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What do I look over on a JD 300 corn picker?

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Tim(nj)

10-29-2006 16:21:15




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Well, New Idea picker #1, a 324, got it"s snapper elevator screwed up the other day. Significant damage, but it is repairable with salvage parts I have on another machine, but also needs lots of time, which is short right now. Picker #2, a 311, normally the backup, is having issues with husking (rolls need to be rebuilt). So I decided to look for another picker to get 60 acres of ear corn done. A JD dealer has a 300 with new brushes, rollers and chains on the lot, probably rates a 9 in condition, while all locally available New Ideas are 6 or below and are likely to give me trouble. I"ve always been told that JD 300 are not as good with husking as NI, but there is no comparison to the JD 40 series corn heads on them.

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Tim(nj)

10-30-2006 18:17:12




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 Thanks in reply to Tim(nj), 10-29-2006 16:21:15  
Thanks for all the replies. Unfortunately, sombody snapped up that 300 picker right before I called on it. I called around, and I eventually found a place in PA that had a late production 324 with a 327 husker on it. I drove there to look at it, turned out to be very nice, so it should be here picking corn by Thursday.



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Wayne in Pa

10-30-2006 14:01:06




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 Re: What do I look over on a JD 300 corn picker? in reply to Tim(nj), 10-29-2006 16:21:15  
How well a picker will take husk off depends a lot on the corn. Some of the hi-breds that are called (bird proof) are just hard to get the husk off they will shell better in a combine, if the husk is loose when you pick the 300 will take the husk off clean. The 300 picker will take a lot more power to run than the NI we use a White 2-70 in ours we tried a 2510 but would not handle it.



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Doug in IL

10-30-2006 05:54:39




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 Re: What do I look over on a JD 300 corn picker? in reply to Tim(nj), 10-29-2006 16:21:15  
Something I forgot to mention Tim. Be sure to check the cornhead gear boxes that drive the snapping rolls over real good. Check them for backlash, they should have almost none. Also make sure the shafts the rolls are mounted on, coming out the front of the gear box, are tight and rigid. You don't want to see any up and down or side to side play in those rollers. The gearboxes are very pricey to repair and used ones around here can still bring around $500.00. Also check for grease leaks from the gearboxes.

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Doug in IL

10-30-2006 05:39:12




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 Re: What do I look over on a JD 300 corn picker? in reply to Tim(nj), 10-29-2006 16:21:15  
The only problem I've ever had with mine, was the bearings going out on the hex shaft on the right side, at about eye level. It's the upper shaft for the first conveyor chain. As to the picker itself, you will think you have died and gone to heaven running that 40 series cornhead vs. the old open snapping rolls on the other machines. Butt shelling losses will go way down. I had a NI323 for one season and then got rid of it. I was in corn with real dry stalks and had a heck of a time getting it to feed thru the snapping rolls. No matter what I tried, the stalks just kept bunching up! I had a IHC 1PR for many years and actually liked the running machine better than the NI323. The IH would not husk as clean as the NI though. I think you will find a 300 husker is in a league of its own. In fact, I'll be running mine all day today.

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Stan - Florida

10-30-2006 03:48:35




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 Re: What do I look over on a JD 300 corn picker? in reply to Tim(nj), 10-29-2006 16:21:15  
Tim,

Can't answer your question about the pickers, but hope you get the problem solved quickly and get the rest of that corn out before it becomes winter.

Back in the day, a New Idea picker was the one to have. The neighbors who had one always had the cleanest load of corn going in to the crib.

Best regards,

Stan



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sd pete

10-30-2006 01:37:18




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 Re: What do I look over on a JD 300 corn picker? in reply to Tim(nj), 10-29-2006 16:21:15  
The New Idea will pick a whole lot cleaner than the JD.



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