Corn picker forum

OldJD2Cyls · OldJD2Cyls

First post, been reading for awhile, love all the great posts! We just got our JD 227 in the field today, and it was working awesome...then after one row, the one side got to plugging up. Got to investigating, and the side that is plugging up, the snapping rolls are a bit wider than the other (good working...

treekiller · treekiller

I guess today was my unlucky day... I saw a guy I knew and happened to mention I was looking for an old corn picker, ended up going over to his place to look at a John Deere 101 Quik-Tach in his shed. Turned out he had this one, plus 2 more "parts pickers". The only bad thing is the wagon elevators a...

Dave Morlock · Dave Morlock

I just bought a new idea 313 picker. It is in a barn and has two flat tires that are dry rotted pretty bad. I could not see the tire size in the dark, what size do they have on them?? Thanks Dave

mccline · mccline

Got done picking. Corn better then what we expected. The 706 worked great. The 737 husking bed doesn't have the metal cleats in the husking rolls. That's why the corn isn't as clean as it should be. I have them just thought I would try it with out them. I'm going to grind all the ear corn for my heifers this w...

Cumminssmoke48 · Cumminssmoke48

I have a New Idea 324 picker. In moderate corn (150 bu.), how many acres per hour would you be able to pick? It would be run by a 95hp. tractor.

gary in neb · gary in neb

what would some of you recommend for brand and variety of corn for ear picking? this past year i just planted some left over Golden Harvest my neighbor had. dont know if one brand is better or worse than another. heavy ground dryland Gary

hammermill79 · hammermill79

Here is a photo of my Cowin Cornsaver crib that we set on the pillars today (10/4). Would have like to gotten pictures of it getting moved on to the pillars with 2 payloaders and 2 FWA loader tractors but there was too much going on to take any.

hammermill79 · hammermill79

Poured pillars today to set a Cowin Cornsaver crib on. Hope to have crib set on pillars Friday morning. Don't know much about the manufacturer other than they were built in Minneapolis, MN. Find it hard to believe they were not more common on account of their sloped bottom making them easy to empty. At...

Picker forum member in magazine article · JimIa

I was reading through the August 2013 Farm Collector magazine and saw some Minnesota wagons that looked familiar. Low and behold it was fellow forum member KA656s wagons. Great article, a must read. Congrats Kirk! Jim

millstream · millstream

How can I tell when my ear corn is dry enough to pick so it will keep in my crib? The first year I picked it too early and got a bit of mold on it, last year I picked it too late and the birds and deer ate most of it in the field. Short of a moisture meter, I read somewhere where you can weigh a few ears then dry them in a...

EARL T · EARL T

I have seen some pictures of a ear corn spreader that Behlen made for there cribs. I wanting to add that to mine. It looks to be a round disk with three rods bent to match the angle of the support ring for the roof. My question is would any of you take couple of measurements for me? I would like to know what...

newidea324 · newidea324

Hey guys i got a new idea 324 picker with a 329 supesheller. Right know i do 36 inch rows an im thinking of going to 30 inch row corn. I was wandering if anyone has used a wide row picker on 30 inch corn. If so how hard is it to pick the corn with the head being set for wide rows.

rustyfordgarage · rustyfordgarage

Finally putting the crib I went and got a year and a half ago up here at home. Didn't have much use for it last year with the dry weather. -- Edited by rustyfordgarage on Tuesday 17th of September 2013 10:30:42 AM

farm-al · farm-al

Has any one had any experience removing the oil pan on a chevey 292 in a 701 uni, Looks like the back crossmember needs to come out to get the pan down,thanks for any advice you may have,Al

dozerman · dozerman

Hey guys. I have a 309 ni snapper,It is shelling way to much corn. I have changed the withe of the rollers from all the way colsed to all the way open.Is there any other adjustment that would help with this. Should i have gathered at higher moisture it is at 15%. I am new at this so any ideals will be helpful. T...

