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My Dad on a WC with a NI picker |
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Don M SEIA
Silver Level Joined: 20 Sep 2009 Location: Danville, Iowa Points: 119 |
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Posted: 20 Jan 2010 at 9:38pm |
I don't know alot about this picture.
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Allis Fields
Orange Level Joined: 17 Sep 2009 Location: Reedsburg,Wisc. Points: 332 |
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WOW that is neet. |
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Dave(inMA)
Orange Level Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Grafton, MA Points: 2398 |
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Don't ya hate it when those stories get lost in time? Wonder what the wagon attaches to........
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WC, CA, D14, WD45
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LouSWPA
Orange Level Access Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Clinton, Pa Points: 24345 |
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Dems some fancy headlights!
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JimIA
Orange Level Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Castalia Iowa Points: 1980 |
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Don
That is the exact picker I was talking to you about that I saw at a local auction a few years ago. Would be fun to see one pick again! Jim |
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FredW
Orange Level Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: N. Weston,OH Points: 588 |
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Remember Dad having one like that when I was still in grade school, dont remember seeing it work. Think wagon hitches short on the tongue. Fred
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A&A MN
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If I remember right, it was pulled from where the (horse evener) was attatched to the wagon.
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Jim Lindemood
Orange Level Joined: 22 Sep 2009 Location: Dry Ridge, KY Points: 2569 |
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Love those old pictures. Thanks for sharing.
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Mojo
Silver Level Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Points: 107 |
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There's a screen in front of the radiator but nothing over the air intake!?!
There's also some kinda support rod running from the picker to the wagon steering I think. Probably has something to do with the hitch. Love those headlights. Be neat to have a set today. mojo/Mike Edited by Mojo - 21 Jan 2010 at 10:01am |
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Matt (NEIA)
Bronze Level Joined: 20 Sep 2009 Location: Butler Co. IA Points: 168 |
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thanks for sharing!
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1955 WD-45 with factory PS
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Jeff(WD45-SATX-TN)
Orange Level Joined: 13 Sep 2009 Location: Sewanee, TN Points: 443 |
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I love the old pictures. Thanks for posting. I agree with those above....SWEET headlights!
Jeff
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Hudsonator
Orange Level Joined: 21 Oct 2009 Location: Tennessee Points: 2113 |
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Nothing I love better than seeing a WC at work. Great photo, thanks for sharing it!
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There isn't much a WC can't do.
WD's just do it better. |
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CTuckerNWIL
Orange Level Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: NW Illinois Points: 22823 |
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Great picture.
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Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |
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alan-nj
Orange Level Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: oxford, nj Points: 847 |
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ok, i'll bite. its an unstyled wc. no generator. can't quite tell if there's a battery box. how were the lights powered?? alan
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LouSWPA
Orange Level Access Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Clinton, Pa Points: 24345 |
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good question
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Claus
Orange Level Joined: 09 Dec 2009 Location: Hebron In Points: 1152 |
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Not sure of the year the photo was taken but that equupment was some of the best in it's day.
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TedBuiskerN.IL.
Orange Level Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Davis, IL. Points: 1959 |
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I remember when my Dad and grandpa picked corn with an Oliver picker like that and two triple boxes with side boards. There was a chain that ran through a tube with a catch for the chain that pulled the wagon, so you could fill the wagon front to back. Used to sit on grandpa's lap and steer the WC back to the buildings to unload with the wagon hoist and elevator.
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Most problems can be solved with the proper application of high explosives.
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Rick of HopeIN
Orange Level Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Hope, Indiana Points: 1324 |
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I think they had belt pulley generator rigs like they used on old train engines.
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AaronSEIA
Orange Level Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Mt Pleasant, IA Points: 2557 |
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Incredible picture, Don. I think we need a web site to put all of these old pictures, get them all in one spot. You aren't that far from me either, I'm up by Mt Union.
AaronSEIA
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Ryan Renko
Orange Level Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Edwardsville, I Points: 2325 |
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I hope someone can enlighten me!! What would the benefit be of having a side unloading picker like this be?? I just think the conventional rear unloader would be so much more practical. Thanks, Ryan
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CTuckerNWIL
Orange Level Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: NW Illinois Points: 22823 |
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Ryan, This was before there was a "conventional" picker. The first ones had no way to pull the wagon. You drove the wagon along side pulled with the team or whatever you had.
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Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |
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Ryan Renko
Orange Level Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Edwardsville, I Points: 2325 |
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I had a old New Idea picker manual and it showed many different types available. Probably early one before they phased them out. Once again, thanks for the info!!! Ryan
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Don M SEIA
Silver Level Joined: 20 Sep 2009 Location: Danville, Iowa Points: 119 |
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Thanks for the comments. Dad was an AC , New Idea dealer 1937-53.
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