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New Idea 327 husker elevator speed?
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Has anyone sped up the elevator on their New Idea pickers? I have a 324 with the 327 husking bed and were wanting to throw the ears a bit farther. The parts book doesn't show anything. Thanks Jim
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Corn Picker Book
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Sorry, we had a few minor glitches with the printer, but we now have the final cost. Before you look at the cost of the book, I just wanted to let you know that the book is 802 pages with well over 1500 illustrations/photos--many in color; we used heavy, quality paper, which made the book almost 2" thick an...
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You can eat the cobb!
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My fellow corn pickers, cornholes corn snakes, Did you know you can eat the cobb?!? Seems like this should be publicly announced. It just makes sense! Think of all the cobbs just being thrown out every year! Its astounding! We need to band together and spread the words to our fellow Americans! Toget...
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Wagon Hoist Brand
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i got this wagon hoist for a running gear I just bought and was wondering if anyone has an idea what brand it might be.
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Anybody picking corn yet?
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Checked my corn with the floating in water test and it's not quite dry enough yet. Thought I'd check in with you all. I'm sure chomping at the bit to try out the 323!
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Adam
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The 323 picker works, some WV corn picking!
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After the long search, and long tow home, it was definitely worth it! we got the corn picked 2 weeks ago right before this long spell of wet weather. Here's a few pics of our corn picking in WV
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Fixing up an old corn crib, ,
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I thought I would show and tell some about my corn crib. The crib has been on our farm since horse and wagon days of corn picking. I found in the concrete, that the steps were added in 1963 probably to keep in from falling over, as the pillars were not on a footing, just in the ground about 6 inches. And they we...
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Towing a corn picker about 80 miles
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I thought I'd start a new thread about getting my corn picker home, in hopes it might help some others. Last week I found a corn picker for a good price on Craigslist, the only problem was it was about 75 miles away by interstate. I had looked long enough to know it was a decent picker for a really good price....
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Adam
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Restoring an Electric 5130 Flare Wagon
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My son and I restored this Electric 5130 Flare Box several years ago, then set it on an extra running gear I had and pushed it into the back of the shed. Late this fall, I finished a long process of swapping this gear from under that wagon, etc., etc., until I got to the Electric running gear that I wanted to p...
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John Deere 45
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Searching for specs on a Deere with serial number 45-25646--age,hp- etc.
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stalker
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Husking roll rebuilder
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I added this to the sticky above, but in case nobody reads that, I wanted to mention that Mr. Taylor passed away almost a year ago. The website is no longer valid. In 2015 he told a friend and me that someone was possibly going to take over his business. I have no idea if that happened. Perhaps the moder...
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Corn harvest Mechanicsville Iowa
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Here are a few pictures that I took from a corn harvest hosted by Dan Robinson this past Saturday. Thank you for the invite Dan Robinson.
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New Idea pickers
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The three New Idea ear corn pickers in the collection of Don Struthers, Collins, IA, photographed after the Oct. 21st picking and plowing event had concluded.
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Antique Harvest Days at Ottumwa
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Just thought I'd post a few photos I took yesterday...
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treekiller
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need help! new idea 319 mounting on farmall m
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I purchased a nice shedded New Idea 319 2 row mounted picker from an estate. The unit was mounted on a Farmall M-TA, and I'll be mounting it on a Farmall M. All the parts seem to be there, and I have the manual for the 319 itself, but I'd like some information on the specifics to put it on the M. What should the w...
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serial numbers
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Does anyone have or know of a way to cross serial numbers to production dates on New Idea pickers?
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Manual for a New Idea no. 302 One Row Pull Type Corn Snapper/Picker
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In Search of a pdf or book Manual for a New Idea no. 302 One Row Pull Type Corn Snapper/Picker. Does anyone have one? Thank You for your help, Steven
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New Idea 323 and flare bed
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Local Davis-Purdue Ag Research Farm in Indiana recently held a field day at the end of August with agronomy topics and also celebrated their 100th anniversary with historical presentations about the farm and its work through the years. Local club had a tractor display of engines and about 20 tra...
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look what I found in my driveway...
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I found these in my driveway when I got home last night, Christmas came early...
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Corn Picker mover
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Hi, is there anybody on here from S.W. Iowa that has a corn picker mover like the dealers used to have? I need to move a 237 Deere and would be willing to "hire" someone if possible... Thanks! -- Edited by treekiller on Sunday 20th of August 2017 02:00:29 PM
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Upcoming Book On New Idea UNI-System
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After purchasing the New Idea cornpicker book, I received a card saying that a book coming out in August on the history of the New Idea Uni-System is being published.
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john deere 71 corn sheller
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Where they a good sheller? Would they shell popcorn? and do they clean the corn?
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Oliver 74 vs. new idea 319
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I want to mount a picker on my farmall 560. friend of mine has a new idea 319 for sale and cousin has a 74 Oliver for sale. I have been told that the 319 has a "universal" mount for the tractor, but looking at the mount for the Oliver is looks the same. Does anyone know if the Oliver is a universal mount?
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Walnut Illinois picker reunion
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Anyone know if there will be a show or is that done away with now?
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HCOP 2017 Rantoul, IL
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I attended my first HCOP show this weekend. A great show!! Thank you to all of the guys who brought corn pickers and demonstrated them in the field. It was a lot of time and effort to do so, but it was appreciated by all in the field watching!! So many pickers, I didn't get them all, I tried, I had some techni...
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Half Century of Progress 2017
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The typical shot is working in the field, but Friday morning the sun angle was wrong so I photographed the waiting line. There were many more but I got these. -- Edited by DJ53 on Saturday 26th of August 2017 09:41:36 AM
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Picture From March 1974 National Geographic
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This is a picture of my cousin Bob, picking corn with his Dad's 237 and 1964 JD 3020 Diesel, with one of their JD varnished wood boxes on a JD running gear. The article was entitled "Nebraska, The Good Life"
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Art From De Leon
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Galvanize paint for new idea picker
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Anyone have a good idea for painting the galvanized metal on a new idea picker? I'm aware of the cold galvanized spray cans, like rustoleum, I was looking for something that came by the quart or gallon and could be brushed on or sprayed. Any advice on brands or tips on brushing or spraying, I'd love to her...
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Which picker to get started with?
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Hi, I've been reading on your forum for a while and have some corn growing so decided to finally join your corn picker community. I raise goats and sheep, on a farm in WV. We also raise some meat chickens and hogs to butcher for our own family use. About a year ago I had some extra hay that I traded for a grinde...
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237 reunited
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Hi, I just agreed to purchase my family's 237 picker that we got new when I was a kid. It's pretty much all there & decent shape for being outside. I have a couple of questions: First, it is approx 30+ miles away & I really don't have a tractor ready to mount it on. What is the best way to get it loaded...
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