to 10000 acres of sweet corn along with peppers, cucmbers and green beans here



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Leroy

12-31-2005 11:09:06




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 Re: SWEET CORN SNAPPER in reply to BILL LEWIS, 12-31-2005 06:15:26  
None of the major manufactures of corn pickers made a machine that would work with sweet corn, you will have to find a machine that is made just for the sweet corn, I didn't know even who made them, I have see one in my 62 years and that was from a distance to far to even tell a color let alone enything else. At least now you have a brand name now to go by to look for a brand new one that may take TWO years to get after you sign and pay for it as sweet corn pickers are that scarce

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Tim(nj)

12-31-2005 09:45:38




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 Re: SWEET CORN SNAPPER in reply to BILL LEWIS, 12-31-2005 06:15:26  
None of the machines you list will work well in sweet corn. They will cause too much damage. The JD 227 and the IH 234 are mounted 2-row pickers and have husking beds. Both NI 309 and JD 120 are 1-row snappers, but do not have the stripper-plate system needed for sweet corn. Neither machine will be gentle enough handling the corn, either. In my part of the world, a good one-row, purpose-built sweet-corn harvester will start at about $7500. FMC and Pixall are two brands that come to mind.

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JMS/MN

12-31-2005 11:14:17




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 Re: SWEET CORN SNAPPER in reply to Tim(nj), 12-31-2005 09:45:38  
Didn't New Idea make self-propelled sweet corn pickers? Seems like that was what was used around here by the packing plants. I guess I'd call some packers to find out.



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paul

01-03-2006 09:18:17




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 Re: SWEET CORN SNAPPER in reply to JMS/MN, 12-31-2005 11:14:17  
New Idea machines were used into the 80's by the _packers_, but much of their corn goes into a can, & they make creamed corn to cover up the real bad dmage.... ;) By the time NI got into the stripper plates and all, you are looking at a self propelled, large 6 row machine.

If you want to sell some on the cob from a few acre plot, you need the special gentle machines to keep your quality up high enough for consumers. You would be disappointed with the results of an old snapper picker.

--->Paul

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no.2

12-31-2005 11:46:38




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 Re: SWEET CORN SNAPPER in reply to JMS/MN, 12-31-2005 11:14:17  
Either pix-al or byron made a sweet corn picker mounted on a New Idea Uni Systems power unit.



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504

12-31-2005 14:30:14




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 Re: SWEET CORN SNAPPER in reply to no.2 , 12-31-2005 11:46:38  
I can`t tell you what model but I have seen two row mounted pickers in Hoopston IL (FMC had a plant there)Joan of Ark had a canning plant there. The rows were so long that they would fill the hyd dump cart before they got to the end of the row. (1972)



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