Posted by Destroked 450 on October 13, 2016 at 07:33:55 from (173.242.142.14):
In Reply to: Picking corn posted by MNfarmboy83 on October 12, 2016 at 15:34:45:
I pick corn with a Ford 601 side mount picker, Dad bought one new in 64, I started running it in 65, we custom picked our neighbor hood because we had the only picker around, just bought our third one that's been sitting in a barn for over thirty years, looking forward to getting it in the field.
Like MNfarmboy83 we raise 6-10 acres per year to grind and creep feed calves. The snapping rolls on the 601 are on top of each other at about 75 degrees so they don't shell as bad as pickers with snapping rolls laying flat like combine heads.
I've never owned a combine and don't know what a deck plate type picker head is.
IMO if one was having 25-50% shelling they waited till the corn was way to dry or the picker needs some serious adjustments or repair, I get upset if I see more than 10%
Never used a moisture tester on ear corn, always did the cob twist or float method and store in a wood crib, dad's old crib had a concrete floor and that was the only place we'd have mold.
Planning on building a elevated wood crib with removable center planks and a auger under the floor to convey corn out cutting down on shovel work.
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