i went ahead and bought the picker
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Topic: i went ahead and bought the picker
Posted By: mike 44
Subject: i went ahead and bought the picker
Date Posted: 23 Nov 2011 at 5:20am
| ...... can't wait to get it home and get some paint on it... put some corn in next spring nad give it a try.... outta look goos behind the d-17 0r th d-14 |
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Posted By: mike 44
Date Posted: 23 Nov 2011 at 5:22am
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Posted By: Don(MI)
Date Posted: 23 Nov 2011 at 6:04am
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You are gonna like it!!!
We ran ours with the WD, and did not get it out of 1st gear though. Its a slooow pickin, but is alotta fun.
  ------------- Galatians 5:22-24 "I got a pig at home in a pen and corn to feed him on, All I need is a pretty little girl to feed him when I'm gone!" |
Posted By: mike 44
Date Posted: 23 Nov 2011 at 6:28am
| .... i hope so... i was debating about getting it cause it prob wont get alot of use... but it was about 3miles from home. I thought how many of these could realy be left out there? and this close to home be dumb not to get it.. only know of 2 round here and one won't sell his and one about 85miles away... |
Posted By: mike 44
Date Posted: 23 Nov 2011 at 11:01am
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Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 23 Nov 2011 at 11:31am
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Looks good. Kinda fun to have around even if it doesn't get used much. I've only used mine once at the fall show here and I had to slip the hand clutch a lot on the 45. The corn was about 180/acre though.I think it would look better behind my CA. I might even try it behind the WC one of these days.
------------- http://www.ae-ta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ae-ta.com Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |
Posted By: DougS
Date Posted: 23 Nov 2011 at 11:38am
| Yikes. Lots of shelling going on there. Can you set the snapping rolls to be less agressive? |
Posted By: mike 44
Date Posted: 23 Nov 2011 at 11:47am
| i don't know a thing about picking corn never ran one... just wanted something different in the collection....can't just have tractors with nothing hooked to them!!!! trying to get as many implements as i can before they are all gone |
Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 23 Nov 2011 at 5:59pm
I've watched all kinds of rigs at our "working fall show" http://ae-ta.com/ - http://ae-ta.com/ and in today's corn, shelling on the butt end of the cob is very common. If the corn is 20% or less, the stalks of today tend to snap harder than 1950's corn so some shelling occurs before the ear is snapped off. There looks to be shelling elsewhere on this corn which could be caused by the cross auger if the corn is real dry. The only fix for that is to use a different picker with an elevator to move it to the opposite side of the machine. I don't know enough about set-up on the Allis picker to tell by looking at the ears if it could be set up better. I know on my Wood Brothers the snapping rollers can be adjusted for speed and width and the Wood Brothers has a spiral beater bar that helps knock the ears off. Charlie
------------- http://www.ae-ta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ae-ta.com Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |
DougS wrote:Posted By: Bill Deppe/AC Salvag
Date Posted: 23 Nov 2011 at 6:24pm
| Also, the new corn hybrids are designed for easier shelling |
Posted By: 1946WP
Date Posted: 23 Nov 2011 at 7:35pm
| I'VE GOT ONE I PICKED UP ABOUT 20 MILES FROM HOME . I ALSO HAVE A 2 ROW MOUNTED PICKER . NEVER USED EITHER, NOT MUCH CORN TO PICK AROUND HERE. BUT I DO LIKE THE EQUIPMENT WITH THE TRACTORS. GOT A PRETTY DESENT PTO HAY RAKE LAST WK TOO. IT RAKED HAY 10 YRS AGO WHEN PARKED. I'M SURE I'LL USE IT SOME. |
Posted By: m16ty
Date Posted: 23 Nov 2011 at 9:16pm
I wouldn't worry about shelling by the auger too much. At least what the auger shells makes it to the wagon. |
Posted By: JohnCO
Date Posted: 23 Nov 2011 at 11:34pm
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I had the opportunity to buy one in not nearly as nice condition about 15 miles away. The owner is a junk dealer from the Midwest and laughed at my $150 offer, wanted $500 for it, said he could sell it easily back east. I was willing to go maybe $300 or $350 but decided to wait a while. I drove past his place a couple weeks ago, it's gone, guess he got close to what he was offering. Oh well, at least at the asking price it wasn't going to China.
------------- "If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer" Allis Express participant |
Posted By: m16ty
Date Posted: 23 Nov 2011 at 11:49pm
He probably scrapped it. Most junk dealers around here will walk over people offering them $100 for something to get $50 sending it to China. Doesn't make good sense but some junk dealers aren't known for being smart. |
Posted By: Dipstick In
Date Posted: 24 Nov 2011 at 8:34am
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It was normal for pickers to shell when we first started in the fall until the rolls developed a "polish" and then they would slow down considerably. With the rust or "dirtiness" of setting over the winter and summer they were simply too aggressive. The other thing was when the rolls wore there is spirals leading up to small "cups" which were designed to grab the stalk and pull it through snapping the ear off. When these cups wore, we welded them up,not usually trying to "lay" to nice of a bead,but rather to make them more aggressive. This also caused shelling until they "shined" up! With the start of combines and faster ground speed it became more practical to use stripper plates and rolls with replaceable "knives"(flat plates with no spiraling). And shelling was a little less of a problem, because the ear was snapped off quicker and strippers could be set to keep the ear from the rolls better. Hope this helps to understand why shelling occurs. For the most part after 50-75 acres the pickers will slow down on shelling,but, who has that much ear corn to pick today. ------------- You don't really have to be smart if you know who is! |
Posted By: 1946WP
Date Posted: 24 Nov 2011 at 9:25am
| OUR SCRAP DEALER HAD GOLF CART LIKE ALLIS BUT NOT AN ALLIS, THOUGHT IT MIGHT WORK FOR SOME PARTS IF NEEDED. IT WAS ALL MOSS COVERED. I ASKED WHAT HE WANTED FOR IT & HE SAID $250. I TOLD HIM I DIDN'T WANT THE BATTERYS. HE SAID THATS THE PRICE I CAN GET FOR SCRAP WITHOUT THE BATTERYS. DIDN'T KNOW SCRAP FIBER GLASS WAS WORTH THAT MUCH. I THINK HE THOUGHT HE HAD A SUCKER. |
Posted By: Seth Souerdike
Date Posted: 25 Nov 2011 at 9:42pm
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thats just nice
------------- There are no atheist in foxholes. |