I just joined the forum and have an interest in finding a picker sheller, i really dont know much about them. any info , brand suggestions or personal experiences with them would be apprecieated. one row would be best but i can still plant wide rows if need be if i can get a two row. i assume there is no two row 30"row spacing machines out there. also were there any witha bagger like found on pull type combines? thanks for any replies ...Jb
Welcome to the forum!! I hope you get as much information and fun out of this bunch of people as I do!!
There are a variety of corn picker out there that have sheller attachments. Many of the large name brand manufacturers made corn pickers through the years but as the end of ear corn came, in my opinion, there were only 3 companies left that made them through the 1970s and into the 1980s; IH, JD, and New Idea. From what I understand, the New Idea corn pickers are the most numerous out there and still are. New Idea made one and two row pickers with a either a husking bed or sheller attachment. They also made a mounted corn picker that was universal to many tractors with a variety of attachments. They did make pull type corn pickers for wide row and narrow row corn. New Idea also made a self propelled unit called a Uni-Harvestor, in which you could have a husking bed unit, a combine unit, chopping unit, snow plow, tool bar, and even a square baler (even though I have never heard or seen this). These unis could be/can be bought with different size heads--wide or narrow row as well as number or rows, 2, 4, 6 rows.
I own a NI 319 mounted 2 row picker with husking and shelling units, an IH 234 mounted two row picker with husking and shelling units, and a 1 row NI 323 pull type picker with a husking unit. Personally, I think that the New Idea pickers were the best overall picker when you consider ease of use, ability to pick corn, and availability of parts. But I know this stirrs up lots of opinions about who made the better picker but one big thing to consider about buying a corn picker is the availability of parts in your area or gettting a second one for parts.
I hope this helps. I know there are a lot of guys on the forum with so much more knowledge about pickers than I do.
I don't know about your area. If I was going to do just shelled corn, I could pick up a really nice Gleaner K combine for that kind of money. But those combines seem to be plentiful and reasonably priced here in south central Wisconsin.
thanks for the advice. i would like to have our own combine but shed space is limited so i thought picker with a sheller on it . ill look around and see what ill find. i do apprecieate the replies..this is a pretty cool forum. im glad i was turned on to it...Jb
Definitely, even if that might be a hard combination to find. It should be a lot nicer to bring anywhere near that. But I guess it depends on the area. Ive seen some New Idea Pickers around here bring a suprising price when the Amish or older dairy farmers find one they want or need.
That one's a $500 machine. If it was truly a 1981 model 325 with a 329 on it, in nice, shed-kept condition, then $3500 might be possible. I had to give $3500 for my late-model 324 picker with 327 husker . . . they are getting hard to find in nice shape in the east. No more come from the midwest and the Amish and Mennonites grab up the good ones.
