We only live 30 miles from Coldwater Ohio where New Idea was headquartered my dad bought a super picker in 1964 and picked around 10,000 bu for years with 400 international tractor he let me start running it when I was 10 years old, kinda risky with all the exposed shafts and chains but I survived and loved running it. Thanks for the memories.
You all have this farm down to a science. From the silage piles, the grainery, the barns, corn cribs and machinery sheds. Also your farm is clean and organized. Thanks for sharing the videos.
I love the smell of grain. The aromas, sounds and sights of farming have remained with me for 63 years. Yesterday while mulching leaves the sound reminds me of chopping silage. Keep on sharing farm life
It’s so interesting to me to watch you guys utilizing the old techniques and equipment. It’s almost like a museum. The majority of y’all’s operation is similar to what you would see post war late 40’s early 50’s. Awesome stuff!!
So many people spend so much money to make their lives as easy as possible and then spend more to get a gym membership. I would rather shovel grain over going to a gym any day. At least I accomplish something.
Looks like you and your Dad have mounting the picker down to a science. My In-Laws had a mounted New Idea picker on a 770 Oliver. Seemed like most of the job was preparing the tractor and mounting the sub-frame. Getting the rear unit and gathering units on went well if things were sitting level. Good luck and a safe harvest.
I love watching your videos. It brings me back to the good old days of the 80’s growing up on the farm with Farmall’s, Oliver’s and mounted corn picker.
I'm from Western Pennsylvania we feed beef cattle here and we do some of each some shelled some pick most acreage being picked I think it makes good feed
I'm always amazed at all of your backup skills. Dad is the king he can back up a wagon or implement about 30 mph but all you boys have the same skills very precise and fast! Especially enjoy the Bobcat scenes - the wheels never actually stop turning!
Got to run a International 234 Mounted Picker with a Sheller unit on a 706 Diesel last Sunday at our Harvest Weekend. Even had a McCormick barge box behind it. First time rynning a corn picker for me.
Where I live. I don't see much being picked. Down here I am watching a lot of peanuts being flipped to be dried for harvest, I am also seeing the Cotton pickers moving our little Blacktop road. We have the NPF, "National Peanut Festival", coming up here pretty soon in Dothan, Alabama. That is a very big show down here in our neck of the woods. Good luck picking corn. Keep the videos coming. God Speed.
I tell you I would grind feed just like that 16 hours a day 7 days a week if I could. We have the same grinder/mixer and use the Farmall 560. So we do have matching colors.
Putting a mounted picker on a tractor is not always so much fun!! You and your Dad make it look easy. It can be a pain if one thing goes badly.Have a very havest!! Thanks 😊.
When I was growing up late 60s and early 70s my neighbor would always mount his ford picker on an international 400 and pick his corn. I was always amazed how he did it all by himself.
Late 1950s early 60s Dad had a 2 row International mounted on a H Farmall. Think was a model 21. The 21 came with a nose that would turn with the tricycle front end thereby not knocking over a bunch of stalks before getting lined out in the rows. The heat generated in the transmission was intense your feet felt blister at days end. The 21s elevator was attached to reciever hoppers and the pickers units attached to pivot bars by those hopper units. There were many amputated fingers, arms and legs caused by operators not paying attention. I think Dad custom harvested near 800 acres a year in 10 to 20 acre plots.
In my area of sw Ontario corn fields haven't even been touched yet, soybeans are still coming off. With the combination of high moisture in the corn and poor weather conditions and long range forecast, we'll be harvesting into January most likely.
Thanks for your videos! Wondering why you prefer the mounted type of picker instead of the pull type? We used to use a New Idea 324 with 12 husking bed. Now we take everything to the grain mill instead. Getting too old to scoop corn into the grinder.
I picked many acres with that picker on a 706 gas. We had a sheller and the husking unit. What I wouldn't give to run it for a couple more hours again.
We are down to 60 acres left of corn. We've been rained out for almost a week now. Hopefully can go today. We've made 1800 bales of corn stalks/bean straw.
I had a grindermixer just like that when l had hogs. Not a bad machine. In my area of south central Nebraska soybean harvest is practically done and corn is about 75% done.
Great video and always look seeing it in action since we used to used one back on our farm.Do you ever think you might get a pull behind unit or stick with the tractor mounted one?
what do you guys use to control the European Corn Borer? or is this pestilence not much of a problem since this is animal feed and not human consumption?
It's really not worth buying another tractor to just leave it sitting on a picker for eleven months of the year. I personally all by myself can get a tractor ready for and mount the picker in about two and a half hours. Taking it off is about half that time.
Why not just find a good used 2row pull type that you could pull with the 1066 it would be so much easier then taking that time messing around with putting that picker on the 686.
