New Idea Picker Question

Kerwin · Jun 1, 2019

I was at a farm today and they had two 324 New Idea pickers that had a flat piece going from the center section of the gathering unit to the back. I didn't get a photo of them, but I've circled the location in the photo of what I've normally seen, below. I've never seen this before on either a 324 or 325 gathering unit, so wondering if these were late model units or something rigged up? Both looked the same so I'm tending to think it was factory. Any thoughts from the experts?

wd9garymn · Jun 1, 2019

That is the elevator to take the ear corn up to the husking rolls. All of those N.I. 2 row pickers were like that --I had a number 7 2 row that was the same design, Gary.

Kerwin · Jun 1, 2019

Not talking about the elevator. What I'm asking about is a steel piece that was on these pickers that I saw, but not on mine nor any others that I've seen. The circle is showing where the connecting plate was on the ones I saw today, but it's missing from the photo. It's a piece of tin that connects the center gathering unit to the top of the picker, where the red circle is.

mazemeister · Jun 1, 2019

are you talking about the secondary beater? shaft running from left to right inside stationary pipes, the paddle in the middle rotates to push broken off stalks up the elevator. it was optional from the factory.

Kerwin · Jun 1, 2019

Don't think so, mine isn't the same but the picture of the secondary beater on the optional equipment page of my owner's manual doesn't look the same. The piece appeared more like a strengthening brace to keep the center portion of the gathering unit from getting pushed up.

wd9garymn · Jun 1, 2019

Kerwin, sorry about my mistake. I had a 325 and my uncle had a 324 that he bought new and neither had that. I wouldn't think something like that would be to keep the ears from falling back down that elevator as we never had any problems like that, Gary.

Kerwin · Jun 1, 2019

No problem. I just found it odd to see two pickers with the same piece. Like I put in a reply above, it's more like a brace to keep the center part of the gathering unit from moving up if it hit something.

mazemeister · Jun 2, 2019

now you've piqued my curiosity. under that center section (not the snout, but what it mounts to) is pretty well supported from the main frame, probably more so than the sheet metal above the elevator, so I doubt it is there to carry a load. One possibility- i have experienced in really dry, frozen stalks that they will break off and accumulate in that cavity behind the center snout- at the bottom of the elevator- and without the secondary beater, they are too fluffy to be carried up. maybe this piece you saw is a homemade baffle to keep such stalks near the snapping rolls so they get pulled down and through instead of plugging up the elevator area? alternative to having the secondary beater? if the same farm had two machines, makes sense they'd modify them both the same.

Bob Bancroft · Jun 2, 2019

I'm thinking the same way.

rrlund · Jun 2, 2019

Are you talking about just a steel flap that was hinged? I believe it kept the corn from falling back down the elevator.

paul · Jun 2, 2019

Thought that was on older models, not on the newer models?

Paul

Kerwin · Jun 2, 2019

That was my first thought, that these were early 324's with a holdover from the previous series. What number would that have been?

rrlund · Jun 3, 2019

313 was an earlier 325 wasn't it? I don't know what the wide row version would have been. 312 maybe?

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