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Robert

08-17-1999 06:23:46




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I have 10 acres of corn to pick this fall and was going to rent a New Idea picker from a dealer to harvest it.I saw an ad for a Ford picker in a local paper today for about the same price as one years rent.Is the Ford worth a look?They were never popular here so I haven't been able to find out anything from my neighbours.Also,are parts available?




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Karl in MD

08-19-1999 19:25:11




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 Re: Ford Picker in reply to Robert, 08-17-1999 06:23:46  
If you're going to pick corn with a Ford nowadays, you need to have two or three parts pickers like I do. The new idea is a better picker, but around here Fords are cheaper and easier to find. You can tell a guy who picks with a Ford because the crick in his neck is on the other side from the other farmers. The Fords do a really good job in down corn, and I have picked in third gear with my Farmall M and had corn coming over the top of the elevator hopper and had to slow down.

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kevin

08-20-1999 15:11:53




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 Re: Re: Ford Picker in reply to Karl in MD, 08-19-1999 19:25:11  
Are the old Ford pickers based on the Woods Bros design?



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kevin

08-17-1999 20:29:09




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 Re: Ford Picker in reply to Robert, 08-17-1999 06:23:46  
You got some good comments, I worked at one time for a Ford dealer in the mid 80's, and parts for their pickers were hard to get then.

I have picked corn with a two row NI and an old Woods Bros. picker, and you had better believe that pickers are dangerous. That said, picking corn is, for me at least, an extremely satisfying days work.

If you decide to get a picker, hold out for a one row NI or maybe an International. Good luck!

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kevin

08-17-1999 20:23:43




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 Re: Ford Picker in reply to Robert, 08-17-1999 06:23:46  
You got some good comments, I worked at one time for a Ford dealer in the mid 80's, and parts for their pickers were hard to get then.

I have picked corn with a two row NI and an old Woods Bros. picker, and you had better believe that pickers are dangerous. That said, picking corn is, for me at least, an extremely satisfying days work.

If you decide to get a picker, hold out for a one row NI or maybe an International. Good luck!

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B.C.

08-19-1999 06:11:07




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 Re: Re: Ford Picker in reply to kevin, 08-17-1999 20:23:43  
Back home in the 50's and 60's, it seemed like about every 10th guy that was farming had lost at least 1 finger to a corn picker at some point.



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Tim(nj)

08-17-1999 10:49:06




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 Re: Ford Picker in reply to Robert, 08-17-1999 06:23:46  
I have a Ford 16-65 picker standing in the fencerow. Wore it out a few years ago. My grandfather had purchased it new in 1956. Parts are scarce. It also had too small of a husking bed, and in 100 bu. or higher corn, would choke up. Had a good nose design, though, I'll give it that. I replaced it with a New Idea 323, and I can go 25% faster and do a better husking job with it than I ever could with the Ford.

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Redneck

08-17-1999 09:54:10




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 Re: Ford Picker in reply to Robert, 08-17-1999 06:23:46  
I have a ford 1 row picker I use to pick about 20 acres each year. It does pretty good. My neighbor has been using one also. Last year my neighbor bought a 2 row tractor mount New Idea. There ain't no comparision. That New Idea will run circles around our fords. I'm in the market myself for a New Idea now. Parts can be hard to come by since they haven't built any ford pickers for a good many years now. Hope this helps. E-mail me if you want. BTW like Steve from mo said, pickers are dangerous so be careful.

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steve from mo

08-17-1999 07:01:12




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 Re: Ford Picker in reply to Robert, 08-17-1999 06:23:46  
Would you consider having your corn custom picked or combined? It might be difficult to get someone to show up at the right time for "just" 10 acres. It wouldn't cost much more than renting equipment. Still, corn pickers are extremely dangerous to experienced operators and even more to the inexperienced. I don't know you and I don't want to insult you, but I grew up in Iowa where there are too many men with limbs missing from using corn pickers.

Steve

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