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Old time harvest day.
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    Posted: 30 Sep 2026 at 6:07am
Went to a friend's place in Illinois Sunday. Shot some video of the corn harvest using older equipment of many brands.
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Mike what row width are they using?  Can they make 30 inch rows work?
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Eric plants 38" rows. I think that's as narrow as the mounted pickers can get through.
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nice video 
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Thanks.
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Gosh, 38-inch rows were used 75 years ago & still being used a few places today to make the old stuff work.  If it ain't broke-don't fix it.
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I plant 36's here. Wouldn't mind going to 30's but would need a different cornhead and planter..... Ones I have now are paid for and work great. Have a buddy, that runs a lot more acres than me, that's on 36's too.
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Im on 36. I have a neighbor thats on 38. His yeilds are just as high as 30 inch rows. Have another neighbor thats tried every row witdth you can think of and says he cant tell any difference
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I've thought about going to 30's a lot. How many bushels do you need to improve/acre to pay for the new (to me) equipment? A 6/11 Kinze around here still brings $15,000 and will need a bunch of parts before you ever go to the field. A decent 1063 IH cornhead might be bought for $4000ish? I'll just keep running what I've got.
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My earliest memory of picking corn as a kid was a one row pulling a wagon. Then sholving out of the crib. Then came a fella with a two row Gleaner, amazing piece of equipment. We finally had a MF 650 and I thought that thing was a monster.
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