Corn picking day
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Topic: Corn picking day
Posted By: IBWD MIke
Subject: Corn picking day
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2022 at 8:28am
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Met a gentleman from the Red board about a month ago at a corn picking day in IL. We talked quite awhile and he told me he has one of these at his place. Mechanicsville Ia. at the end of October. Figured if I was done with harvest, I'm in! So, another friend of mine from the Red community,Aaron, and I made the trip. Dan is pretty much all Red, his buddy Kevin offends all colors, his words. From what I can tell, he lives up to that. They had pickers mounted on everything from an F-20 to an 806 with M&W turbo! The 806 with 234 picker will run down the row at 6 mph and not even break a sweat! The last 4 rows they installed a 'grinder' husking bed on the 234. Makes ground feed as you go. Pretty rare attachment and it made the 'ol 806 work a little. Kevin is in need of a rear main seal for an early D-17 diesel. I posted a want ad in the classifieds. Here's a few pics from the day. The first one is Aaron running the 806, I ran this thing too but don't have a pic. Forgot to mention the 315 combine with 3 row narrow head, they unloaded on the go like the big boys do!     |
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Posted By: darrel in ND
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2022 at 9:39am
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I love the corn crib picture. Don't know what my obsession is with corn cribs, but I loke em. I want to turn an old grain bin into one, and then make a patio/gazebo that resembles a corn crib out of another old grain bin. Thanks for sharing the cool pictures. Darrel |
Posted By: wjohn
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2022 at 1:50pm
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Neat stuff Mike! I see no shortage of rear wheel weights on that farm. Thanks for sharing. ------------- 1939 B, 1940 B, 1941 WC, 1951 WD, 1952 CA, 1956 WD-45 |
Posted By: exSW
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2022 at 5:02pm
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There's a bunch of drone vids on F'book. Really neat . ------------- Learning AC...slowly |
Posted By: AC7060IL
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2022 at 6:46pm
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darrel in ND wrote:Posted By: dr p
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2022 at 6:55pm
| My favourite thing to do is pick corn. Never used an over the top allis but used most of the rest and that ih 234 is a great picker. Many of the older timers say the ford pickers were the best. My corn is still two weeks away. Late killings frost |
Posted By: IBWD MIke
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2022 at 7:40pm
der p, don't know about the Ford pickers but those 234's would be hard to beat! Especially with the horse power you could put under one. Friend of mine's Dad ordered a 1066 with Narrow front end and put a 234 on it. That's a LOT of tractor for a 2 row picker!
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Posted By: IBWD MIke
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2022 at 7:42pm
Cool idea Darrel, I just store excess tires in mine.
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Posted By: IBWD MIke
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2022 at 7:44pm
Yep, there was a guy flying a drone, sure he got lots of good video. If I can find some links I'll post them here. I'm not on f-book.
