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Macon Rounds 
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Posted: 19 hours 41 minutes ago at 6:37pm |
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Looking to purchase a 2 row mounted corn picker.
Ill be picking less than 5 acres each year....
My disire is to have a D17 gas tractor under a 190 model corn picker....
My second choice would be a D17 with New Idea mounted picker....
What is your thoughts fellas....
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dkattau
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Posted: 18 hours 17 minutes ago at 8:01pm |
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Storage of ear corn is a con if you’re not set up for it.
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Posted: 17 hours 30 minutes ago at 8:48pm |
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That's not an issue...
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DrAllis
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Posted: 16 hours 54 minutes ago at 9:24pm |
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Pick your poison. There would be 10 times (or more) New Idea's to find used parts for. The Allis would have the benefit of stripper plates.
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Posted: 16 hours 48 minutes ago at 9:30pm |
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We had a New Idea mounted on an Oliver 880 when I was growing up.
Later we had a self propelled Case combine, open station!
"In the weeds" always sat the two row pull behind picker. Never knew why it was parked, and especially not used when the Oliver broke the fancy helical gear set first used on the 880 to cut trans whine.
Homesteading or smaller farm I'd try to locate a pull behind picker. Easy to hitch and go.
Mounted pickers are great for "opening a field up" in the outer rows. But those outer rows are eaten by deer and poor yield because of grass and trees. I'd plant a cover mix band around the field and use a pull behind picker.
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Posted: 15 hours 24 minutes ago at 10:54pm |
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Grew up on a single row New Idea picker. I admit the mounted 2 row pickers are neat but I can see where they would be quite noisy and dirty to run. Although compact compared to a pull type, the pull type are easier to work on and don’t tie up a tractor for a length of time. Most that were mounted, stayed on that tractor due to difficulty on mounting and unmounting. Wish dad had went to a 2 row picker but a single row kept us busy unloading a wagon one scoop at a time into the elevator to the corn crib. Good times…gravity wagons were to come years later lol.
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Posted: 13 hours 60 minutes ago at 12:18am |
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How about a Uni-Harvester? Neighbor had a 4 row unit.
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Posted: 7 hours 30 minutes ago at 6:48am |
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I pick 10 to 15 acres per year with an old style mounted ac picker over a wd 45. It never comes off. You will really put a work on the hand clutch if you get anything over 150 bu corn. Not as dirty and loud as some people say but it is my favorite thing to do so i may be prejudice. You have to plant wide(36 inch) rows if you plan on using a mounted picker. When i was a young man i picked corn with an ih 450 and a two row mounted 234 picker. Not a fan of the red paint but that machine was a beast!
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Posted: 6 hours 21 minutes ago at 7:57am |
 dr p wrote:
I pick 10 to 15 acres per year with an old style mounted ac picker over a wd 45. It never comes off. You will really put a work on the hand clutch if you get anything over 150 bu corn. Not as dirty and loud as some people say but it is my favorite thing to do so i may be prejudice. You have to plant wide(36 inch) rows if you plan on using a mounted picker. When i was a young man i picked corn with an ih 450 and a two row mounted 234 picker. Not a fan of the red paint but that machine was a beast! |
In the world of mounted corn-pickers, the 234 is king! They are easy on/off too, especially if on a Fast-Hitch tractor. Don't think I've ever seen an Allis 170 or 190 in action.
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Posted: 5 hours 23 minutes ago at 8:55am |
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If you only have 5 acres, a 1 row New Idea is all you need. Fairly cheap and parts are mostly available. But, if you want to suffocate in dust and dirt, then a 2-row mounted is what you need.
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Posted: 3 hours 38 minutes ago at 10:40am |
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There are definite pro’s and con’s to picking corn vs shelling(combining) corn.
Horsepower requirements for each can differ greatly. Storage of the harvested crop also differs. Labor required for ‘post harvest(storage)’ handling can be significant.
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Posted: 3 hours 25 minutes ago at 10:53am |
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Being old, I grew up in the era before shelling in the field. Shelling was done by a local guy with JD Sheller mounted on the truck chassis. He made the rounds, and it was a labor-intensive workday. Trucks were mostly just 2/2 1/2 ton with a combo grain-livestock bed. Occasionally a tandem with a bigger grain box. Even back then, fire was a hazard. Mostly from exhaust on sheller truck & husks everyone. Had one fire that I recall & it was quickly doused. Shellers were mostly JD with an occasional rare Moline. Those were the days.
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