[Farmall] RE: Mike's mounted picker Was [AT] Back

Thu Nov 18 17:35:55 PST 2004

how long does it take, and with what kind of special eqipment, to hook up
a mounted picker like that? sure makes the trailing pickers seem pretty
nice!

Nathan

On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 18:18:59 -0500 "Michael Miller"
<sweetcorn70 at hotmail.com> writes:
> 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>
> >Reply-To: Antique tractor email discussion group 
> ><at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> >To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'" 
> ><at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> >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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