Corn picker forum

iowaroads · iowaroads

Hi all. This summer I got a New Idea 326 corn picker at a local auction for $400. For that price I figured it was worth playing around with. Now that I have some free time, I've been working on getting it going. All the parts seem to be there and it seems to be in pretty good shape, but I think it sat outside...

DJ53 · DJ53

hammermill79 · hammermill79

A little over a year ago I posted pictures of setting up a Cowin Corn Saver crib and now thought I would post pictures of how a Kewanee #500 elevator was converted into a drag feed and mounted underneath. First the trunk of the elevator was removed from the running gear. Next the chain was removed then rev...

JimIa · JimIa

I was at a customer's farm yesterday and saw a 237 in his shed. He said he hasn't used it in a number of years. They had it on a 4010 and a 70. He said he would sell it if someone would give it a new home. Located in northeast Iowa near Waucoma. Jim

EARL T · EARL T

What is the difference between the number 6 and number 7 sheller. Looking at pictures they look the same. Is it just a capacity difference? Thanks Earl

pickertim · pickertim

I live about 80- miles from my little farm and am planning to build some kind of shelter for my equipment this up coming year. I cant find my op manual. Does anybody know offhand about how tall the picker is to the top of the wagon elevator? Thanks in advance. Sick and tired of my stuff sitting out and going t...

RichsToys · RichsToys

This past Saturday, Nov. 8, we picked a couple loads of corn at the Minnesota Agricultural Interpretive Center. The plan is to store it till next year and then demonstrate shelling it at our Fall Fair event. One of the pickers we used was a New Idea no. 7 that we bought last year. It had not been in the fie...

dan · dan

Began to pick our corn with the Oliver 70,and new idea no. 7 picker.

RichsToys · RichsToys

I see an occasional photo or two on here of corn shellers mounted on trucks. Just wondering how many of those are still around. When I was younger there used to be several custom operators in our area who had them. Unfortunately, most of them were sold off before I was old enough or in any financial pos...

Dan Robinson · Dan Robinson

Anybody have a source for the cast gathering chains?? Ours are getting to the point that we need to replace them before we do any more. HA875 and HA876 are the numbers I believe. I measured the pitch and got 1 5/8? Can these cast chain be replaced with new style stamped chain? Thanks, Dan [URL=http://...

case corn picker guy · case corn picker guy

Will a bracket for a 630 case tractor work for a 400 tractor to hook up to a Case 425 corn picker? -- Edited by case corn picker guy on Thursday 6th of November 2014 01:20:41 PM

jdtom · jdtom

I've been checking their website occasionally and I see they have now posted dates for the 2015 Half Century of Progress Show - August 27-30 2015. Better get your lodging reservations (and golf cart reservations) lined up!

KA656 · KA656

Saturday, October 25, 2014 my friend Joe and I picked a few loads of ear corn with our corn pickers. Joe has a JD 60 with a 227 mounted picker and I have my IH 706 with 234 picker. The wagons we used were two 12x6 Heider barge wagons, a MN 130 flare wagon, and a 12x6 Nu-Bilt/Lindsay barge wagon. We shelled the c...

300pickerboy · 300pickerboy

have a 300 picker with 343 head rebuilt husking rolls , new brushes, and added two ear movers for a total of four.Having trouble with husks and ears getting hung up on bottom of bed and then the corn backs up and plugs. have the bottom shields set so the rolls are rubbing like the book says. I'm in first gea...

Bartlettfarms1854 · Bartlettfarms1854

Today I got to run my picker for the very first time. My uncle opened up the field with the combine and let me pick a wagon full. It didn't pick very clean. I forgot to put the wagon elevator hopper fan belt on so I got a lot of husks and stalks in the load and my husking rollers are almost as smooth as racing s...

jimbo913 · jimbo913

Hi guys, I bought an Oliver 5 worth fixing but have found that donors are hard to find in my area. Really could use some help if anyone knows where some salvage units are located. Maybe there are equipment boneyards around where I can get them to pull the parts and ship Or someone is just sitting on old part...

cdjdg · cdjdg

Hello everyone I was fortunate enough to attend the show at Ottumwa Iowa this past Saturday. It was a beautiful day and I had a GREAT time there. I would like to thank everyone that had equipment there and all of the people involved in putting the show together. Here a few pictures from the show.

pricesheepfarm · pricesheepfarm

How dry would ear corn need to be for it to keep in a gravity wagon? My crib is full still have more to pick it would stay in th wagons till around feb.