Tim in NJ · Tim in NJ

Saw one of those elusive UFT 1-row pickers on Wengers lot in Myerstown, PA. Probably one of the last ones built. They have it listed on their website but don't have photos up yet.

mplatt4 · mplatt4

I want to remove the huskers on my 601 ford picker and use it to pick sweet corn. I Did this long ago (35 years ago) to a AC pull type with my uncle and cant remember if we had to do anything to it to make it work without the huskers, but it worked great. Has anyone done this with a mounted 601 and can you tell me w...

millstream · millstream

I've got a NI 323 picker that is missing what I call the "short gathering chain and front sprocket" on the left finger of the snoot. (Left referring to standing behind the picker looking forward) I called a bone yard and the guy I spoke to acted like he never heard of what I was talking about....

j bertrand · j bertrand

Some pictures from Half Century of Progress Show 2013.

DJ53 · DJ53

newidea324 · newidea324

Hey guys I was wandering what time of day do you normally start picking corn. I got a picker and 329 super sheller and I think the earliest I started was 9am. I would like to start at 5 or 6 am but I know someone told me you got to watch cause the morning dew that you may have trouble picking. I just wande...

Bob J · Bob J

Does anyone know why we have some ears of corn growing out of the tassles and on top of the corn stalks? The ears have no husks. We have a sweet corn patch nearby. Did the field corn cross polinate? Thanks for a reply

huntn4time · huntn4time

My son recently purchased what we believe is a Walsh Flair Box wagon. It has a manual hydraulic jack type hoist. The name Walsh was cast on the jack. We are unsure how this hoist works. Any help would be appreciated. I have attached some photos. Thank you.

treekiller · treekiller

I guess it must be my lucky day. I got a call about another mounted picker and went to look at it, turns out I had seen it before. It's a JD 227 that has been shedded on a concrete floor, complete with a 50 sheller. It had been mounted on a late-styled "A" that a friend bought a few years back, the mou...

treekiller · treekiller

Hi, I've got a couple of questions about mounting a John Deere 237 on a Late A JD. We had one on a 3020 when I was growing up and I have a chance to buy a "long nose" 237 that has always been shedded and is only a couple miles away. Supposedly all the screens, 1,000rpm drive, etc. are with it for the 30...

treekiller · treekiller

Ok, looking for an alternative to the mounted picker idea. What would be the best picker for my Late-Styled John Deere "B"? Where I'm likely going to be using it is slightly hilly, not too steep but definitely sloping. I like the JD 101, but availability and practicality are kinda slim. Nev...

DaveS · DaveS

Looking for a operators manual for the 4B JD sheller. It was my great grandfathers and I dragged it out of the trees. It needs a bearing and some sheet metal repair but it looks salvagable. Thanks, Dave

