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Topic: cotton picker

Posted By: MACK
Subject: cotton picker
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2017 at 9:52pm

Did anyone but AC and JD build a cotton picker? Not in cotton country, just curious. MACK

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Posted By: CrestonM
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2017 at 10:02pm

Oh yes, IH built them, Hesston had them, Oliver had them, Dearborn had a 3pt mounted one for Fords, a company called Rust had them (John Rust actually invented the successful mechanical cotton picker), and many more.

There were quite a few of them back in the day....now it's pretty much just Deere and IH.

Posted By: shameless (ne)
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2017 at 10:09pm

farmall , IH, and Case/IH made them. deere had a ground driven picker made to be pulled behind mules. I think Case made them too.

Posted By: shameless (ne)
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2017 at 10:15pm

rust brothers had one too

Posted By: CrestonM
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2017 at 10:16pm

shameless (ne) wrote:

deere had a ground driven picker made to be pulled behind mules.

Deere model 31. Made in the 30's, and they only made less than 300. They actually had 2, a model 30 and 31. The 30 wasn't galvanized, and the newer 31 was. Supposedly they were all delivered to Texas, but I know a guy who lives near my grandpa who has a 31, and there's another 31 not too far from that one. At any rate, they're very rare. Maybe not valuable, but very rare.

Here's a video, but like all things Deere, they seem to be having a hard time with it... Lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAuTdA3BJ0s" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAuTdA3BJ0s

Posted By: shameless (ne)
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2017 at 10:19pm

lol...I think the guy riding on it is just wondering how the thing worked!

Posted By: CrestonM
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2017 at 10:24pm

shameless (ne) wrote:

lol...I think the guy riding on it is just wondering how the thing worked!

I kinda wonder too! I think it just strips everything off and conveys it to the hopper.

Also, for all you guys who aren't in cotton country, here's a very good video about the harvest process. These are cotton strippers, not pickers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k71K9cLNECA" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k71K9cLNECA