[AT] Machine info wanted

[Jason DeJoode]

There's a bad picture of it in Wendel's JI Case book.

It's a model 200 chopper with an attachment for harvesting the ears.

Jason


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Hass" <gkhass at avci.net>
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Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 2:47 PM
Subject: [AT] Machine info wanted


> In the late 60s, a neighbor of ours had a machine made by JI Case.  It 
> would cut the corn off, pick the cob and then run the stalk through a 
> chopper.  It had an elevator on the back like a corn-picker, and the 
> chopper had a hood like a normal corn-chopper that would blow the chopped 
> material to the side and into a wagon.  Although I never saw it used this 
> way, other neighbors said you pulled wagoin behind for the cobs, and it 
> had a side hitch which pulled the chopper wagon.  Most of the years I 
> remember it being used he had a side plate off which blew the chopped 
> stalks back in the field.  It sure made plowing cornstalks easy.  Only for 
> a couple of years at the end (in the 70s) did I see him use it as a 
> picker/chopper.  At that time the chopper box was pulled by a separate 
> tractor and driver who followed beside the machine as it was being 
> operated.  The chopped stalks were then fed to brood cows.  People I talk 
> to now say such a machine never existed, but I remember seeing it 
> operating for at least 6 years.  Any information, pictures, etc. of such a 
> machine would be appreciated.
>
> Also, if anyone has a picture of an AC60 combine with a 2-row corn head, I 
> would appreciate it if such picture could be e-mailed to me in a printable 
> form.
>
> Greg Hass
>
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