Brown county farmer · Brown county farmer

Does anyone know if you need a ventilation shaft on a 18 foot diameter wire corn crib to keep the corn good?

jreid · jreid

Can anybody tell me what size chain is on feeder chain new idea #10 picker don't have chain I think it is #55

m16ty · m16ty

I bought a F2 Gleaner combine the other day just to save it from the scrapper. The tires are junk and I didn't get any heads but the rest of it seems pretty decent. Since I don't have any heads and don't want to spend the money to put tires on it, I was planning on parting it out. Then I thought about me needing a...

70pony · 70pony

What is the widest rear tire size you can run with a 234 picker and pick 36 inch rows? Friend is setting one up on a 826 and trying to decide if 18.4's will work Or if 15.5's would be better.

pricesheepfarm · pricesheepfarm

Getting ready to paint my 323. I think I seen on here before what color paints to use but can't find it. I was wanting to use rest oleum paint. What colors would match?

DJ53 · DJ53

It was lunch time with its associated lull in activity at the Struthers farm near Collins, IA, Saturday, Oct. 18th. A Farmall M and New Idea No. 20 picker was parked near the end of the field. Nearby, another M with its New Idea No. 319 picker was idle as well. My chance for a photo op had finally arrived. Wh...

Brown county farmer · Brown county farmer

Got another crib up ready for corn

DJ53 · DJ53

jimbo913 · jimbo913

I just bought an Oliver 5 that should be delivered this weekend. I checked on my corn today and about 1/2 of the ears have dropped and it feel relatively dry but the ears are hell to pull off the stalk. So, does the picker need to rip the ear off the stalk and then husk or does it try to pull the ear out of the husk...

TNLee · TNLee

I pulled this one out of a fence row and saved it from being scrapped. It was hard to believe how well it worked after sitting outside that many years. The only down side is that it misses quite a few ears.Is this normal or can I adjust it to pick cleaner? I have tried to close up the snapping rolls but they s...

pricesheepfarm · pricesheepfarm

Iam new to this forum. Just bought a 323 one row new idea picker already had a wagon and have a friend that is going to plant the corn for me next spring. Iam wanting to build a wooden corn crib to hold around 800 bushel of ear corn. Does it matter which way you face the crib( like north to south or east to west??...

krp · krp

I have a 1000 gehl corn chopper that I put a 600 snapper head on it . the corn will not feed into the chopper any advice?

