Mike's mounted picker Was [AT] Back

[Michael Miller]

Al,


Tractor is still at my boss's house, but I did snap some pictures the other 
day.  Not the best ones as my good camera is broken(anybody know of a repair 
shop, its a Nikon coolpix 2100) and I had to borrow one.

http://images8.fotki.com/v127/photos/1/140465/566553/S3010005-vi.jpg
http://images7.fotki.com/v126/photos/1/140465/566553/S3010006-vi.jpg
http://images7.fotki.com/v126/photos/1/140465/566553/S3010007-vi.jpg
http://images7.fotki.com/v125/photos/1/140465/566553/S3010008-vi.jpg


Mike

>From: "Al Jones" <aljones at ncfreedom.net>
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>To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'" 
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>Subject: Mike's mounted picker Was  [AT] Back
>Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 20:08:44 -0500
>
>Mike,
>
>Let us know how you fare getting the picker home, will be looking
>forward to pictures!  The 234 was the "Cadillac" of mounted pickers,
>hope the MTA does ok with it!
>
>Al
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Michael
>Miller
>Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 11:40 AM
>To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
>Subject: RE: [AT] Back
>
>Farmer,
>
>THANK YOU
>
>I have some tractor type stuff going on. Hopefully tomorow I am bringing
>
>home my new 234 mounted corn picker. I am really excited.  First I need
>to
>get the MTA ready, though, slide the wheels the rest of the way out, fix
>the
>lights so I can pick at night when its frozen, mount up my super snoot,
>change the oil again and the hytran also, drop the drawbar, and mount
>the
>brackets.
>I can't wait to get another camera and get some pictures of this picker.
>It
>is a little dinged up, but has picked around 500 acres total, and never
>been
>left outside.  All the bearings I could get to seemed to be good.
>The subframe and lift that he had was the rockshaft style which uses the
>
>Fast Hitch to raise and lower it.  I was looking at getting a fast hitch
>and
>putting on the SMTA, because my uncle has some implements that I could
>have
>used on it too.  A look at the going price for them in my area($450+ for
>a
>good tight one, $400 for a used one) had me looking to regroup.  The
>seller
>knew of someone with a picker they were parting out, and it just
>happened to
>have the other type of lift.
>He originally wanted $500 for the picker, but his grandson is using the
>barn
>its stored in for a shop for his lawncare business and he wants it
>moved.
>He talked the owner into selling it for $200 if he could find someone
>local
>who'd use it and not scrap it. Considering it weighs over 2 tons
>according
>to the book, that is what it'd bring as scrap.  That subframe cost me,
>better than half the price of the picker.  It has 2- 2 1/2"x8" hydraulic
>
>cylinders, tho, so as long as those are good I got a good deal.  I
>haven't
>seen that yet, hopefully it's ok.  I have 3 hydraulic implements and
>only
>one cylinder, so I figure I can take those cylinders off the frame when
>its
>stored for offseason and then I wont have to fool with switching one
>cylinder from plow to disk to planter and back again.
>I know of a friend with another 234 that he doesn't use, he got a good
>deal
>on aNI mounted picker and a SMTA that he leaves the frame on all the
>time.
>He said the 234 was too heavy to use on the SMTA, and it took a day to
>get
>the 706 ready to mount the picker.  He told me that he'd give me his if
>I
>wanted it, but I haven't yet decided if I am going to take it.  I don't
>really have a place to store it.
>I know of another real nice picker with 4010 brackets, along with a
>sheller.
>   If I were to hit the lottery tomorow, I'd buy a nice 826 Hydro and a
>4010
>or maybe move up to a 4020 powershift and restore both, along with a
>picker/husking bed for one and a picker/sheller for the other.  I think
>that
>would be a BIG hit at shows.  I think I am going to show the picker I am
>
>buying in its "as found" state at our local show,  regardless.  Need to
>build a tractor pulling hitch that can stay in place with the subframe
>mounted tho.......Just drop the picker off in 20 minutes and hook onto
>the
>sled:-)
>The only problem I can see with wanting to show a picker is the fact
>that
>its tall(have to take the elevator off to trailer it) and HEAVY.
>Between
>the tractor and the picker, the SMTA rig will tip the scales at better
>than
>5 ton.  That isn't something to haul behind a 1/2 ton pickup with a V-6.
>I
>Don't think I can legally haul it behind my heavy 3/4 ton even.  I would
>
>really like to show it at the RP show that is coming up in Mansfield I
>think
>in '05, which is about an hour from my house.
>
>On another note, I sold my dad my '51 Farmall M and a feed grinder.
>Hopefully I'll get my Farmall A tore the rest of the way apart so I can
>get
>the machine work done, then put it back together.  That would be a nice
>project to get done.  Its been apart about a year.
>
>
>Thats enough rambling for now.  If anyone has any stories about picking
>corn
>with ANY picker, I'd love to hear them.
>
>Mike
>
>
>
>
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