I could is your dog digging by the corn cripes . Are they after rats ? We one of our neighbors over three miles from our farm , had one of there old buildings where they had old grain and old hay that had sat for years burned down. Need to say after a month or so our farm became infected with hundreds of rat's . Our cats , dogs and traps could not keep up with them . We had a little over a dozen of pet rabbit that we keep in cages . Dad asked us if we would be okay if we were to turn them lose on the farm and why it would be a good idea. We did , after a couple of weeks the rat's disappeared from the farm . Dad said that to a rat , Rabbits are a bigger rat and it worked . As time went on our tame rabbits slowly disappeared as well , The foxes and coyotes we believe had gotten most or all of them . We never had any more problems with rat's again . This may seem far fetched , but I can tell you it worked for us . No more rat hole in the ground or rat dropping anywhere . We also had five or six badgers dens around the that farming community . Dad said not to bother them for a while either for they would help with the rat problem as well .
its a chore to mount those critters.done it many times in the 50,s the good ole days
This video takes me back to about 1970. The sight of an aluminum scoop shovel still makes my back hurt. lol
We only live 30 miles from Coldwater Ohio where New Idea was headquartered my dad bought a super picker in 1964 and picked around 10,000 bu for years with 400 international tractor he let me start running it when I was 10 years old, kinda risky with all the exposed shafts and chains but I survived and loved running it. Thanks for the memories.
Looks like fun guys be safe out there your buddy from Nebraska
Love watching you two work together. You know how to get things done. Great video
Looking forward to seeing that corn picker run. I’ve always admired those mounted corn pickers
You all have this farm down to a science. From the silage piles, the grainery, the barns, corn cribs and machinery sheds. Also your farm is clean and organized. Thanks for sharing the videos.
My favourite time in the Gierok farm year, when you bring out the Stars Wars machine- may the Force be with you !
Thanks for another great video 👍👍
Thanks for the video, I enjoy the farming videos
Love the way you too work together so harmoniously.
I love the smell of grain. The aromas, sounds and sights of farming have remained with me for 63 years. Yesterday while mulching leaves the sound reminds me of chopping silage. Keep on sharing farm life
It’s so interesting to me to watch you guys utilizing the old techniques and equipment. It’s almost like a museum. The majority of y’all’s operation is similar to what you would see post war late 40’s early 50’s. Awesome stuff!!
Какой вайны у вас была вайна в 40 х нет была в СССР немцы убили 25 милионов советских людей
@@ИльяКузнецов-ч4жlol never read many books about world war 2 that weren’t written by soviet era authors huh ?
I love the interior of your shop-machine shed. It shows the skills of the old time barn builders.
Have you seen their video on how they planned and built the quonset building where they do their repairs and stuff. It is pretty interesting.
Always nice to see River supervising!
The new idea picker was so easy to mount. Thanks for the memories 😊
So many people spend so much money to make their lives as easy as possible and then spend more to get a gym membership. I would rather shovel grain over going to a gym any day. At least I accomplish something.
Looks like you and your Dad have mounting the picker down to a science. My In-Laws had a mounted New Idea picker on a 770 Oliver. Seemed like most of the job was preparing the tractor and mounting the sub-frame. Getting the rear unit and gathering units on went well if things were sitting level. Good luck and a safe harvest.
Thanks for sharing the video. Nice picker. Can't wait to see it picking corn.
Now that brings back memories
good morning friends, nice to know your channel, your videos are very interesting, ok happy weekend bro
I love watching your videos. It brings me back to the good old days of the 80’s growing up on the farm with Farmall’s, Oliver’s and mounted corn picker.
Nothing cooler than a two row mounted corn picker on a classic tractor ready for work.
I love the fact that you guys pick ear corn
I'm from Western Pennsylvania we feed beef cattle here and we do some of each some shelled some pick most acreage being picked I think it makes good feed
I'm always amazed at all of your backup skills. Dad is the king he can back up a wagon or implement about 30 mph but all you boys have the same skills very precise and fast! Especially enjoy the Bobcat scenes - the wheels never actually stop turning!
Old school COOL.
happy Halloween and love your videos too
Got to run a International 234 Mounted Picker with a Sheller unit on a 706 Diesel last Sunday at our Harvest Weekend. Even had a McCormick barge box behind it. First time rynning a corn picker for me.
Thank you
Brings back memories of getting our picker ready. Dad and I had one just like yours .
Forgot to say that enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work.
Back in the 60's in central MN there were many farmers doing custom picking with mounted pickers.
Love watching you guys! Great content and you're good people!
Best part of the year, empty cribs and corn picking
686 with narrow front, is that kinda rare ? Looks like a awesome corn picker.
I cannot count the number of times I shoveled our gehl mixer full of corn growing up. Good stuff!
I had a GEHL 100 toy mixer when I was a kid which I think I still have it after all these years.
Loved the share, over here in Scotland we make corn silage in the south. But I know cows go crazy for ground corn 🌽. Take care.
Shoveling that corn brings back memories of 50 plus years ago
Where I live. I don't see much being picked. Down here I am watching a lot of peanuts being flipped to be dried for harvest, I am also seeing the Cotton pickers moving our little Blacktop road. We have the NPF, "National Peanut Festival", coming up here pretty soon in Dothan, Alabama. That is a very big show down here in our neck of the woods. Good luck picking corn. Keep the videos coming. God Speed.
