Picking ear corn with IH 1486 & New idea picker. Another step in making the best beef

[oldbones]

Too much ground speed. Drop the 14 back a gear. When the corn is balling up at the top of the gathering chains, and it cascading back down the clean corn elevator like that, you're pushing it too hard. That's also causing a lot of shelling loss when it's grinding in the head.
Like seeing that the older equipment run. I picked a lot of ear corn in my younger days.

[jamesvdl]

Love the old equipment as it brings back memories.

[randymarcum]

Thanks I m a farmall or nothing fellar brought back alot memories.Made my day . I spent a lot days out there .Health bad now about all can do is feed horses now .

[french-canadianfarmer]

Looks good. I like that A. That picture at the end could be your next Christmas card.

[ronjessie]

It's got Patena. It's been about 60 years since i have seen ear corn picked, and I believe There were still some of the New Idea equipment being used. Enjoyed seeing it in action again.

[jamesolson]

You are pulling that picker in too high of a gear. Use Low range, third gear..

[oldamericaniron]

Just a comment on battery draining, I’ve had alternators with internal regulators put small drains on batteries. I think the cause may be in the diodes allowing current to flow back, with the price of alternators I just replaced them. I would check them by removing wires from alternator and see if it then drained after sitting a few days. Good luck with it.

[lavernfiely]

If your slow down a little bit and let the picker do it job you wouldn`t have all that trash in the wagon

[richardmueller]

Holy Moly----slow down a
has to be sheeling on the snapper rollers!

[williame.portman]

Love all the international harvester tractors that's all I use there the best!!

[acreshop_time]

Oh boy! That’s some good yielding corn going up that belt

[kdmfarms]

I like your style and type of farming! but I will say, you are a fool for driving so fast while picking corn

[josephbrown]

Picking way too fast, no wonder it sheared the bolt

[brianwilson]

WELL, I AGREE WITH THE PREVIOUS POST. TO MUCH GROUND SPEED FOR THE UNIT. THE CORN SHOULD NOT BALL UP IN THE FEEDER, SHOULD NOT PILE UP ON THE HUSKING BED, SHOULD NOT PILE UP IN THE CLEAN GRAIN ELEVATOR. SPEED IS NOT EVERYTHING. YOU HAVE TO GIVE THE MACHINE TIME TO DO ITS JOB. TO START WITH WHEN THE MACHINE WAS NEW THE CORN WAS NOT THAT GOOD AS FAR AS BUSHELS TO THE ACRE. BY OVERLOADING THE MACHINE IS WHY THE UNIT IS SHELLING SO BAD. ALSO, THE UNIT IS NOCKING DOWN A LOT OF CORN IN FRONT OF THE SNAPPING ROLLERS ONTO THE GROUND. YOU CAN SEE THE EARS HITTING THE GROUND. ALSO, BY OVERLOADING THE MACHINE IS PROBABLY THE REASON THE GATHERING CHAIN JUMPED OFF THE SPROCKET. SPEED IS NOT EVERYTHING. THE MACHINE NEEDS TIME TO DO ITS JOB. NEXT IS THE WAY THAT YOU USED THE A FARMALL TO PULL THAT WAGON FULL OF CORN. REALLY NOT A BIG ENOUGH TRACTOR FOR THE JOB. ALSO, YOU ARE RIGHT ABOUT THE TRANSMISSON IS NOT SYNCRONIZED AND IS REALLY NOT MADE TO SHIFT ON THE GO LIKE YOU DID. YOU KEEP THAT UP THE WAY YOU DID ON THE VIDEO YOU'LL EITHER BUST A TOOTH ON A GEAR OR THE GEAR COMPLETELY. IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A BIT OF ADVICE FROM AN OLD TIMER, SLOW DOWN AND SMELL THE ROSES. I HAVE WORKED WITH THIS OLDER EQUIPMENT FOR OVER 40 YEARS. THE OLD SAYINGS, I HAVE HAD FOR YEARS IS SLOW AND SAFE MAKES SINSE. FASTER IS NOT ALWAYS BETTER. IF TOMORROW NEVER COMES, WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE. IN OTHER WORDS, DON'T EXPECT TO GET IT DONE IN ONE DAY. GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU HAVE THE INTREST IN DOING IT THE OLD WAY. KEEP UP THE HERITAGE YOUNG MAN

[operator]

Good video, we love the old tractors and equipment

[chrisstackhouse]

Slow down give her time to clean better and you won’t get as much shelling.

[bobbyscott]

Very nice! Love that old equipment! Have a Farmall 100, an M and a 274 diesel! Would love to be there helping you! From Sophia, N.C.

[markwolf]

I have a 1086 that had the same battery problems . Sometimes dead sometimes not . I worked

[robertjones-vmqu]

Farming has come along ways.Alot slower but alot easier to fix .

[charmainevandiford]

You could go in debt and buy all new shiny equipment but then you would have a big payment. Farmer today have to make do with what you got. They also have to be good mechanics. People don’t realize all the land was farmed with small Farmalls back in the day.