[AT] 2 row corn picker

[Al Jones]

I would like about 10 acres to farm the old fashioned way with a mix
of equipment from the 40s-50s-60s-70s.  Half corn/wheat and half
beans.  All I need is a M for the picker, an International 404 (not a
Farmall) and a 2 row planter, a small drill like an IH #10, and some
wagons.

I am reminded of my location everytime I go on craigslist.  Cubs,
Super As and 140s for days, with some Farmall Hs thrown in, but not
many Ms and Super Ms and when one does show up, they want $3500 for
it.  May end up making another Midwest trip for one, once my tractor
fund builds back up.

Al

On Sat, Jun 25, 2016 at 7:49 AM, John Hall <jtchall at nc.rr.com> wrote:
> Now thats ambitious! Drove halfway across the country for a picker and
> you don't have a tractor to mount it on! I like your way of thinking!
> Now you get to buy and M! That should be pretty easy. If you are just
> going to play, you can probably get a 2 row planter for about a grand.
> Or you could just put a single row behind your A. It took me about 2
> years to come up with a decent 4 row that wasn't an antique in my neck
> of the woods. Should be a lot easier for you, more corn down your way.
> Didn't you buy a hammer-mill a while back? Looks like you are starting a
> start to finish feed business.
>
> John
>
>
> On 6/25/2016 12:12 AM, Al Jones wrote:
>> John, Won't be any picking this year.  Got to find a tractor for it
>> first, and then some wide rows--everything on the farm is 30" now.
>>
>> Al
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 10:08 PM, John Hall <jtchall at nc.rr.com> wrote:
>>> Well looks like somebody is gong to be in the "deer corn business" in a
>>> couple months! You did plant your rows wide enough I hope?
>>>
>>> John Hall
>>>
>>>
>>> On 6/24/2016 9:24 PM, Al Jones wrote:
>>>> The internet and Facebook in particular is a dangerous thing.  Last
>>>> winter someone posted an ad for an IH 2MH corn picker--a two row,
>>>> mounted picker for a Farmall M or similar.  I've always wanted one and
>>>> I just couldn't help myself so last week I took off to Union Grove, WI
>>>> to take in the national Red Power Roundup, and then took off that
>>>> afternoon to Manawa, WI to get my picker.  After taking the center
>>>> snoot off it fit like a glove on my trailer.  I got up early the next
>>>> morning and was home by 10PM--an uneventful LONG drive I don't intend
>>>> to do anytime soon!
>>>>
>>>> The picker looks good.  A little weathered from setting out for a year
>>>> but it's pretty much all there.  Now I have to find a good M or Super
>>>> M to put it on.....
>>>>
>>>>
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