My uncle picked 80 acres of corn with a 4230 John Deere and 300 husker until about the year 2000. Died in the 4230 as a matter of fact. Loved him dearly, you know what I'm doing now . John T.
Really takes me back. It’s 1964 and Dad is picking corn with a one row New Idea unit, pulled by a Farmall M. I got to ride in the wagon trying to catch the ears. Good times.
We have a niche market for ear corn, so we pick and crib quite a bit. Our picking fleet includes a JD 237. It's been on a 720 Diesel, a 3010, and 3020. We also have a New Idea 2 row pull type, and a New Idea 800 Uni System.
My Dad and I farmed just north of Jackson, Michigan we used a 1950's Wood Brothers single row pull type picker powered by our 1951 Farmall M enjoy your programs thanks
I just bought a single row new idea the other day, we do high moisture corn for our dairy herd, but I've been told ground ear corn makes good steer feed. So I figured for the steer herd we'd go backwards 60 years and give it a go. Dad had a 2 row picker when I was young but all I've ever known was the combine, so this is all new to me lol
Man! I like that Ford 5000. That is clean. The farmer I worked for growing up had one just like that for hi main tractor. Never got to run it though. I like watching this old school stuff at work like this. Very cool.
My Grandpa picked about 50 acres of corn every year until about 2001 he used a wd45 with a ford 2 row mounted picker and would fill 2 wire cribs with a new idea elevator it was always fun to watch. Thanks for sharing!
@@bigtractorpower He actually bought it that way at an auction in the 70s he always told me it was very "cobbled up" and if you ever took the picker off you'd probably not get it back on. I actually just sold it last year to a neighbor who wanted parts from the picker.
I enjoy seeing this old equipment working. My neighbor had a New Idea a one 10:34 row corn picker was I was a young boy. Grandpa had a self-propel, I don't remember what the name brand was. I got to use it one time. It was fun. Great video again. I always enjoy watching your videos.
Thank you jason for sharing this corn picker video. My aunt had a new idea number 6 corm picker then she updated in the early 90 when she bought a new idea 323 single row corn picker and both puckers were pulled by a john deere 530 gas tractor then she sold the corn picker i think around 2008 to a guy for 800 dollars .then she passed away in august 2013 and the farm and what equipment was left and what dairy hiefers and milk cows were sold in october of 2013 .i sure do miss those good old days . Thank you jason shaing these videos . And to share the original price tag of the tractors andcequipment including the production history as well.
I can remember picking corn with a 2 row New Idea pull type picker. We used an 1800 Oliver gas tractor to pull it. Later on I used to help my cousin hall wagons to the crib with the 1800. They were picking with a Uni-Systems 801A and a 6 row head so we were hustling. All gone now I sure miss that time.
We still pick corn every year with a New Idea 323 picker. Depending on field conditions, we pull it with either an Oliver 66, 77 or if it's muddy, the OC6 crawler. When i was a kid, i spent hours riding in the gravity wagons. I lost at least 1 toe nail from unhooking wagons, and that was before we had extendable tongues.
My dad always had a Farmall M with a new ideal or International mounted picker on it. For years he would go around and open neighbors fields to get them going. Then we would really have to move to get ours done.
Last time I picked corn, I used a NI 325 pull type. Usually behind a JD 2950 SoundGard mfwd. I once finished picking in March, because of weather and help situation. I still have the machine, and it's in a shed. NI made good pickers.
I used to use an IH 234 on a 400 Farmall. Have now gone to a 708 UNI system and pick 800-1000 bu per year. My brother still uses an IH 234 that is mounted on a 706.
My first picker was a 237 mounted on a 70 diesel. I did put it on a 60 a couple of times. It was well worn when I had it. I since switched to 30 inch row and now use a 325 New Idea. 324/325 pickers were most common here. The snapping rolled tended to shell corn but it's seemed to me that was more of a problem if you were picking in cold weather when it was dry.
Thought it was a bit odd that he was picking so high & still plugging. Went to look at my video & the corn in the pictures looked like sticks with ears hung on them. The varieties have sure changed up! Thanks for the cool vid. Haven't seen too many 237s in action. NI & IH were big around here. Regards!!
This is the type of video. I really enjoyed having the chance to share to see history in action. Not something you see everyday but once was very common.
Ah, and then after cribbing the corn there came the time to have the shellers come in to do their work. Had many a "corn cob fight" with my buddies on the mounds of cobs after that. Man , those were the good old days!!!@
Although that technology looks so bleak compared to today’s combine, can you imagine back in the day when that corn picker was introduced? Farmers no longer having to pick corn by hand? How much faster and less manual labor? It was a godsend!! Always cool to see history in action.