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Posted By: Tbone95
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2022 at 7:43am
| Favorite thing to do is pick corn? Man.....haven't put in too many good days of that. Always see the potential for it to be fun, then, ya know, reality. Then, shoveling the stuff into the feed grinder. Had enough of that between ages of 10(? or <) and 40 something. |
Posted By: Fred in Pa
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2022 at 8:08am
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In 80's on home farm we had same picker with sheller unit mounter on a 706 ------------- He who dies with the most toys is, nonetheless ,still dead. If all else fails ,Read all that is PRINTED. |
Posted By: Dennis J OPKs
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2022 at 8:11am
| Again, brings back memories before combines. For an A C farm doing some corn picking the old fashion way-check out you-tube Iowa Country Girl for more corn picking video. For fun, remember the old ear corn storage with snow fence going 3 or 4 rings high. Also, on you-tube, another corn field fire and combine lost on a neighbor of Laura Farms out of NE. No injuries but some serious $ loss. Farmers just naturally know how to pull together when something bad happens. |
Posted By: IBWD MIke
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2022 at 8:32am
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Kevin asked me if I was coming back next year? Well, yeah, why not? He has a 33 that he's working on getting mounted on a WD, said it would be ready for me to run next year. I look forward to that. |
Posted By: Sugarmaker
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2022 at 9:31am
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Mike, Harvest time In the corn fileds! Yes I remember picking with Dads WD45's and a New Idea single row picker. Droping hard ear corn into a rattle bottom gravity box. Was good going in dry field. Not so much fun when the mud was axle deep. Thanks for the great pictures! Regards, Chris ------------- D17 1958 (NFE), WD45 1954 (NFE), WD 1952 (NFE), WD 1950 (WFE), Allis F-40 forklift, Allis CA, Allis D14, Ford Jubilee, Many IH Cub Cadets, 32 Ford Dump, 65 Comet. |
Posted By: AC720Man
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2022 at 9:54pm
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Dad ran a New Idea single row picker with his D15 series II. He made 2 ft sides for our hay wagons, and then added extensions when he realized they could hold more! My 2 brothers and I would get home from school and pitch it in through the old window frames of a old poultry house. Once we got one end down to the floor then we could start using the corn fork. Could move some corn with it for sure but it would whip your butt pretty quickly. And if the picker didn’t get it fully shucked, he wanted that taken care of also. Lol, looking back it was hard work. I remember using snow fence as well, 2 high. That didn’t last long, mice and raccoons caused way too much damage. Later, he finally bought and built a big wire corn crib. Finally, we could shovel it into the new elevator, later came 2 gravity wagons. Awwwww now we’re talking.....lol. Good times on the farm and great memories. Used the corn to grind for feed for the cows and hogs. Also sold some as well. Guess what? Yep, we had to load the buyers truck or wagon also. Ugh ------------- 1968 B-208, 1976 720 (2 of them)Danco brush hog, single bottom plow,52" snow thrower, belly mower,rear tine tiller, rear blade, front blade, 57"sickle bar,1983 917 hydro, 1968 7hp sno-bee, 1968 190XTD |
Posted By: only AC orange
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2022 at 3:51am
| I pick 3 gravity wagon loads for our local tractor club (Warren Area Antique Tractor Club) which we will shell next Summer at our show 4th July week end. Waiting on corn to get drier before I pick with D-15 ser. 11 and Oliver no. 5. Picker butt shells a lot because these newer hybrids are bred to shell easy. We shell with an old resurrected MM sheller, don't know model. |
Posted By: captaindana
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2022 at 5:50am
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I miss picking’ too. Usually 25 to 40 acres every fall according to how much was left after filling 4 silos with silage. NI 2 row I believe a 325(?) with our 180 gas and later Case 970 and IH 966. Those smells will never be forgotten! ------------- Blue Skies and Tail Winds Dana |
Posted By: IBWD MIke
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2022 at 8:30am
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My buddy took and posted a lot of pictures on Red Power, I poached this one because you don't see these pickers very often. New Idea No. 301, mounted on Farmall M. My uncle Dan had, and his son may still have, a David Bradley wagon just like the one pictured. Edit; Glad you guys like the pictures.  
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Posted By: JSHIVERS
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2022 at 11:13am
| I did not grow up on a farm. My father did and he sparked my interest by taking me to farm/tractor shows as a kid. I remember seeing this type of equipment being used on small farms around Northern Indiana where I grew up as well as bigger combines. These pics take me back to that time. Thanks for sharing them. |
Posted By: darrel in ND
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2022 at 11:23am
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Very good thread going on here; I love it! Darrel |
Posted By: IBWD MIke
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2022 at 2:41pm
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Thanks guys! |
Posted By: Dennis J OPKs
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2022 at 8:45pm
| The old Allis 2 row mounted pickers got a bad rap from competition because they had no husking bed, but generally from what I remember they weren't that bad at husking. I didn't operate one but my Dad & Uncle's did the picking, and I did a lot of hauling. Mud was always a challenge and remember them having to wait for the ground to freeze. Not a lot of clarence for the mud build-up. |