Snapping Corn

[stuckmotor]

I checked for corn snappers at Tractor House. There's only one ad calling them that on the page I checked. It's from a dealership in Florida.

 

[wedge40]

Interesting thread.
Never heard of snapping corn and never thought about modern machines not leaving the cob.

Wedge

 

[creekbend]

When I was growing up, my Father's farm was next to an Uncle of mine's farm. There was a jointly shared corn crib that was used to feed the Hogs. I remember, quite vividly, scooping up the corn out of the crib. When the Crib was starting to get low, there would be hundreds of mice at the bottom and in the corners eating the corn. My Brothers and I killed the mice with our Scooping Shovels. What a mess.

 

[dave1949]

I have no idea what "burnt oil" is. I noticed it in post #1 but thought it meant some rusty parts smoked a bit before they loosened up or something.

 

[Timm250]

I have no idea what "burnt oil" is. I noticed it in post #1 but thought it meant some rusty parts smoked a bit before they loosened up or something.

"Burnt oil" is used motor oil.

 

[dave1949]

"Burnt oil" is used motor oil.

Aha! Thanks. Well then, I used to squirt burnt oil all over my old pull disk harrow years ago in the fall.

 

[lostcreekranch]

I grew up in Nebraska and we had a mounted corn picker for our Super M like this. My dad lost two fingers try to clear a jam.

BE CAREFUL!

http://images.wisconsinhistory.org/700003050097/0305001771-l.jpg

 

[AGRIMAN]

"Burnt oil" is used motor oil.

That's it. Just used motor oil. We have old poly spray tank that use to store our burnt oil in.

 

[AGRIMAN]

I have never heard the phrase "snapping" corn. If I remember correctly, in my little corner of heaven growing up if you were doing what you're doing it was "picking" corn and if using the combine it was "shelling" corn. Who knows, 20 miles down the road it might have been a different set of words.

I would agree, there's a lot of terms that mean the same thing. I guess it depends on where you grew up. It's like you will never hear the term "disc or discing land" around here. We harrow land. What about breaking land, ever heard that one?

 

[bulldogshotgun]

we help the local Seed Corn Place haul during harvest. those guys don't mess around when it comes to picking.

Seed corn picking. Dumping on the go. - YouTube