What do they do with the corn? Never seen this overhere in the Netherlands. Most of our corn is getting chopped to feed cattle or biogas plants, or shred the kernels after it was threshed by a combine harvester.
In the day it was put into a corn crib with spaced boards or wire mesh to keep corn in and allow for airflow to dry the corn. It was later shelled or ground for feed. Sometimes it ground and blown into silos at harvest time. We had a large crib, one of the last built I called it our 10,000 bushel drying bin that used no gas or electricity.
No, the corn is stored whole in a "crib", often a heavy mesh structure like a bin, but it doesn't have solid walls and allows air flow. The entire ear is then ground for cattle feed. It provides both fiber and energy for the ration. Great question! 👍
It was 97 degrees the day this was filmed. There is a clean air vent that protrudes behind the center abound to pull air in. Before combines gained popularity harvesting corn in the 1969’s with advent of drying technology the majority of the corn in the United States was harvested this way.
@@corerlt There were probably farmers who reworked the machinery they had before any manufacturer offered it. I had a neighbor who had adjusted his wide row equipment down to 34" without modifying anything, so it wouldn't have been hard to do 30 if you wanted to .The old planters would have been the tricky one to do.
That is a good question. I had this question asked on a combine video last month. I am researching it. Gleaner was the first to offer ultra narrow rows at 20 inches in the early 60’s. The 30 inch head most likely was pioneered by Gleaner, International Harvester, Massey Ferguson or John Deere. It would coincide with a 30 inch corn planters. It may be one that was first or a few that all debut in one year. Oliver maybe possible too but I don’t think so.
@@corerlt Best info I ran across was John Deere introduced their 894A 8 row 30"' in 1965. Really nothing new invented per se, just building equipment that could be set up for 30" rows. Other brands may have been earlier. Many changes in Ag are brought about by farmer innovation, then the machinery companies get on board. Example farmer Marion Calmer developed 15" corn heads 25 years ago. Not widely enough adapted for the big manufacturers, so he sells his own brand.
Thank you for subscribing, but I do not share my footage. I drive thousands of miles and spend hundreds of hours filming in producing this content. Items like this picker are very rare to see at 60 years old in the field. I have a great problem with so many people taking my content and reposting it without permission then that content is taken from those posts by other people and on and on its spreads. I have too much invested in time tracking down these tractors. Do you have them posted elsewhere on UA-cam.
When I was younger working for a local farmer he had the 227 and a 2 cylinder 720 gas . Until the front rolls wore out. Then it was a mounted New Holland but I can't remember the number on it.
My uncle picked 80 acres of corn with a 4230 John Deere and 300 husker until about the year 2000. Died in the 4230 as a matter of fact. Loved him dearly, you know what I'm doing now . John T.
I always enjoy watching the older equipment. Makes you realize how far we've come. Thanks Jason 👍🏻
At 64 years young I have definitely once used this . I loved the old school farming. I also have to admit farming have come a long ways .
Really takes me back. It’s 1964 and Dad is picking corn with a one row New Idea unit, pulled by a Farmall M. I got to ride in the wagon trying to catch the ears. Good times.
Don't laugh at me but I use a two row new idea to this day to pick my corn... Works just fine..
@@kygreenskeeper8326 heck, I may want to come by and catch the ears as they fall into the trailer!😂
This reminds me of my favorite childhood book. Corny corn picker. Loved that book
Thanks for sharing this video. That is my brother Chris on the Ford. He works for Ricky. Enjoyed the video very much.
Neat to see one of these pickers in a BTP video!
New Idea were much more common in my area when I was a kid. My uncle picked my dad's corn using a NI. I still enjoy videos like this.
We have a niche market for ear corn, so we pick and crib quite a bit. Our picking fleet includes a JD 237. It's been on a 720 Diesel, a 3010, and 3020. We also have a New Idea 2 row pull type, and a New Idea 800 Uni System.
Corn pickers are cool machines👍😁 nice video, thank you for sharing👍👍
Nice lookin 5000 row crop
My Dad and I farmed just north of Jackson, Michigan we used a 1950's Wood Brothers single row pull type picker powered by our 1951 Farmall M enjoy your programs thanks
I just bought a single row new idea the other day, we do high moisture corn for our dairy herd, but I've been told ground ear corn makes good steer feed. So I figured for the steer herd we'd go backwards 60 years and give it a go. Dad had a 2 row picker when I was young but all I've ever known was the combine, so this is all new to me lol
Ear corn makes a great finish ration for cattle! 👍👍
There's no better corn sheller than a New Idea picker!
I have ground many round cribs of ear corn for cattle feed. Used to shovel all day and clean it out. About 2 months later, empty another one!!
