Pull behind corn harvester

[Robert_in_NY]

Here are a couple more pics of side hill combines. The first pic shows the area they are working (that is Mount Hood in the background). The second pic shows a good view of the combine angled.

 

[JDeerekid]

cool pics Robert. I new they built a combine like that just never saw one.

I still think with a small regular combine might still be easier and safer than a tractor towing a picker and a wagon at the same time. Only thing is if teh hills are that drastic I would worry about the combine being top heavy. Combines are pretty sturdy though, maybe run a set up duels.

 

[firefighter9208]

Robert,

Cool!!! Didn't know you could get a combine that would do that. Guess I'll get on tractor house and see what's listed. Might just plant a couple acres the first year and hand pick and shell to see how it goes.

Keep the ideas coming guys.

Chris

 

[Glowplug]

You can get a 2-row New Idea pull-behind corn picker (324 or 325) for $3,000 - $4,000. Don't you guys think if you bought a $3,000 self-propelled combine that the amount of maintenance required for it would be cost prohibitive? Just wondering because I had tossed around the same idea in my mind as the OP. I'm pretty naive on this though. Just recently learned the difference between a pull-behind forage harvester/chopper and a corn picker.

 

[js5020]

They have all the neat stuff out west! What is that an IH 1470? Also check out AC MH2,,JD 6600/6620 sidehill,, also IH 435 all hillside machines. Love combines had several over the years,, If you look around there are still some small machines out there,, in my part of the country they were bought by guys with 50 -100 acres who worked a job and farmed on the side so not much was put through them, some never had a cob of corn run through them. About 10 years back I bought a Gleaner E111 off an old guy who had bought it new, kept it in a shed all it's life,, it was a sweet machine. It was older and slower than the real combine I owned, but it put grain in the tank just not as fast!

 

[Robert_in_NY]

You can get a 2-row New Idea pull-behind corn picker (324 or 325) for $3,000 - $4,000. Don't you guys think if you bought a $3,000 self-propelled combine that the amount of maintenance required for it would be cost prohibitive? Just wondering because I had tossed around the same idea in my mind as the OP. I'm pretty naive on this though. Just recently learned the difference between a pull-behind forage harvester/chopper and a corn picker.

Well, I paid $1k for my JD 3300 with corn and grain heads, another $1k to get them to my house then a few hundred on small parts that I wanted to replace. If I wanted to restore this machine to like new condition then yes, it would cost a fortune but to keep it reliable isn't too big of a concern or expense. But it was in good shape to begin with also which helps.

 

[R W]

You can get a 2-row New Idea pull-behind corn picker (324 or 325) for $3,000 - $4,000.

If these are available it would be the way to go, have engine or transmission
problems with an SP every thing stops, you can always hook another tractor
on to a pull behind. Don't worry about whats knocked down on the first round
your cattle will soon clean that up. Have a sales brochure on a New Idea they appear to be a good simple machine, a similar single row picker thresher
was made in Queensland (Australia) by a firm called Lang & Walker some years ago.

 

[Charlie175]

I've used a New Idea single row picker, on hilly terrain we use a hay wagon with sides, a gravity wagon is to top heavy on the hills. The disadvantage is that you have to hand shovel off the corn. Be advised that the wagon and picker can get real heavy and may push you down the hills if the ground is wet.

We used to hand pick the outer 2 rows in tight fields and cut the green corn to feed it to the cows, otherwise any rows knocked down us kids had to sort through and pick up the ears.

Old school for sure but you can take a whole ear and grind it to make feed rather than just the shelled corn. We used to run our own belt driven grinder also and bag feed. Lots of labor but fond memories....

This was using a AC D15 and later a AC 6060, we also used a AC 60 pull type combine. We still have all the above and still use them, I can't imagine how many ears that picker has been through.

 

[firefighter9208]

Charlie,

Can you post pictures of the pull behinds. Especially the AC 60 pull behind combine.

Ok, this is going to sound stupid, but when we grew corn for the hogs we let it dry in the field. Do you now harvest the corn "green" like sweet corn???

I'm learning here.

Chris

 

[Robert_in_NY]

Charlie,

Can you post pictures of the pull behinds. Especially the AC 60 pull behind combine.

Ok, this is going to sound stupid, but when we grew corn for the hogs we let it dry in the field. Do you now harvest the corn "green" like sweet corn???

I'm learning here.

Chris

When you shell corn is usually still needs to be dried a little more to prevent spoilage. If you pick ear corn you can just put it in a crib and not worry as much because there is enough air flow but shelled corn doesn't have the air flow to finish drying properly. And if you leave it sit too long in the field when you go to harvest it you will lose a lot of kernels in the field.