Answer to the New Idea 2 model numbers... NI had the husking bed mounted behind the tractor with a pair of dolly wheels instead of built into the front part of the picker and there was more than one model to choose from. They had a very good husking set-up, maybe even better than the JD 227.
As to noise... not any worse than it was without a picker, and the advantage was it funneled heat off the engine back to the driver so in the fall and winter it helped a little.
For fire protection... Most had engine screens to help keep trash off the sides of the engine, Dad's JDs had expanded metal screens, plus a replacement fron grill section that enlarged the intake so if some got built up on it, the engine would still cool.
As for "that was the way it was always done"... it was probably the best way at the time as it was much more manuverable, did not have to smash anything down when opening a field, and added traction, as evidenced by a loaded tandem GMC I pulled out of a field that I could not have done with a JD 60 and no added weight.... truck driver could not believe I did that.
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