Corn picker 95% done! (Pics) question on paint
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Topic: Corn picker 95% done! (Pics) question on paint
Posted By: Don(MI)
Subject: Corn picker 95% done! (Pics) question on paint
Date Posted: 22 May 2011 at 4:40pm
Here are a couple pics.....
       Heres my question, would you repaint the engine side shields, or leave them alone? The rest of the picker won't be re-painted (Except air cleaner top and front mesh grill screen).
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Posted By: Rick
Date Posted: 22 May 2011 at 5:09pm
| Don, Personally...I would leave everything just the way it is now! It looks great! Mighty fine looking WD there,Don. We need to see it in action later this fall picking corn! Thanks for posting the pics! Rick |
Posted By: AC WD45
Date Posted: 22 May 2011 at 5:15pm
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SHEESH!!!!! and to think they set these up every fall....... ------------- German Shepherd dad 1957 Allis Chalmers WD45 #WD234847 1951 Allis Chalmers WD #WD88193 |
Posted By: JimWenigOH
Date Posted: 22 May 2011 at 5:20pm
| Looks great as it is!! What did you use on the metal to give it that shine? I remember riding in the wagon while Dad was running one of these. Lets go pickin. |
Posted By: Rick
Date Posted: 22 May 2011 at 5:23pm
| I think Don's intention is to leave it on the tractor from now on and never take it back off! LOL! Jim...I don't know what Don used to shine the picker up with,but I always use WD40...it'll shine things up in a hurry and last a good while as well. Rick |
Posted By: AaronSEIA
Date Posted: 22 May 2011 at 5:26pm
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Dang, thats sharp! I'd leave it the way it is myself. Just wondering, how hard is it to steer? The one picture looks like you are really working the wheel.
AaronSEIA
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Posted By: Chuck(ONT)
Date Posted: 22 May 2011 at 5:38pm
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I wonder how long the headlights will last, they look like the first thing to go.
------------- Never take life too seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway! 1C 1 WD45 1 AC180 |
Posted By: norm[ind]
Date Posted: 22 May 2011 at 6:16pm
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never took out a lite we always moved them in as far as we could wore 3 of them out
ended up using a 190 on a d-17d
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Posted By: BILLP-SE-MI
Date Posted: 22 May 2011 at 6:24pm
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Looks great Don, I woudn't paint anything.
Have a good one. BILL P
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Posted By: Dipstick In
Date Posted: 22 May 2011 at 7:55pm
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We always had either Oliver or New Idea pull type pickers and you were some distance from all the dust and trash except when the wind blew wrong. I would think after a day of running an AC your eyes and nose would be full of dirt and dust. It would be hard to get away from it. ------------- You don't really have to be smart if you know who is! |
Posted By: Don(MI)
Date Posted: 22 May 2011 at 9:09pm
Rick was right on, My dad used wd40 on the metal, makes it look nice for awhile. Thats him in the picture driving. It does not steer hard at all! Alot easier than I thought it would. Rick, you were also right, that thing is not coming off!! Kind of like a DH at a major league baseball game, its a designated "Picker tractor" now! lol
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JimWenigOH wrote:Posted By: Don(MI)
Date Posted: 22 May 2011 at 9:13pm
Thanks Bill, just trying to make up my mind on painting the side sheilds or not. Still don't know.
Here is another pic of the drivers seat, It really is a pain to get on now!! But its worth it!
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Posted By: Don(MI)
Date Posted: 22 May 2011 at 9:29pm
I know this picture is small, but this painting is something I seen as a kid. I need to buy it now! I always thought this was the coolest Allis painting I have ever saw!
