I just came across this forum and am glad for it. Many of you sound very knowledgeable about pickers - something that will come in handy for me in the future. Attached are some pics of me and some of my children picking corn this year.
That elevator looks like a Kewanee 500 Series with the light truck under it and 42' long. Each section is 10' long plus the head is considered 2' long.
jdtom, While I never actually measured it, I believe you are correct. I do know this, it is barely long enough. If you look carefully, I had to add an extension on to the downspout because my crib roof isn't any too steep to add to the height of the bin. The elevator is almost touching the edge. Kurt, I love my drag hopper. This elevator makes unloading a breeze, but not only for corn, but when doing hay, to person on the wagon finds it almost no work at all! Somebody had asked how much for elevators awhile back in this forum. When I purchased this elevator 14 years ago at an auction, I paid 1200.00 for it. It did have all ends and a new boot. Believe me, I find it worth is everytime I use it.
Well, the crib is now full and as my handle suggests, I milk goats. I will/am using coarse ground cob corn for feeding my drystock and other critters, (sheep, steers, chickens). I give my milkers just a taste of it during the day (takes longer for them to eat it), but use a texturized feed for the milkers in the palor and the very young (under 6 months). I will be shelling some in the summer for my texturized feed and will be on the look out for a decent sheller. If any of you know of one, I am all ears.
jdtom, what's the different in light trucks and heavy trucks? I had a Kewanee with angle iron trucks and my brothers Kewanee 500 has pipe trucks.
RPF - you just put your finger on the difference - the angle iron trucks are the heavy ones and the pipe trucks are the light ones. The heavy ones also had the available option of PTO power raise & lower. This was not available on the light trucks.
