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SW Minnesota | I think there was a similar discussion on the Cornpicker Forum several years ago. Seems to me the consensus on the best mounted picking outfit was an IH 234 Picker mounted on an IH Hydro Tractor.
Although I have never owned one, I think the 234 had a pretty slick mounting system, especially once the mounting frame was installed on the tractor. Could switch from husking bed to sheller (or grinder) in a couple of minutes - no tools. Saw it demonstrated at the Half Century of Progress Show a few years back. Pretty impressive - too bad it came out pretty late in the mounted picker game...
The New Idea mounted pickers weren't too bad, either. I have a 319 for a "toy" that I mounted up every year for a few years around 2007 to 2011. I rigged up a cart so that I could store the gathering unit in the corner of a low shed and when it was time to mount it, bring it out into the middle of another shed with a concrete floor. Made it a LOT easier to mount on the tractor. Having a skid loader with forks on it doesn't hurt with mounting the sub frame, either!
Then we went to 30" rows and couldn't use it anymore so I found a New Idea 3-row pull type. I still pick around 10-12 acres every other year just so I can play with my picker and corn sheller "toys".
The Oliver 74 mounted picker was very similar to the New Idea as well.
Edited by jd-tom 4/8/2018 08:05
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Mounted corn pickers