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	New Idea 326 picker, main gearbox won't turn (Preview) Hi all. This summer I got a New Idea 326 corn picker at a local auction for $400. For that price I figured it was worth playing around with. Now that I have some free time, I've been working on getting it going. All the parts seem to be there and it seems to be in pretty good shape, but I think it sat outside...	iowaroads	5	1985	Thu Nov 27 10:45 2014 by m16ty
	Photos from Walnut, IL. 2014 (Preview)	DJ53	5	2789	Wed Nov 26 22:12 2014 by trouble887
	Cowin Crib with permanent drag feed (Preview) A little over a year ago I posted pictures of setting up a Cowin Corn Saver crib and now thought I would post pictures of how a Kewanee #500 elevator was converted into a drag feed and mounted underneath. First the trunk of the elevator was removed from the running gear. Next the chain was removed then rev...	hammermill79	3	2545	Wed Nov 26 18:21 2014 by hammermill79
	Anybody looking for a JD 237? (Preview) I was at a customer's farm yesterday and saw a 237 in his shed. He said he hasn't used it in a number of years. They had it on a 4010 and a 70. He said he would sell it if someone would give it a new home. Located in northeast Iowa near Waucoma. Jim	JimIa	4	1515	Mon Nov 24 17:53 2014 by Mike Aylward
	John Deere Sheller (Preview) What is the difference between the number 6 and number 7 sheller. Looking at pictures they look the same. Is it just a capacity difference? Thanks Earl	EARL T	0	1899	Wed Nov 19 14:27 2014 by EARL T
	New idea #7 wagon elevator heighth (Preview) I live about 80- miles from my little farm and am planning to build some kind of shelter for my equipment this up coming year. I cant find my op manual. Does anybody know offhand about how tall the picker is to the top of the wagon elevator? Thanks in advance. Sick and tired of my stuff sitting out and going t...	pickertim	3	1600	Tue Nov 18 03:56 2014 by pickertim
	Corn picking at Farmamerica (Preview) This past Saturday, Nov. 8, we picked a couple loads of corn at the Minnesota Agricultural Interpretive Center. The plan is to store it till next year and then demonstrate shelling it at our Fall Fair event. One of the pickers we used was a New Idea no. 7 that we bought last year. It had not been in the fie...	RichsToys	4	2017	Mon Nov 17 19:41 2014 by RichsToys
	picking some corn (Preview) Began to pick our corn with the Oliver 70,and new idea no. 7 picker.	dan	7	2240	Sat Nov 15 20:35 2014 by pickertim
	Truck mounted shellers (Preview) I see an occasional photo or two on here of corn shellers mounted on trucks. Just wondering how many of those are still around. When I was younger there used to be several custom operators in our area who had them. Unfortunately, most of them were sold off before I was old enough or in any financial pos...	RichsToys	6	3578	Wed Nov 12 19:07 2014 by Art From De Leon
	2ME cast gathering chains (Preview) Anybody have a source for the cast gathering chains?? Ours are getting to the point that we need to replace them before we do any more. HA875 and HA876 are the numbers I believe. I measured the pitch and got 1 5/8? Can these cast chain be replaced with new style stamped chain? Thanks, Dan [URL=http://...	Dan Robinson	12	2539	Sat Nov 8 18:47 2014 by farmall
	case 425 corn picker mounting bracket (Preview) Will a bracket for a 630 case tractor work for a 400 tractor to hook up to a Case 425 corn picker? -- Edited by case corn picker guy on Thursday 6th of November 2014 01:20:41 PM	case corn picker guy	0	1354	Thu Nov 6 09:47 2014 by case corn picker guy
	Dates are posted for 2015 HCOP Show! (Preview) I've been checking their website occasionally and I see they have now posted dates for the 2015 Half Century of Progress Show - August 27-30 2015. Better get your lodging reservations (and golf cart reservations) lined up!	jdtom	2	1364	Wed Nov 5 22:34 2014 by Cornfed Cornhusker
	MN Corn Picking 2014 (Preview) Saturday, October 25, 2014 my friend Joe and I picked a few loads of ear corn with our corn pickers. Joe has a JD 60 with a 227 mounted picker and I have my IH 706 with 234 picker. The wagons we used were two 12x6 Heider barge wagons, a MN 130 flare wagon, and a 12x6 Nu-Bilt/Lindsay barge wagon. We shelled the c...	KA656	5	1984	Wed Nov 5 14:51 2014 by JimIa
	300 John Deere picker husking bed (Preview) have a 300 picker with 343 head rebuilt husking rolls , new brushes, and added two ear movers for a total of four.Having trouble with husks and ears getting hung up on bottom of bed and then the corn backs up and plugs. have the bottom shields set so the rolls are rubbing like the book says. I'm in first gea...	300pickerboy	0	2237	Tue Nov 4 20:49 2014 by 300pickerboy
