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JC

06-22-2004 11:19:37




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What are the standard row distances that an old two row corn picker has? I plan to do 40 inch row spacing in dryland operation.
I only will plant a few acres and want ear corn, so an old picker would fit my needs.
Can they be adjusted for 40 inch rows?
Also, what make and model of corn picker should I be looking for?
Thanks




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Leroy

06-27-2004 06:00:06




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 Re: Another corn picker question in reply to JC, 06-22-2004 11:19:37  
Oliver was better than New Idea and New Idea was built here and on some pickers 40" was it and you could not pick 38" with them, mounted worse for this as tire would run down the next row, For Oliver No. 3 was the older followed by No. 73 avaible in both 30" and 40" row size, puled ours with J D A with no problem on 40" and last model was 83. Also had 227 Deere on that A for many years, liked the husking job better. And corn pickers are not adjustable for row width what you see is what you get

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Craig

06-23-2004 22:35:25




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 Re: Another corn picker question in reply to JC, 06-22-2004 11:19:37  
I agree the New Idea picker is the one to find, but check the husking rolls and bearings, and the snapping roll bearings. A lot of guys got lazy about greasing them. I also agree that you should consider a one-row. A lot easier to get around with, thru gates, etc. But most of all, you can keep up with your wagons. I remember when dad went to a 227 JD mounted picker, and we couldn't haul the corn to the elevator and back fast enough, with 3 wagons. Maybe some of you guys can remember a time being too small to run a tractor, so you rode the wagon and dodged getting hit in the head with ear corn. Crisp fall day and the bright yellow corn against a blue sky. I didn't know it at the time, but that was really living!

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Allan in NE

06-24-2004 04:15:48




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 Re: Re: Another corn picker question in reply to Craig, 06-23-2004 22:35:25  
Craig,

Boy wasn't that the truth! Nice times, those.

We ran a 227 also. Wasn't that a brute?

As I recall, the toughest thing about that setup was getting those wagons hooked up to that drawbar.

Allan



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Craig

06-24-2004 22:01:16




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 Re: Re: Re: Another corn picker question in reply to Allan in NE, 06-24-2004 04:15:48  
Allen, the thing I hated the most about the 227 would have been true about any of the mounted pickers, I guess - getting those darn rear wheels on the tractor cranked all the way out, and then out on the rims, too. But I'm sure that I conked my head plenty time getting the wagon hitched! I also remember, during my younger years of it, riding the wagon and standing in the front of it (to avoid the ear corn missles) and then forgetting where I was standing when my dad did a sudden hard turn, nearly killing me when the elevator swung around. Is is just me, or is it a wonder more of us weren't hurt back in the 50s or 60s, before the safety programs got going well? Thanks for your comment, glad you're still around to share the memories. Craig

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paul

06-23-2004 05:59:02




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 Re: Another corn picker question in reply to JC, 06-22-2004 11:19:37  
As the others say, you will find 1 row pickers that can handle down to 20" or so rows; two & 3 row pickers at 30" setup & 40" setup. You can easily go 4" either way on the 2 row units, it's not unheard of to pick 30" corn with a 40" picker but that gets to be a problem under anything but ideal conditions.

New Idea & JD were the last of the good pull corn pickers, IHC was far more popular mounted around 'here' but for pull-type NI & JD were king.

--->Paul

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rustyfarmall

06-23-2004 05:00:56




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 Re: Another corn picker question in reply to JC, 06-22-2004 11:19:37  
40 inch rows used to be the standard row width, pretty much all of the mounted, or pull behind, two row pickers were set up to handle 40 inch rows.



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Robert in W. Mi

06-22-2004 17:10:49




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 Re: Another corn picker question in reply to JC, 06-22-2004 11:19:37  
"If" your not planting several hundred acres of corn, why wouldn't you just buy a one row picker????? You can pick a lot of corn with a single row picker!!! And, you can space your rows pretty much where you want them!

Where are you? I have a good picker i'm thinking of selling.

Robert



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Joe

06-23-2004 08:22:33




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 Re: Re: Another corn picker question in reply to Robert in W. Mi, 06-22-2004 17:10:49  
What are you looking to get for it? Where in W Michigan?



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Robert in W. Mi

06-23-2004 19:38:28




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 Re: Re: Re: Another corn picker question in reply to Joe, 06-23-2004 08:22:33  
Post your E addy, and i'll contact you off board.

Robert



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Joe

06-24-2004 07:57:40




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Another corn picker question in reply to Robert in W. Mi, 06-23-2004 19:38:28  
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Charlie

06-22-2004 13:21:52




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 Re: Another corn picker question in reply to JC, 06-22-2004 11:19:37  
All the old pickers I've seen do 36 inch rows. I doa few acres of ear corn and its in 36 inch rows.



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Tim(nj)

06-22-2004 13:49:58




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 Re: Re: Another corn picker question in reply to Charlie, 06-22-2004 13:21:52  
All New Idea pull-type pickers for wide rows up through the 324 (the last) have snappers on 40 inch centers, for use in 36 to 44 inch rows. The mounted New Idea pickers (319 is newest) are also set for those spacings.

I am sure Minnie-Mo, Oliver, Case, and IHC 2 row pickers of both types from the '50s will pick 40" rows.

Your other option is a New Idea Uni-System power unit (various models, oldest ones go real cheap) with a 2-row head and husker unit, but I don't know how hogwild you want to get with this.

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