Oliver 1800 Tractor and New Idea Picker Sheller

[@tomcorcoran3401]

We hope to get a sheller we bought by next year. 20 years outside haven’t done it any favors. Nice pair you have!

[@rogermiller7411]

@@tomcorcoran3401 Thanks!

[@christinamoneyhan5688]

The New Idea picker Shelley looks like it’s doing a very good job on the shelling , look clean in the wagon.👍✌🏻🙏🏽🇺🇸😎

[@rogermiller7411]

It does a good job from that respect. This year my corn was knocked down in spots from hurricane Helene so I left a lot in the field.

[@ptnelsonster]

Nice vid. I have a New Idea 324 on 38” rows and I used it last year to pick popcorn and a little field corn. I actually pull it behind my 20 HP John Deere 750! I have to go slow put it does pull it, though I don’t have the sheller, just the husking bed. I wouldn’t mind having a little more power though, like that beautiful Oliver. Keep the vids coming!

[@rogermiller7411]

I have used a smaller tractor but I also pull a 150 bushel hopper wagon and on hilly ground it sometimes made the tractor go sideways. The Oliver and my John Deere 730 are heavy enough that they don’t do that so that’s why I use them.

[@danw6014]

You can adjust the clearance of the snapping rolls. The dryer the corn the more butt shelling it will do. As it gets colder, I'll do my picking in the morning and again later at night because the drying stalks tend to load up in the head. When I was younger I used to easily cover a couple hundred acres with a New Idea picker and picker sheller. You may find the Over under on the Oliver handy. We used a 4020 power shift. That was an enjoyable job for me. I started running the picker when I was 16. I ended up doing most of the picking on that farm even after I got another job on another dairy where I picked most of the corn there too.

[@rogermiller7411]

@@danw6014 Thanks for the tips. I did adjust the snapping roll clearance which helped.

[@gregmiller-q5g]

Pretty cool Brother