To get a starting point as to what the mounting brackets might fit, what tractors were at the sale you bought the picker at, and were any of them NF?

If the mounts are the universal ones, which use a hydralic cylinder instead of the rockshaft, the half-moon and chains can be moved in and out to match the frame width on the tractor. Where you run into problems is finding all the brackets and rods that were used with an individual model of a tractor, even if the tractor was of the same make as the picker.

When I had my 227, it had come off a 60, and I hoped it would have mounted on my 1958 720D, my 237 had came off a 3020, and the intent was to mount it on my late 4020, as I believe, but I cannot remember if the picker had the extension on the front tin, my 226 came off a late B, and it was to have been mounted on my 1952 A, the best thing you can do when you get to bringing home the old implements is to make sure that it has all the brackets and rods that came with it, as the machines were very model specific.  To give you an idea, there are two little extensions used when mounting a #50 sheller on a 4020 fitted with 18.4X38 tires,  that are not used when the tractor has smaller rear tires on it.

The strangest combination I ever saw was a JD 237 mounted on a MH 44.

If you want, I have the phone number of the person who bought my pickers, I somehow wound up with 2 elevators for the 227. He is located in the Gainesville, Texas area.

-- Edited by Art From De Leon on Saturday 14th of November 2009 02:17:01 PM