Corn pickers were a fine invention. Shelling the corn was a loud process. You got dust on yourself. My Grandpa owned a corn sheller at one time.
These were a major step up from hand picking a field. The combine was a game changer for corn harvesting.
Man! I like that Ford 5000. That is clean. The farmer I worked for growing up had one just like that for hi main tractor. Never got to run it though. I like watching this old school stuff at work like this. Very cool.
i always amazes me to see this stuff, I was born in the 90s and untill a few years ago I didn't even realize combines were not always the standard
My Grandpa picked about 50 acres of corn every year until about 2001 he used a wd45 with a ford 2 row mounted picker and would fill 2 wire cribs with a new idea elevator it was always fun to watch. Thanks for sharing!
Very very cool line up. It would be interesting to know why he chose the Ford picker over an Allis Chalmers or New idea.
@@bigtractorpower He actually bought it that way at an auction in the 70s he always told me it was very "cobbled up" and if you ever took the picker off you'd probably not get it back on. I actually just sold it last year to a neighbor who wanted parts from the picker.
Thank you that brings back a lot of memories we had a new idea two row pull behind sheller corn picker
I enjoy seeing this old equipment working. My neighbor had a New Idea a one 10:34 row corn picker was I was a young boy. Grandpa had a self-propel, I don't remember what the name brand was. I got to use it one time. It was fun. Great video again. I always enjoy watching your videos.
Thank you jason for sharing this corn picker video.
My aunt had a new idea number 6 corm picker then she updated in the early 90 when she bought a new idea 323 single row corn picker and both puckers were pulled by a john deere 530 gas tractor then she sold the corn picker i think around 2008 to a guy for 800 dollars .then she passed away in august 2013 and the farm and what equipment was left and what dairy hiefers and milk cows were sold in october of 2013 .i sure do miss those good old days .
Thank you jason shaing these videos . And to share the original price tag of the tractors andcequipment including the production history as well.
I can remember picking corn with a 2 row New Idea pull type picker. We used an 1800 Oliver gas tractor to pull it. Later on I used to help my cousin hall wagons to the crib with the 1800. They were picking with a Uni-Systems 801A and a 6 row head so we were hustling. All gone now I sure miss that time.
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A super💯amazin weekend.
We still pick corn every year with a New Idea 323 picker. Depending on field conditions, we pull it with either an Oliver 66, 77 or if it's muddy, the OC6 crawler. When i was a kid, i spent hours riding in the gravity wagons. I lost at least 1 toe nail from unhooking wagons, and that was before we had extendable tongues.
Nice presentation big T 👍👍👍
Nice to see machinery I'd never see over here...
My dad always had a Farmall M with a new ideal or International mounted picker on it. For years he would go around and open neighbors fields to get them going. Then we would really have to move to get ours done.
I remember those out in the fields In will county Illinois
These machines work so well today thanks to better herbicides to control grasses and weeds.
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Last time I picked corn, I used a NI 325 pull type. Usually behind a JD 2950 SoundGard mfwd. I once finished picking in March, because of weather and help situation. I still have the machine, and it's in a shed. NI made good pickers.
Great video, my grandfather had one these corn pickers👍👍👍
Very cool. What tractor did he run it on?
Great video love the good old tractors in action. My late father picked corn with a farmall 450 with a 2mh picker
Very cool IH harvesting team.
I used to use an IH 234 on a 400 Farmall. Have now gone to a 708 UNI system and pick 800-1000 bu per year. My brother still uses an IH 234 that is mounted on a 706.
Very very cool on the Uni and 706.
My uncle John lost his right hand in a corn picker before I was born. He had a hook as long as I could remember. He is gone now. Days gone by.
Corn pickers rule! So cool.
My first picker was a 237 mounted on a 70 diesel. I did put it on a 60 a couple of times. It was well worn when I had it. I since switched to 30 inch row and now use a 325 New Idea. 324/325 pickers were most common here. The snapping rolled tended to shell corn but it's seemed to me that was more of a problem if you were picking in cold weather when it was dry.
I really enjoyed this video. I also have a 3020 & 237. And a jd 300 corn husker. And a jd no. 6 corn sheller. I use them for fun.
Thought it was a bit odd that he was picking so high & still plugging. Went to look at my video & the corn in the pictures looked like sticks with ears hung on them. The varieties have sure changed up! Thanks for the cool vid. Haven't seen too many 237s in action. NI & IH were big around here. Regards!!
That's the farming I grew up with, and they look like the farmers I grew up with, too.
This is the type of video. I really enjoyed having the chance to share to see history in action. Not something you see everyday but once was very common.
