Picking Ear Corn For Cow Chow!! John Deere 620 Two-Cylinder Power!!

[@jackbraithwaite8345]

There at the end, Dad would have said "We're pickin' corn by candle light". We filled the crib for the cows feed. But to get the feed, we'd have to shovel the corn into the old truck. Take it to the Elevator where they had a cable lift to dump, as there was no hoist on the 53 Chevy 1/2 ton step side. Then they ground cob and all with some minerals and other stuff per Dad's recipe. Bag it up into 100 pound burlap bags. We'd put the bags in the truck (the bed was full, front to back and stacked 2 high) and we'd be good for month. It's hard to believe, but I miss that. I miss Dad more.

[@garymessina1609]

Great old equipment great video thanks Brandon

[@dalegraves7725]

That brings back memories when I was a teenager shoveling corn to the back of a wagon on a hillside farm

[@danielcollier4401]

The old iron still getting it done. Shows the humble beginnings of modern farming.

[@Thecowboy1950]

Picking corn I remember it well dad had a 2 row Minneapolis Moline Picker that we pulled with a D 2 cat after we opened the field with the Massey Harris 44 we done about 55 acres a year and switched over to shell corn in 1973 with the John Deere 3300 combine

[@peteschiavoni]

Really enjoy watching vintage equipment doing what it’s meant to do.

[@boe4448]

Cool equipment. Love the Fall sneery. Why ear corn over shelled corn for cattle? Thanks, Boe

[@roygatewood9236]

I helped my dad pick corn by hand when I was probably 8 to 10 years old. Ford tractor pulling a box wagon. It was then shoveled in a corn crib with a steel scoop shovel before the aluminum ones came out. He had a Davis West combination grinder made in Wichita that I still have. It sat next to the corn crib and was powered by the 1944 Ford tractor. He never owned a corn picker. He borrowed a snapper from a neighbor a few times. Most of his corn went on ensilage. Later on he had a Allis Chalmers model 90 pull type Combine that he put a Hesston corn head on. The combine did a great job.

[@alanbierhoff6831]

That was very cool to watch but, the best part was the chuggin’ sounds 👍🏻

[@dirtgrainsteel]

It's a sound you will never forget!

[@iowaeng1986]

great video--takes me back 60 years on a deere 227 mounted picker .

[@dirtgrainsteel]

I would love to have a mounted picker!!

[@glennrhinehart3186]

Enjoyed the video

[@donnaoglesby1278]

Makes you better understand and appreciate the farmers of this country. Just found you and have subscribed.

[@dirtgrainsteel]

Thank you!

[@glynngrauer3962]

Goodmorning Afternoon and evening all

[@DigginLife21]

🔥🔥🔥 LOVE WATCHING THE OLD EQUIPMENT STILL GETTING IT DONE!!!

[@dirtgrainsteel]

Thank you! I love the old stuff!

[@jeremycherny2041]

That was fun. Take care 🙂

[@JackFrost-mt5dh]

Thanks for bringing back great memories of my childhood! Best times I had was helping dad pick corn riding in the wagon as it filled up back in the 70's. Great work on the video!!!

[@ghilreese3413]

The best feed. Thanks for the videos.

[@daviddziomba9664]

Just think, if you had a two row picker with a sheller on it you'd have the same thing as a combine to work your corn. But it looks like a nice set up though. Dave D.

[@3069mark]

Nice looking old 720 there, Brandon. I have a distinct memory of when I was about 5 years old in 1963 when I rode in the grain wagon that Dad was pulling behind his Farmall 560 with a 2-row mounted corn picker. Somehow I got a corn kernel in my nose and it freaked me out. LOL. That was about the last year Dad ran Farmall's before he switched to John Deere in 1964 when he bought his first brand new JD 4020 Diesel and a gently used JD 70 Diesel and from then on it was JD all the way. From what I understand those 560's had problems with the rear ends going out on them. TBH, I think our country would be better off if we had never changed from the old ways of farming because the small family farms was destroyed by large scale and corporate farming.

[@artillerest43rdva7]

always amazed how the old equipment just keeps going and going plus you can fix it with out killing your self. I was wondering how the ears get removed and stripped before conveying to the trailer? thank you for sharing a day in your life!

[@davidlinux]

Thank you for sharing. That's how we did corn harvest when I was a teen. We used a 1010 and a 4010. You definitely brought a smile to me this morning. Keep up the great work. Be safe.

[@larrybolhuis1049]

My uncle had a mounted 2-row that I believe went on his 60 JD. Made the thing look very scary!

[@kenuber4766]

I used to farm with a 720 years ago in Montana. Classic Thanks Brandon!

[@dankreoger611]

Been a pretty good past 2 weeks. Iowa Country Girl with AC/New Idea picker, Ross the Oliver Man with Oliver picker last week. DeanDeare4020 with John Deere/ New Idea picker, and now you with John Deere a New Idea this week. Great time

[@zendoargos4988]

A 1-row corn picker? Wow! Really makes you appreciate how hard past generations had to work to make a living at farming. I hope the cows appreciate your efforts.

[@johnblankenship9454]

My dad started farming and picked corn by hand. He thought a one row picker was a godsend. I still have that picker.

[@l337pwnage]

@@johnblankenship9454 Back when film was very new, a common thing was to start interviewing old people to save on film their experiences and I saw one where a farmer, I believe it was in the U.K., talked about his opposition to mechanization because he could see right where it was heading, which was basically putting the farmers in debt to the corporations and banks. He was pretty much on the money. Even the mega farms are, basically, now employees of banks, seed companies, and conglomerates.

