My Dad on a WC with a NI picker
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Topic: My Dad on a WC with a NI picker
Posted By: Don M SEIA
Subject: My Dad on a WC with a NI picker
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2010 at 9:38pm
I don't know alot about this picture.
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Posted By: Allis Fields
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2010 at 10:09pm
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WOW that is neet. |
Posted By: Dave(inMA)
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2010 at 10:25pm
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Don't ya hate it when those stories get lost in time? Wonder what the wagon attaches to........ ------------- WC, CA, D14, WD45 |
Posted By: LouSWPA
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2010 at 10:45pm
| Dems some fancy headlights! |
Posted By: JimIA
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2010 at 10:56pm
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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 |
Posted By: FredW
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2010 at 7:08am
| 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 |
Posted By: A&A MN
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2010 at 8:04am
| If I remember right, it was pulled from where the (horse evener) was attatched to the wagon. |
Posted By: Jim Lindemood
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2010 at 9:25am
| Love those old pictures. Thanks for sharing. |
Posted By: Mojo
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2010 at 10:00am
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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 |
Posted By: Matt (NEIA)
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2010 at 10:59am
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thanks for sharing!
------------- 1955 WD-45 with factory PS |
Posted By: Jeff(WD45-SATX-TN)
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2010 at 10:59am
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I love the old pictures. Thanks for posting. I agree with those above....SWEET headlights!
Jeff
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Posted By: Hudsonator
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2010 at 11:56am
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Nothing I love better than seeing a WC at work. Great photo, thanks for sharing it! ------------- There isn't much a WC can't do. WD's just do it better. |
Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2010 at 12:58pm
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Great picture.
------------- http://www.ae-ta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ae-ta.com Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |
Posted By: alan-nj
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2010 at 1:03pm
| 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 |
Posted By: LouSWPA
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2010 at 2:29pm
good question
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alan-nj wrote:Posted By: Claus
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2010 at 2:43pm
| Not sure of the year the photo was taken but that equupment was some of the best in it's day. |
Posted By: TedBuiskerN.IL.
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2010 at 3:59pm
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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. ------------- Most problems can be solved with the proper application of high explosives. |
Posted By: Rick of HopeIN
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2010 at 4:29pm
| I think they had belt pulley generator rigs like they used on old train engines. |
Posted By: AaronSEIA
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2010 at 4:35pm
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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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Posted By: Ryan Renko
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2010 at 6:23pm
| 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 |
Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2010 at 6:38pm
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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. ------------- http://www.ae-ta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ae-ta.com Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |
Posted By: Ryan Renko
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2010 at 7:09pm
| 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 |
Posted By: Don M SEIA
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2010 at 8:04pm
 Thanks for the comments. Dad was an AC , New Idea dealer 1937-53.
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