Great video Jason, we’re hoping to start beans in just over a week.
I picked corn with a 227 mounted on a 530.
Very nice introducing empliments of jandear
Great video good to see y'all
This was a great opportunity to see a 237 harvesting outside a classic field demonstration.
Ah, and then after cribbing the corn there came the time to have the shellers come in to do their work. Had many a "corn cob fight" with my buddies on the mounds of cobs after that. Man , those were the good old days!!!@
👌 Excellent👌 video
That 5000 is the bees knees
I'd love to have that old picker for my 40 acres Jason... It be perfect
This was a cool find. It’s not every day you get to see one of these still out harvesting corn.
Pappy bought a new ford mounted 1 row late 50s on a ford 860 tractor now I use a NI 2row narrow pulled by a jd2940
Although that technology looks so bleak compared to today’s combine, can you imagine back in the day when that corn picker was introduced? Farmers no longer having to pick corn by hand? How much faster and less manual labor? It was a godsend!! Always cool to see history in action.
Our tractor club raises ear corn to sell to the dear hunters. We use a McCormick 1 row corn picker behind an H Farmall.
Very cool. Nice harvest combo.
Freaking amazing
Hi from Dexter🏠Missouri
Good video.
Thank you Frank.
We had a AC on a D17 when I was younger by Plymouth Illinois in late 60s
Very nice harvest team.
I personally think if ya are a small enough farmer buying a picker or a picker with sheller ain't a bad idea instead of buying a combine
Men of Agriculture..
Picked many an acre with a New Idea 2 row pull type picker🌽🌽🌽
What do they do with the corn? Never seen this overhere in the Netherlands. Most of our corn is getting chopped to feed cattle or biogas plants, or shred the kernels after it was threshed by a combine harvester.
In the day it was put into a corn crib with spaced boards or wire mesh to keep corn in and allow for airflow to dry the corn.
It was later shelled or ground for feed.
Sometimes it ground and blown into silos at harvest time.
We had a large crib, one of the last built I called it our 10,000 bushel drying bin that used no gas or electricity.
As always
You should show what happens after they bring the wagons in. Are they brought to a threshing machine?
No, the corn is stored whole in a "crib", often a heavy mesh structure like a bin, but it doesn't have solid walls and allows air flow. The entire ear is then ground for cattle feed. It provides both fiber and energy for the ration. Great question! 👍
Apparently the radiator gets enough air flow, to keep from overheating. Not sure how though.
It was 97 degrees the day this was filmed. There is a clean air vent that protrudes behind the center abound to pull air in. Before combines gained popularity harvesting corn in the 1969’s with advent of drying technology the majority of the corn in the United States was harvested this way.
Why pick corn, instead of Combining it or cutting it for Silage?
impossible task here in Africa for 2 people
Who invented the first 30 inch row equipment? And what year?
30 " corn and soybean rows started in the 60s. A few tried 20" in the early 70s .Sugar beets were grown in 22" rows in MN /Dakotas in the 60s.
@@lynwessel2471 Thank you for that information. Do you happen to know which equipment manufacturer was the first to try it?
@@corerlt There were probably farmers who reworked the machinery they had before any manufacturer offered it. I had a neighbor who had adjusted his wide row equipment down to 34" without modifying anything, so it wouldn't have been hard to do 30 if you wanted to .The old planters would have been the tricky one to do.
That is a good question. I had this question asked on a combine video last month. I am researching it. Gleaner was the first to offer ultra narrow rows at 20 inches in the early 60’s. The 30 inch head most likely was pioneered by Gleaner, International Harvester, Massey Ferguson or John Deere. It would coincide with a 30 inch corn planters. It may be one that was first or a few that all debut in one year. Oliver maybe possible too but I don’t think so.
@@corerlt Best info I ran across was John Deere introduced their 894A 8 row 30"' in 1965. Really nothing new invented per se, just building equipment that could be set up for 30" rows. Other brands may have been earlier. Many changes in Ag are brought about by farmer innovation, then the machinery companies get on board. Example farmer Marion Calmer developed 15" corn heads 25 years ago. Not widely enough adapted for the big manufacturers, so he sells his own brand.
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Thank you for subscribing, but I do not share my footage. I drive thousands of miles and spend hundreds of hours filming in producing this content. Items like this picker are very rare to see at 60 years old in the field. I have a great problem with so many people taking my content and reposting it without permission then that content is taken from those posts by other people and on and on its spreads. I have too much invested in time tracking down these tractors. Do you have them posted elsewhere on UA-cam.
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When I was younger working for a local farmer he had the 227 and a 2 cylinder 720 gas . Until the front rolls wore out. Then it was a mounted New Holland but I can't remember the number on it.