Number 5 corn picker.

RGMartin · Mar 28, 2011

I saved one from the junk man yesterday. I was in use up till last fall when on the shaft which drives the left feeder chains broke. It looks like an easy fix. It needs normal minor repairs otherwise; tighten chains, a belt or two, repair bottom of wagon elevator hopper etc...

Is this a decent picker? Or a problem child? I might pick 3-5 acres of ear corn this year rather than shelling it all.

My family had New Ideas, back in the day when we still did ear corn. I know nothing of Oliver. The small tires scare me a bit as our falls tend to be wet.

Thanks

Anonymous-0 · Mar 29, 2011

The #5 is a good machine. I have picked 10 acres with one and have another 10 or so to go yet this year. Easy to work on but parts are a little scarce. I busted a shaft in the gear box last fall but a machine shop easily made a new one. I don't think you will be happy with it when you get it going.

Anonymous-0 · Mar 29, 2011

There was an older post on here about the #5 picker in what years they were made.They were made for many years and there are differences in the pickers. They were very popular here especilly with the John Deere people. How about a few more detials? do you have 200 bu. per acres corn? What are you going to pull it with? I don't think anyone here complained because of the small tires size.

RGMartin · Mar 30, 2011

No 200 Bu corn here. 125 is more realistic.

I thought I would fill one of the old wooden corn cribs on the family's homestead.

Probably pull it with a DB 1210 (what my dad used to use to pick because it was so light on its feet).

The serial # is about 53,000 if memory serves right(it is 200 yards from the house at the moment, only 15 degrees outside, and I haven't had my coffee yet)

Might be a moot point as the main gear box that splits the power right at the end of the PTO shaft has a badly broken input housing and won't hold grease. There are chunks missing, or I would weld it up. Probably not worth it to me to take the few days it would take to built a new housing.

RGMartin · Mar 30, 2011

(quoted from post at 15:15:08 03/29/11) The #5 is a good machine. I have picked 10 acres with one and have another 10 or so to go yet this year. Easy to work on but parts are a little scarce. I busted a shaft in the gear box last fall but a machine shop easily made a new one. I don't think you will be happy with it when you get it going.

A little cornfused...good machine, but won't be happy???

Anonymous-0 · Mar 30, 2011

Sorry, I ment to say that I think you will be happy with it.

Number 5 corn picker.

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