[@TheHobbyShopFilms]

Love the John Deere Two-Cylinder sounds. I have a Model A, 2 Model B's (late B and (1939), and a Model H (1939). Thanks for the awesome video!

[@chadkalina1257]

Nice 620s I grew up on them two cylinders tractors still have a few on are farm

[@TheJimmybud]

I was born in 66 and remember my grandpa Werner had a 2 row Gehl picking corn behind the house "he lost the end of his ring finger to that picker" and he had to corn cribs by the cow yard by our house for storage. Great video brought back some memories!

[@prevost8686]

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[@jeffhoman767]

We used to have a nice 2 row new idea picker kinda wish we still had it. Yours was doing a nice job. Neat to see them running yet. Thanks for the video Brandon

[@markweiler8172]

Picked a lot of corn with a new idea 1 row picker just like that. Late 70’s early 80’s. Anywhere from 80 to 110 acres every year

[@glennspreeman1634]

my dad wore out a 226, 2-227's and a237. All 2 row mounted before he wore out. real tough to handle the noise and dust.

[@charlietanner6211]

usedto pick a lot of ear ccorn brings back memories

[@tsparky236]

Johnny Popper, corn picker but no Heat Houser? Unheard of, lol. Thank you sir, another great reminder video. Please be safe and keep up the good videos.

[@jonathancrissinger2301]

That looked like fun. Ground looked alittle soft in places. That darn corn stalk got in our way,lol, but that's ok. Sure brought back some memories though.

[@roberthocking9138]

Great old tractor and machinery, excellent sound and vision. That must be hard on your neck turning round to keep a single cutter bar in a a single cornrow . Great video 👍

[@brucehodges7889]

Very cool video! Really enjoyed all the different camera locations and angles. Gotta love the old 2 cylinders...

[@lcdc59]

Thanks!!

[@bigfoot4515]

I've picked a fair amount of corn with a new idea one row. Great skill to get those 2 ears to ride on the angle iron 😉

[@jazzerbyte]

Great capture of past harvesting techniques. Having the real lights on the 620 at the end shows what harvesting was like back then when it took some concentration to see and the whole work area is not lit like a football field.

[@jimmybland6519]

Switching from different tractors have you ever push in the left brake pedal for a clutch in a panic situation. Just asking for a friend.

[@clairbaughman7892]

At home we had a 2 row then converted it into a sheller

[@huntingandstuff9489]

It sure seems like you made it to 25,000 followers pretty quick. Always good videos

[@kennethhinzman2336]

We had the same set up except our tractor was a case 1210

[@cottonwood4935]

We had a two row, quite the mess when you get those three items stuck all at once!

[@johnnyholland8765]

Speaking of tractor issues my 39 B clutch won't cam over into drive position after a total rebuild . Tried to adjust it every was from Sunday but no good. Got any ideas? Love the picking video...

[@michaelisrude]

Some day I would like to put the mounted picker back on the IH 656.Been sitting since the early 80’s in the shed

[@robertwinton2649]

That is a very beautiful load of corn so much so that even the greater North American moonshine cookers association loves it keep up the good work we're proud of you

[@bluegrallis]

I haven't raised calves for many years, but I still have the one row Wood Brothers picker, just like the one Dad used. I also have the CA Allis he used to pull the picker with, the Monkey Wards barge box that was his only wagon, and the Monkey Wards 13 inch "Grain Buster" hammermill he used to grind all his feed with. I nay need a different flat belt, if I ever hook the CA up to the MW grinder again some day 😉

[@williammatzek4660]

Your picker works faster then I thought it would. What breed of cattle are you looking at? Brandon is their a little fly wheel cover, that pops off? Is their an adapter that bolts to the steering wheel to hand start your 620?

[@kevinfrerichs8589]

Is that a Lockwood pivot with Reinke tower boxes?

[@dirtgrainsteel]

Yes with a valley control box we have some real mutts lol

[@richardwilkens4577]

I use a 227 mounted picker on my JD 60

[@donschultz2477]

Great video but I didnt see the autosteer!!

[@corsairsmitty9691]

Brandon, what size rear tires do you have on the 620 ?

[@travisvolf1804]

Are you gonna raise some cows...so you can send them off to freezer camp each year?? Yummy

[@spadelugs]

How many times did you forget to pull the clutch rope before you turned 🥴

[@mattphillips4260]

the way meat prices are going better get a couple hogs to feed out also

[@bradleyhughes6853]

My Grandpa had a New Idea that looks the same until 1964 that he pulled behind his 420, then bought a john deere 101 and used it until he quit picking corn to feed the hogs in the early 80's . (by then he was mounting the picker on the 63' 2010 he traded for in 68')

[@logpile1318]

I'm 66 and I can remember standing in the yard probably back in the early 60s up in Northern Minnesota and hearing the sounds of those old 2 cylinder John deeres off in the distance then when I was in the seventh grade I plowed with an old 720 for a farmer, 3 bottom plow, maybe that's why I'm half deaf today.

[@danvanninhuys745]

Just ficking awesome.

[@glynngrauer3962]

1st like 👍

[@philliphall5198]

Love seeing old equipment proving we don’t need the new junk they sale And you can work on it

[@Press1for]

Pop the 🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽

[@keithmounts5551]

Your equipment runs Great! Most Farmers know breakdowns are going to happen. Your Equipment is Only AS Good AS The Mechanic which is most of the time, The Family Normally Helps If You Have Kids that r old enough to start out on a tractor. It's sad that Farmers work Harder Maintaining Equipment, and taking care of the Many chores that have to be done even in the Winter time. There's no Shortage of things needing repair, taking care of the Livestock Etcetera! Farmers work the Hardest for the Least amount of Money & Return. Our Farmers deserve more than this!!!