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Posted By: Auntwayne
Date Posted: 22 May 2011 at 9:30pm
| Do not paint something that is an attachment, tractor is tractor, implement is implement !!! |
Posted By: Pat the Plumber CIL
Date Posted: 22 May 2011 at 9:36pm
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Nice looking unit Don,I can smell the freshly picked corn now.We had a pull type New Idea picker.It was all the D-17 could do to pull the picker and a full load of corn in a muddy field.Later the D-19 had no problems.I would think the tractor would have an easier time pulling a full wagon with the picker mounted.I know the dust and dirt would be bad sitting in the middle.Didn't most farmers pick corn in morning when dew is still on so husking rolls can husk ears much better.An old farmer I worked for picked in morning and cut beans in afternoon. ------------- You only need to know 3 things to be a plumber;Crap rolls down hill,Hot is on the left and Don't bite your fingernails 1964 D-17 SIV 3 Pt.WF,1964 D-15 Ser II 3pt.WF ,1960 D-17 SI NF,1956 WD 45 WF. |
Posted By: skip(MO)
Date Posted: 22 May 2011 at 10:27pm
| i don't know don, sounds like the color bothers you a little or you wouldn't be asking about paint. if it bothered me, and if it wasn't to resell, i'd probably paint. but if it doesn't bother you and you're just asking what others would do....well i think the majority say to leave it. |
Posted By: CBL95
Date Posted: 22 May 2011 at 11:15pm
| how do you guys like those pickers? grandpa said they bought one new with a dc case and took it back 2 days later and bought a new idea and used it for 20 years and loved it. they said it clogged up constantly couldnt go a full round with out getting plugged up. even had the dealer come and look at and run it and he said to bring it back in and he would trade him even on the new idea. |
Posted By: SHAMELESS
Date Posted: 23 May 2011 at 2:10am
| wow!! wish dad had one of those when we picked in the ear! we had a 2MH IH picker...took 2 tubes of grease to grease every day, was a %$^&$&%#$%^^& to put on and take off! whew! |
Posted By: Steve in NJ
Date Posted: 23 May 2011 at 7:57am
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Looks very coooool Don!! I like it! Love them side shields. I have a couple nice sets of those ma'self!
mailto:Steve@B&B - Steve@B&B
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Posted By: craigreavley
Date Posted: 23 May 2011 at 9:41am
| We still have a farmall 400 with a 2 row IH picker on it. It has been 20 years since we picked with it, but it did work good. As kids we rode in the wagons as the ears came falling in. It was a dusty ride. Even had an M catch on fire in the field with a 2 row ear picker on. It was an all day job to put the picker on or off the tractor, It was easier to leave it on one, and buy another to use. That probably why it is still on the 400 in the back of the shed. |
Posted By: R.W
Date Posted: 23 May 2011 at 9:56am
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Very nice I wouldent paint it! ------------- In Search Of: 1958 Allis Chalmers D17 Diesel serial #9643D |
Posted By: Dusty MI
Date Posted: 23 May 2011 at 10:23am
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If had a few acres I was thinking of planting some corn, get a corn picker to pick it in the fall and put it in a crib. Then come next summer pull an All Crop up to the crib and shell it out, put it in a bin, and burn it in a corn burner to heat the place. Dusty ------------- 917 H, '48 G, '65 D-10 series III "Allis Express" |
Posted By: redline
Date Posted: 23 May 2011 at 10:38am
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I will add my 2 cents worth here-don't change a thing. It looks great. Just be super careful with that machine. It is a dangerous toy and we have all heard the horror stories. I hope you can get some action pictures this fall! ------------- If it weren't for the last minute, I wouldn't get anything done! |
Posted By: Don(MI)
Date Posted: 23 May 2011 at 11:14am
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Thanks for the comments!
I was looking for a very original WD before I bought this one, just couldn't seem to find one close to the state of Michigan. Someone sprayed it again (TSC orange) before I got it. Probably will just re paint the air cleaner cap and front mesh screen now, and call it good.
We have a tractor drive coming up, and I am taking this in it. My dad said I need to take some ear corn, put some in the elevator, and hang some ears off the back chute with monofilament. I like that idea, and I might even hang an American Flag off the back for kicks, will be interesting I will post some pics of that! |
Posted By: Lonn
Date Posted: 23 May 2011 at 12:01pm
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Dad had one that used to put on and off his WC every fall. He says it didn't take him long to mount and he always did it by himself. He also had an F20 with an IH picker that he never took off cause it was a huge pain. The IH picker would go through more corn but would leave a yellow streak behind each row. The AC picker did a good job but he called it a sunshine picker as it didn't like moist stalks. That and the WC was geared to fast for the larger yeilds he was getting in the 60's and 70's. The Gleaner E fixed all that and an Oliver pull type for the little ear corn he still harvested after his picker and WC burned in a shed fire in 76' and the F20 burned in a grass fire when Mom and Dad were off visiting relatives in ND about 1971. ------------- -- --- .... .- -- -- .- -.. / .-- .- ... / .- / -- ..- .-. -.. . .-. .. -. --. / -.-. .... .. .-.. -.. / .-. .- .--. .. ... - Wink I am a Russian Bot |
Posted By: Steve M C/IL
Date Posted: 23 May 2011 at 2:14pm
| The ole Woods Bros picked clean in the morning and the mounted AC picked clean in the afternoon....that's what dad said.I was too young to care. |
Posted By: Jeff(WD45-SATX-TN)
Date Posted: 23 May 2011 at 2:30pm
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Don,
Can you show a picture of how this bracket is used with a mounted picker:
 ------------- 1954 WD45 NF "Iron Tater" |
Posted By: AaronH
Date Posted: 23 May 2011 at 8:18pm
| Don, you are making me want to put a picker on one of my WD'S. Looks great! I think we all want to see her pick some corn this fall. Dad had a farmall 400 and mtd NI picker. I loved picking corn, when he would let me. seems it was one of his favorites too. Btw.. looks like ya need a left hand brake cover... lol. |
Posted By: Don(MI)
Date Posted: 23 May 2011 at 8:31pm
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Aaron, ya got that right! Thats the last of the "cobble jobs" I am taking off the tractor!