DJ53 · DJ53

DJ53 · DJ53

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Hudsonator · Hudsonator

I've been pickin' corn forever, but know nothing about shellers. I'm going to have to find a sheller, or some way to pick/shell on my farm. The MM shellers really appeal to me (watching them on YouTube), but I know nothing about them. I have no idea what the capacity or characteristics of a D vs E vs 1200...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	John Deere 227 Snapping Roll Adjustment? (Preview) First post, been reading for awhile, love all the great posts! We just got our JD 227 in the field today, and it was working awesome...then after one row, the one side got to plugging up. Got to investigating, and the side that is plugging up, the snapping rolls are a bit wider than the other (good working...	OldJD2Cyls	0	1022	Tue Oct 22 04:50 2013 by OldJD2Cyls
	Went to look at a picker, bought 3 (Preview) I guess today was my unlucky day... I saw a guy I knew and happened to mention I was looking for an old corn picker, ended up going over to his place to look at a John Deere 101 Quik-Tach in his shed. Turned out he had this one, plus 2 more "parts pickers". The only bad thing is the wagon elevators a...	treekiller	5	2409	Sun Oct 20 18:23 2013 by Bleeding Orange
	new idea 313 picker (Preview) I just bought a new idea 313 picker. It is in a barn and has two flat tires that are dry rotted pretty bad. I could not see the tire size in the dark, what size do they have on them?? Thanks Dave	Dave Morlock	2	2082	Sun Oct 20 02:55 2013 by Dave Morlock
	Picking Corn (Preview) Got done picking. Corn better then what we expected. The 706 worked great. The 737 husking bed doesn't have the metal cleats in the husking rolls. That's why the corn isn't as clean as it should be. I have them just thought I would try it with out them. I'm going to grind all the ear corn for my heifers this w...	mccline	2	1524	Tue Oct 15 01:25 2013 by KA656
	New Idea 324 acres/hour? (Preview) I have a New Idea 324 picker. In moderate corn (150 bu.), how many acres per hour would you be able to pick? It would be run by a 95hp. tractor.	Cumminssmoke48	1	1186	Wed Oct 9 17:33 2013 by fourquartersdairy
	best corn for picking (Preview) what would some of you recommend for brand and variety of corn for ear picking? this past year i just planted some left over Golden Harvest my neighbor had. dont know if one brand is better or worse than another. heavy ground dryland Gary	gary in neb	1	1760	Wed Oct 9 00:11 2013 by George in CNY
	Cowin corn crib setup part 2 (Preview) Here is a photo of my Cowin Cornsaver crib that we set on the pillars today (10/4). Would have like to gotten pictures of it getting moved on to the pillars with 2 payloaders and 2 FWA loader tractors but there was too much going on to take any.	hammermill79	0	1353	Sat Oct 5 03:51 2013 by hammermill79
	Setting up a Cowin Cornsaver corn crib (Preview) Poured pillars today to set a Cowin Cornsaver crib on. Hope to have crib set on pillars Friday morning. Don't know much about the manufacturer other than they were built in Minneapolis, MN. Find it hard to believe they were not more common on account of their sloped bottom making them easy to empty. At...	hammermill79	9	2708	Sat Oct 5 03:44 2013 by hammermill79
	Picker forum member in magazine article (Preview) I was reading through the August 2013 Farm Collector magazine and saw some Minnesota wagons that looked familiar. Low and behold it was fellow forum member KA656s wagons. Great article, a must read. Congrats Kirk! Jim	JimIa	2	1254	Thu Oct 3 00:36 2013 by JimIa
	When is corn dry enough to pick? (Preview) How can I tell when my ear corn is dry enough to pick so it will keep in my crib? The first year I picked it too early and got a bit of mold on it, last year I picked it too late and the birds and deer ate most of it in the field. Short of a moisture meter, I read somewhere where you can weigh a few ears then dry them in a...	millstream	3	1675	Wed Oct 2 04:17 2013 by treekiller
	Behlen Ear Corn Spreader (Preview) I have seen some pictures of a ear corn spreader that Behlen made for there cribs. I wanting to add that to mine. It looks to be a round disk with three rods bent to match the angle of the support ring for the roof. My question is would any of you take couple of measurements for me? I would like to know what...	EARL T	7	2508	Wed Oct 2 04:00 2013 by Cornfed Cornhusker
	picking narrow row corn with wide row picker (Preview) Hey guys i got a new idea 324 picker with a 329 supesheller. Right know i do 36 inch rows an im thinking of going to 30 inch row corn. I was wandering if anyone has used a wide row picker on 30 inch corn. If so how hard is it to pick the corn with the head being set for wide rows.	newidea324	2	2568	Mon Sep 30 12:07 2013 by newidea324
	Corn Crib Going Up (Preview) Finally putting the crib I went and got a year and a half ago up here at home. Didn't have much use for it last year with the dry weather. -- Edited by rustyfordgarage on Tuesday 17th of September 2013 10:30:42 AM	rustyfordgarage	8	2391	Mon Sep 30 03:45 2013 by HuskerMedic
