The John Deere 300 picker was not a contender because it was not a normal picker in that it used the corn head and2 row wide or 3 row heads All other pickers around were either mostly single row, some pull type, others semi mounted or fully mounted, then 2 row mounted or older 2 row wide pull types, then the 2 row narrow came in and there were no farms big enough to want a picker that was a 3 row unit, never seen one in the field, only a couple permantly parked. New Idea did build a few 4 & 6 row uni pickers but they were not actually considered pickers as most uni were used with the combine unit or forage harvestor unit. If that corn head was used it was used with the combine for a sheller not as a picker same as the 300 Deere. And those New Idea units were not sold in area where they were made but shipped out of area. I think orignal poster was only think single row pickers And Deere, IH had left that market by the time the tripple diget New Ideas came out so anybody that wanted a new picker of smaller farm size or even larger farm size the wanted a 2 row 30" picker all that was left still being built was the New Idea so if you wanted that size you had no choice of brand. Supposedly there was a 2 row 30" picker head built for a forage harvestor that would fit on a 300 picker but never heard of them untill mentioned on this site few years ago. Then the 300 being built foe a 3 row 40" head it was too heavy for that 2 row 30" head if it could have even been found so not an option. At the time the 300 was built New Idea was also building a 3 row picker, never saw one, as they were for the farms out west with 500 or more acres in corn to pick, not the 200 acres or less total farms in the east. By the time farms were getting to be big enough to use a 3 row picker about everything was corn head on combine so not a contender as no place to be sold. I remember when Dad bought the first picker, a GI (General Implement) in 1946. Single row with no husking bed that he added later and pulled it with the 1944 2N Ford that I still have. Were several of those pickers in the area.
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