Jeff, I took these pictures tonight for ya. You have the RH bracket, The one in the pictures is a LH. That bracket bolts right under the rear axle, and actually holds the picker "up". The stud shaft that you can't see in the pictures, slides into that bracket. A pin then slips in the other side to lock it into place. This allows the entire picker undercarriage to "pivot" on 2 studs for up and down height control. Hope that makes sense.
   These other pictures are for Ted, this is how the grill screen, and side shields are attached.
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Posted By: Jeff(WD45-SATX-TN)
Date Posted: 23 May 2011 at 9:38pm
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Thanks for taking and posting those pictures Don. Exactly what I wanted to see.
Jeff ------------- 1954 WD45 NF "Iron Tater" |
Posted By: Harvey/pa
Date Posted: 23 May 2011 at 10:58pm
| A man gave me a picker like that one time. When I went to get it he said he'd changed his mind that I was too young to sit in all that dirt & dust and ruin my health. I think one of his kids wanted it or he'd sold it...Harvey |
Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 24 May 2011 at 6:33am
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Thanks from me too Don. I can get them on now. As stated, I wouldn't paint it either! Looks too good. Also as stated, THEY ARE DANGEROUS!! I have a few cousins and good friends who are missing digits and limbs because of these. There are NO shortcuts. Ted ------------- "Allis-Express" 19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17 |
Posted By: Richard
Date Posted: 24 May 2011 at 8:24am
| It was my job to get the picker on the tractor every fall and take it off when the harvest was finished. I loved picking corn with that outfit. It was mounted on a WD. |
Posted By: Pickin-Nick
Date Posted: 26 May 2011 at 7:53am
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I am drouling all over place looking at this fine piece of machinery. Wish it was mine!!!!!
------------- B,IB,C,WC,WD,WD45,D17 ALL-CROP 66 |
Posted By: Gary in da UP
Date Posted: 26 May 2011 at 9:40am
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Posted By: Don(MI)
Date Posted: 26 May 2011 at 11:03am
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Gary, I guess at first I kinda thought I would repaint the shields. I think they are ok though, I could end up repainting until the whole dang thing is the same shade of orange, but again, its just a hunk of cast iron and sheet metal. I am callin her GOOD! lol |
Posted By: PickinNick
Date Posted: 29 Mar 2017 at 10:25am
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anyone have one to sell? ------------- Proud Owner of IB, B, C (2) 1937 WC'S ONE ON RUBBER, ONE ON STEEL, (3) WD'S, (2) WD-45'S, D17, 60 ALLCROP, 5 PLOWS |
Posted By: LaJaMe
Date Posted: 29 Mar 2017 at 12:45pm
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Dad always had one on the farm and was put on every fall. Brings back a lot of good memories. As others, I remember riding in the wagon also. I vote, as it is . By the way, tractor looks great. |
Posted By: PickinNick
Date Posted: 29 Mar 2017 at 1:31pm
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my grandfather farmed 160 acres with a WD and a '45 when I was very young. spent a lot of time on the tool box "my seat" during field work. I want one to use at picker reunion's in the Midwest. ------------- Proud Owner of IB, B, C (2) 1937 WC'S ONE ON RUBBER, ONE ON STEEL, (3) WD'S, (2) WD-45'S, D17, 60 ALLCROP, 5 PLOWS |
Posted By: BenGiBoy
Date Posted: 29 Mar 2017 at 2:09pm
I would not paint the side shields unless I was painting the whole picker. my 0.02.  Looks really nice though, I wish I had one. ------------- '39 Model B Tractors are cheaper than girls, remember that! |