	My first time picking (Preview) Today I got to run my picker for the very first time. My uncle opened up the field with the combine and let me pick a wagon full. It didn't pick very clean. I forgot to put the wagon elevator hopper fan belt on so I got a lot of husks and stalks in the load and my husking rollers are almost as smooth as racing s...	Bartlettfarms1854	8	2128	Mon Nov 3 10:05 2014 by Bartlettfarms1854
	Help finding Oliver 5 picker/husker parts (Preview) Hi guys, I bought an Oliver 5 worth fixing but have found that donors are hard to find in my area. Really could use some help if anyone knows where some salvage units are located. Maybe there are equipment boneyards around where I can get them to pull the parts and ship Or someone is just sitting on old part...	jimbo913	2	1632	Sun Nov 2 19:40 2014 by jimbo913
	Pictures from Antique Harvest days at Ottumwa Iowa (Preview) Hello everyone I was fortunate enough to attend the show at Ottumwa Iowa this past Saturday. It was a beautiful day and I had a GREAT time there. I would like to thank everyone that had equipment there and all of the people involved in putting the show together. Here a few pictures from the show.	cdjdg	2	2067	Fri Oct 31 21:16 2014 by KA656
	Storing ear corn in wagon (Preview) How dry would ear corn need to be for it to keep in a gravity wagon? My crib is full still have more to pick it would stay in th wagons till around feb.	pricesheepfarm	3	2470	Fri Oct 31 05:03 2014 by hillbillyhim
	ventilation shaft (Preview) Does anyone know if you need a ventilation shaft on a 18 foot diameter wire corn crib to keep the corn good?	Brown county farmer	3	1411	Tue Oct 28 20:58 2014 by treekiller
	chain size (Preview) Can anybody tell me what size chain is on feeder chain new idea #10 picker don't have chain I think it is #55	jreid	1	1252	Mon Oct 27 20:14 2014 by jreid
	Using a old combine as a stationary sheller (Preview) I bought a F2 Gleaner combine the other day just to save it from the scrapper. The tires are junk and I didn't get any heads but the rest of it seems pretty decent. Since I don't have any heads and don't want to spend the money to put tires on it, I was planning on parting it out. Then I thought about me needing a...	m16ty	2	2165	Sat Oct 25 22:42 2014 by pickertim
	rear tire size with a 234 picker on 36 inch rows? (Preview) What is the widest rear tire size you can run with a 234 picker and pick 36 inch rows? Friend is setting one up on a 826 and trying to decide if 18.4's will work Or if 15.5's would be better.	70pony	3	1523	Sat Oct 25 21:03 2014 by Randy Hall
	New idea paint colors (Preview) Getting ready to paint my 323. I think I seen on here before what color paints to use but can't find it. I was wanting to use rest oleum paint. What colors would match?	pricesheepfarm	1	1644	Fri Oct 24 23:01 2014 by hammermill79
	Two New Idea pickers at Collins, IA. (Preview) It was lunch time with its associated lull in activity at the Struthers farm near Collins, IA, Saturday, Oct. 18th. A Farmall M and New Idea No. 20 picker was parked near the end of the field. Nearby, another M with its New Idea No. 319 picker was idle as well. My chance for a photo op had finally arrived. Wh...	DJ53	3	1902	Thu Oct 23 07:46 2014 by cdjdg
	new corn crib (Preview) Got another crib up ready for corn	Brown county farmer	2	1700	Wed Oct 22 22:07 2014 by m16ty
	Photos from Walnut, IL. 2014 (2) (Preview)	DJ53	3	1572	Wed Oct 22 20:59 2014 by pickertim
	Picker/husker basic operation question (Preview) I just bought an Oliver 5 that should be delivered this weekend. I checked on my corn today and about 1/2 of the ears have dropped and it feel relatively dry but the ears are hell to pull off the stalk. So, does the picker need to rip the ear off the stalk and then husk or does it try to pull the ear out of the husk...	jimbo913	7	2058	Tue Oct 21 22:31 2014 by m16ty
	Oliver number 5 picker (Preview) I pulled this one out of a fence row and saved it from being scrapped. It was hard to believe how well it worked after sitting outside that many years. The only down side is that it misses quite a few ears.Is this normal or can I adjust it to pick cleaner? I have tried to close up the snapping rolls but they s...	TNLee	11	5518	Tue Oct 21 19:38 2014 by jimbo913
	Building a corn crib (Preview) Iam new to this forum. Just bought a 323 one row new idea picker already had a wagon and have a friend that is going to plant the corn for me next spring. Iam wanting to build a wooden corn crib to hold around 800 bushel of ear corn. Does it matter which way you face the crib( like north to south or east to west??...	pricesheepfarm	5	6614	Mon Oct 20 17:25 2014 by pickertim
	gehl snapper head (Preview) I have a 1000 gehl corn chopper that I put a 600 snapper head on it . the corn will not feed into the chopper any advice?	krp	0	1708	Fri Oct 17 19:10 2014 by krp
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