I tell you I would grind feed just like that 16 hours a day 7 days a week if I could. We have the same grinder/mixer and use the Farmall 560. So we do have matching colors.
Putting a mounted picker on a tractor is not always so much fun!! You and your Dad make it look easy. It can be a pain if one thing goes badly.Have a very havest!! Thanks 😊.
When I was growing up late 60s and early 70s my neighbor would always mount his ford picker on an international 400 and pick his corn. I was always amazed how he did it all by himself.
Late 1950s early 60s Dad had a 2 row International mounted on a H Farmall. Think was a model 21. The 21 came with a nose that would turn with the tricycle front end thereby not knocking over a bunch of stalks before getting lined out in the rows. The heat generated in the transmission was intense your feet felt blister at days end. The 21s elevator was attached to reciever hoppers and the pickers units attached to pivot bars by those hopper units. There were many amputated fingers, arms and legs caused by operators not paying attention. I think Dad custom harvested near 800 acres a year in 10 to 20 acre plots.
In my area of sw Ontario corn fields haven't even been touched yet, soybeans are still coming off. With the combination of high moisture in the corn and poor weather conditions and long range forecast, we'll be harvesting into January most likely.
Thanks for your videos! Wondering why you prefer the mounted type of picker instead of the pull type? We used to use a New Idea 324 with 12 husking bed. Now we take everything to the grain mill instead. Getting too old to scoop corn into the grinder.
How many acres of corn does it take in a normal year to fill a crib? A ton of memories in your videos!
I picked many acres with that picker on a 706 gas. We had a sheller and the husking unit. What I wouldn't give to run it for a couple more hours again.
Dad had/ still has 2 pull type new idea pickers
We are down to 60 acres left of corn. We've been rained out for almost a week now. Hopefully can go today. We've made 1800 bales of corn stalks/bean straw.
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I had a grindermixer just like that when l had hogs. Not a bad machine. In my area of south central Nebraska soybean harvest is practically done and corn is about 75% done.
I guess Gehl has stopped building farm equipment, do dealers still sell parts or do you have to salvage off old machines?
Do you raise your oats or buy them . Not too many farms use them . Makes excellent feed.
The Nicolet law guy looks like you!
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Great video and always look seeing it in action since we used to used one back on our farm.Do you ever think you might get a pull behind unit or stick with the tractor mounted one?
I remember when my dad and uncle had to put ours on our 460
I see why guys had dedicated tractor for the picker. If you could afford it, why not . Save a lot of work.
Picker goes on,,,end of harvest is close
what row width is that picker made for? Or is it adjustable in some way?
Get that corn in the crib ,i have 2 acres, have a 323 n i but the rows are short and makes hard handling .
Wow, that's quite the task of mounting a picker we had a combine. The neighbor had an ear picker, New Idea self propelled
Snow is coming very soon........
Crop harvest is a mixed bag here in SE WI. Some beans are done and the same with the corn. Whether is up and down and we follow accordingly.
what do you guys use to control the European Corn Borer? or is this pestilence not much of a problem since this is animal feed and not human consumption?
12roller husker?
40" rows?
Why all the chainsaws? Wow
Sr does chainsaw carvings. There's some videos on it. I also think he's a chainsaw enthusiast also, can't blame him for that!
I'm courious if ya ever buy another 686 and just leave the corn picker in this 686 all year round
It's really not worth buying another tractor to just leave it sitting on a picker for eleven months of the year. I personally all by myself can get a tractor ready for and mount the picker in about two and a half hours. Taking it off is about half that time.
Boys, you need a chrome stack for the 1066. Don't bother responding. I won't be able to hear you. 😉 RED POWER!
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Harvest is going nowhere for me. Corn is 32% moisture and the husks are tight on the ear.
Why not just find a good used 2row pull type that you could pull with the 1066 it would be so much easier then taking that time messing around with putting that picker on the 686.
Looks like its time to buy another John deere ..
Why?
Probably would’ve been easier to just move the bales
I could is your dog digging by the corn cripes . Are they after rats ?
We one of our neighbors over three miles from our farm , had one of there old buildings where they had old grain and old hay that had sat for years burned down.
Need to say after a month or so our farm became infected with hundreds of rat's . Our cats , dogs and traps could not keep up with them . We had a little over a dozen of pet rabbit that we keep in cages . Dad asked us if we would be okay if we were to turn them lose on the farm and why it would be a good idea.
We did , after a couple of weeks the rat's disappeared from the farm .
Dad said that to a rat ,
Rabbits are a bigger rat and it worked . As time went on our tame rabbits slowly disappeared as well , The foxes and coyotes we believe had gotten most or all of them .
We never had any more problems with rat's again .
This may seem far fetched , but I can tell you it worked for us .
No more rat hole in the ground or rat dropping anywhere . We also had five or six badgers dens around the that farming community . Dad said not to bother them for a while either for they would help with the rat problem as well .
1066 is a waste of horsepower
Oliverfarmboy66 any suggestions?