Sorry guys, I sincerely doubt either opening fields or traction was a major concern to farmers.
Farmers ran pull-type forage harvesters (i.e. "choppers") from the 1950's through the 1980's. Lots of rows of corn got run over opening fields.
If losing that one row of product was such a concern, why weren't mounted forage harvesters all the rage? In fact, mounted forage harvesters were so rare as to be nonexistent. IH never made one!
Corn is chopped for silage in WAY worse traction conditions than corn is picked. Yet, pull type forage harvesters dominated the market for decades.
Frankly, I think mounted corn pickers stayed popular because farmers "always did it that way" and refused to change.
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