	701 uni (Preview) Has any one had any experience removing the oil pan on a chevey 292 in a 701 uni, Looks like the back crossmember needs to come out to get the pan down,thanks for any advice you may have,Al	farm-al	1	1198	Sat Sep 28 02:24 2013 by Cal-Foxx
	Shelling to much corn (Preview) Hey guys. I have a 309 ni snapper,It is shelling way to much corn. I have changed the withe of the rollers from all the way colsed to all the way open.Is there any other adjustment that would help with this. Should i have gathered at higher moisture it is at 15%. I am new at this so any ideals will be helpful. T...	dozerman	4	1417	Sat Sep 28 02:02 2013 by dozerman
	United Farm Tools picker at Wengers (Preview) Saw one of those elusive UFT 1-row pickers on Wengers lot in Myerstown, PA. Probably one of the last ones built. They have it listed on their website but don't have photos up yet.	Tim in NJ	0	1157	Thu Sep 26 20:47 2013 by Tim in NJ
	Removing huskers on a Ford 601 corn picker (Preview) I want to remove the huskers on my 601 ford picker and use it to pick sweet corn. I Did this long ago (35 years ago) to a AC pull type with my uncle and cant remember if we had to do anything to it to make it work without the huskers, but it worked great. Has anyone done this with a mounted 601 and can you tell me w...	mplatt4	0	952	Tue Sep 24 22:36 2013 by mplatt4
	Need help with the name of the part (Preview) I've got a NI 323 picker that is missing what I call the "short gathering chain and front sprocket" on the left finger of the snoot. (Left referring to standing behind the picker looking forward) I called a bone yard and the guy I spoke to acted like he never heard of what I was talking about....	millstream	3	1042	Tue Sep 24 15:18 2013 by UNIFARMOR
	A few pictures from half Century of Progress Show (Preview) Some pictures from Half Century of Progress Show 2013.	j bertrand	2	1303	Tue Sep 24 00:42 2013 by KA656
	Final set from HCoP 2013 (Preview)	DJ53	7	1575	Sun Sep 22 23:07 2013 by j bertrand
	corn picking conditions (Preview) Hey guys I was wandering what time of day do you normally start picking corn. I got a picker and 329 super sheller and I think the earliest I started was 9am. I would like to start at 5 or 6 am but I know someone told me you got to watch cause the morning dew that you may have trouble picking. I just wande...	newidea324	10	2084	Sun Sep 15 21:24 2013 by Double D Shelling
	Corn growing on tassles (Preview) Does anyone know why we have some ears of corn growing out of the tassles and on top of the corn stalks? The ears have no husks. We have a sweet corn patch nearby. Did the field corn cross polinate? Thanks for a reply	Bob J	2	2706	Fri Sep 13 03:21 2013 by pickerwood53
	Walsh Flair Box Wagon (Preview) My son recently purchased what we believe is a Walsh Flair Box wagon. It has a manual hydraulic jack type hoist. The name Walsh was cast on the jack. We are unsure how this hoist works. Any help would be appreciated. I have attached some photos. Thank you.	huntn4time	6	1848	Mon Sep 9 17:38 2013 by rustyfordgarage
	Found another picker (Preview) I guess it must be my lucky day. I got a call about another mounted picker and went to look at it, turns out I had seen it before. It's a JD 227 that has been shedded on a concrete floor, complete with a 50 sheller. It had been mounted on a late-styled "A" that a friend bought a few years back, the mou...	treekiller	6	1362	Fri Sep 6 02:27 2013 by treekiller
	mounting JD 237 on a late "A" (Preview) Hi, I've got a couple of questions about mounting a John Deere 237 on a Late A JD. We had one on a 3020 when I was growing up and I have a chance to buy a "long nose" 237 that has always been shedded and is only a couple miles away. Supposedly all the screens, 1,000rpm drive, etc. are with it for the 30...	treekiller	7	1596	Mon Sep 2 16:00 2013 by 70pony
	Plan "B" (Preview) Ok, looking for an alternative to the mounted picker idea. What would be the best picker for my Late-Styled John Deere "B"? Where I'm likely going to be using it is slightly hilly, not too steep but definitely sloping. I like the JD 101, but availability and practicality are kinda slim. Nev...	treekiller	7	1285	Sun Sep 1 10:09 2013 by treekiller
	Looking for manual for JD 4B sheller (Preview) Looking for a operators manual for the 4B JD sheller. It was my great grandfathers and I dragged it out of the trees. It needs a bearing and some sheet metal repair but it looks salvagable. Thanks, Dave	DaveS	1	1189	Fri Aug 30 00:29 2013 by treekiller
	More from HCoP 2013 (Preview)	DJ53	2	1137	Tue Aug 27 22:15 2013 by KA656
	Picker photos from 2013 Half Century of Progress (Preview) Saturday morning:	DJ53	1	1543	Tue Aug 27 22:14 2013 by KA656
	Teach me about MM shellers (Preview) I've been pickin' corn forever, but know nothing about shellers. I'm going to have to find a sheller, or some way to pick/shell on my farm. The MM shellers really appeal to me (watching them on YouTube), but I know nothing about them. I have no idea what the capacity or characteristics of a D vs E vs 1200...	Hudsonator	16	2263	Sun Aug 25 16:16 2013 by Hudsonator
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