We would have been so excited to have a 2 row picker, We had a 1 row Wood Bro's picker, on good days we picked about 10 acres. pulling a 35 or 40 bushel wagon. long days and lots of shoveling, to the crib, and then shovel it back out, to shell and run through the fanning mill to clean, then grind into feed or take to the elevator to sell. Dad is gone, but the memories are still vivid as ever. Thanks for Your efforts in this vid.
Knew a old boy back home that kept a 70 with a mounted picker for doing his ear corn until he was retired. The picker never came off and was usually parked in a crib allyway when not in use. Miss those days.
My dad had one of these on a 70 and we picked around 150 acres of corn every yr.. man.. I remember the dust.. paying for breathing all that stuff now.. in mid 60's
We had a 227 on a john deere 630. As everyone says had great memories of sitting in the wagons being pulled. Dad got tired of putting in on and off the 630 so he bought an Late model A, I was 11 and only drove that outfit, as my dad would say, one time and that was between fields. Couldn't turn the steering wheel unless the tractor was moving.
Hi Dean, Thanks for all of your great video's. I remember spending half the night with my Father, him driving the Oliver 88 pulling a WoodBros 1 row corn picker and me riding in the Parker gravity box. This was heaven to me and makes me remember how much I Loved my Father. Thanks, Bill
Oh ya! The video took me back to the days of picking corn. Great memories! Like all farm work, it’s work but very satisfying work when a field of corn is out or soybeans, etc. and you’ve beaten the weather. I enjoyed picking corn and later on in my farm life shelling corn. I enjoyed the smell, working outside on a great fall day, listening to the engine sounds, ah! Good memories! Thanks for the video!
I was not much older then these kids.. dad started farming.. spend many hours riding in v bed.. when older.. had job of grease gun.. we had both of these pickers and there are so many grease zerks. On husker rollers.. took hours.. we started with 2 row pull behind and then he got rid of it and got mounted type.. what a fire hazard..
I sprayed a lot of used engine oil mixed with diesel fuel with a hand sprayer on the gathering chains and gears and husking rolls in my time at the farm.
Great sounding tractor! My dad has a 1952 John deere model 60 that was give to him by the dealership he works for. Already restored and by someone else. But he wouldn't take nothing for it.
Interesting attachment for the tractor. Instead of WD40 however, I would have used a special chain lube that sticks to the roller chain to keep it lubed.
These two bangers took off more fingers in the drawbar hitching up farm implements. You had to ride the brakes backing up or someone was going to get hurt. 73 year old black land farmer.
Now that's awesome!!! Grew up on a small farm in Wisconsin, Use to have a 720 with a pony motor to get it going. I drove the John Deere B most of the time.
The same New Idea picker my grandfather had. We used an Allis Chalmers WD45 to pull it. Also into the wagon, into the truck or corn crib, then into something else and then to Scheidler Brothers.
Using old iron to get it done,I really enjoyed the video because I was raised on the these kind of tractors they were a pleasure to drive again great video!!!!
Spent a bunch of hours on a 730 with 2 row New Idea picker also spent a lot of time on a 4010 with the same picker, the 4010 handles it better but both worked well
I always wondered if it took very long to get that 2-row mounted picker attached to the tractor, we didn't have one of those. In fact, we didn't even have a 2-row pull-type, we had a one-row New Idea pull-type. We pulled it for years with our FARMALL M, then when I was 8 dad traded it for a John Deere 3010 Diesel during the winter of '63-'64. Seeing the 2 children riding in the wagon while picking brought back childhood memories, however I never was allowed to ride in the wagon during the actual picking. I was allowed to ride on top of the wagon load of corn though when we took it to the house, pulled by our little Allis-CHALMERS CA. Those were the days!!!!!!! Thank you for your video!!
It was fun and games to ride in the wagon until you were old enough to have to shovel the corn to the back of the wagon. We had sides on a 18 foot hay wagon and the wood brothers picker would only throw the corn so far. Same thing with hand picking the corn to get the picker in.
I had a 2 row mounted New Idea corn picker. All the tractors were converted to wide fronts so the picker went for scrap. It was kept indoors in perfect condition but could not find a buyer.
Old school cool my dad and grandpa had one just like that thats when corn 🌽 cribs were in now everybody shells very cool and they picked over 100 acres like that
My dad had a 730 diesel and also a 4520 he bought new 1970...The 4520 was bought to replace the 730 which had broke the crankshaft the 730 by 1970 had become our planting tractor....it was replaced by a 4010 for planting by then. The 4520 became the main plowing tractor...
The 4520 wasnot that good of a tractor it became better when they fully developed it by adding intercooler and redesignated a 4620, roughly 10 to 15 more horsepowe r 135 to 140
It was Deere's first in house turbo engine, we know the 404 was fine as was the rest of the tractor but they got too cute with the air cleaner system that didn't work, once they figured it out, that became the 4320 engine, no complaints there, Deere just got humbled on the first try.@@Deandeere4020
I must admit, thoes Deere's sounds pretty good, and this is coming from an Allis Guy. Keep up the great videos, even though it's not the right color I still enjoy seeing the old iron working
@@martingardener90 yep they were! Yes my picture is a Ford 4000, my papas old tractor. I set it to this 3-4 years ago before I bought my first allis (and fell in love with them) and haven't changed my picture since. One I get my truck restored I'll more than likely change it to a picture of the truck and my Allis on the back
@@Tractors_Trucks_And_Pups Ford 4000's and especially 4600's are very popular here in Northern Ireland - many still in use. I wanted a 5000 but they are very scarce, most were stripped of any cabs and put in containers and shipped to the Middle East, so I recently got a MF 165 instead. I have an Allis WC (1942) B (1947) UK assembled from US parts and a D272 Diesel (1957) - the one in the picture.
Looking good Dean! I wonder how much sheet metal got dings and dents when mounting up the picker over the years 😂 I can remember grandpa mounting up his corn picker, I think that may be why dad used a pull type picker. Thanks for bringing us along, as always your content is top notch.
Had a neighbor loose an arm trying to clear some weeds out of one of those 2 row pickers while it was still running. He had to free himself and somehow walk back to his house to get help.
Deandeere 4020 20-60 acres. AC WC model with single row AC drag picker. We were small farmers ranchers but 60 years ago one could make a living doing that on a 250 acre place
