Would you pick corn with this classic tractor? 1959 John Deere Model 630 Mounted Corn Picker

[@ClassicTractorFever]

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[@martinzenor7449]

My dad had a two row tractor mounted corn picker on an IH 560 back in the early sixties in Plymouth county Iowa. I remember it took him a day or two to hook it to the tractor and it seemed like the weather was brisk while he was doing it. The corn picker would give a little wind break around my dad keeping him warm during harvest. Great memories. Man, I miss my dad.

[@1ronztoys]

I have always had a fascination with mounted corn pickers. A lost time for sure, great to see and preserve history. A shame so many have gone to scrap.

[@KandiKlover]

Yeah they great for small farms.

[@JJKHaywood]

630 is a end of an era Tractor that will forever do the job.

[@brucekoenig1082]

Used to pick corn with a two row mounted picker on a 720 John Deere.

[@trevorfout4759]

Would pick with it in a heartbeat 630 is on my bucket list

[@robertclark9220]

Dad had this exact setup in 1960. The 227 picker was on an A at first but when he got the sheller he traded for a new 630. the model 50 sheller did an excellent job shelling corn. A neighbor who got a drying bin setup just like ours had a IH 560 and the IH picker sheller. It was a tremendous horse power hog.

[@dankinnard1833]

Super nice equipment!

[@stephenlloydott]

Reminds me of the book Corny Corn Picker Finds a New Home. A book put out for kids for John Deere Days back in 1959.

[@ericshort6873]

Started out helping grandpa pick corn with same setup. Later I ran same picker on a 730D. Still have both tractors. Picker is long gone. Would love to run one again for a few hours.

[@crslyrn]

Looks like they did a fine job with the restoration. Wouldn't mind seeing it out in the field working away. Stay safe.

[@Alex-uy7pc]

Where ya gonna find 40inch rows these days?

[@crslyrn]

@@Alex-uy7pc You're right, nobody is going to plant on 40" rows anymore. It would have to be in a antique farm show type setting. The old equipment is neat to look at to see how far the farm equipment has come over the years but, when possible I like to see the old equipment out in the field to see how farming used to be done.

[@Clunk49]

Here's a Red tractor doing it :>],kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJSskpSuhrafg9k

[@johnkelly903]

Picked alot of corn with 227 corn pickers on a 70 they were great to pick with

[@billknoderer8202]

The Best most trouble free tractor Dad ever owned was a 730 diesel. I wish I still had it!

[@patalexander1965]

Beautiful tractor and implement! Corn baby,corn! Nice tractor Doctor!

[@bigcharliesmodelgarage296]

That's awesome

[@markmccay2110]

My grandfather purchased the previous model, 226 which would be mounted every fall on his 1949 A. I helped mounting it on the A in Oct. 1976 with my grandfather instructing me. It was a sun up to sundown task as the predecessor to the 227 was like a prototype for the 227. There was much more preparation and heavy lifting as it didn't "roll" up onto the frame mounts. The 226 had sat dormant since the early 60's but started up "without a hitch". The drawback to using an "A", however, is no "live" pto. Our neighbor used his JD50 with his 227. A 50 is probably slightly underpowered for the 227, but with "live" pto, it seemed to do well. My grandfather, Harry Gilbert of Mt. Pleasant (Bloomsburg), Pa was the first in the area to have a two row mounted corn picker. With headlamps on his A, he picked corn well after dark. Respectfully submitted, Mark Patrick Gilbert McCay

[@lowellgates5652]

Nice outfit! I grew up with a 227 w/sheller on a 58-720D ES.

[@jimsteele7108]

We had that picker on a B John Deere. No power steering, the ol' girl was a beast.

[@kevinbrown1420]

We pulled a one row McCormick picker with a 520 John Deere back in the early 70s.

[@diamonddog257]

Good for you guys ; F'n BEAUTIFUL

[@AlexTheGurutv]

YES, to the title question.

[@davidwhisnant3230]

I have a 630we had single was new it will have been here 60 years in September and I will be 60 in November I brought it from my grandmother and my uncle in 1982 always no the same place in the same shed

[@dancaszatt7573]

Sad that he doesn't run it anymore since it painted. Would run it in a heartbeat

[@hturbo1007]

I still run a New Idea picker mounted on a Farmall M. Pick about 3 to 4 thousand bushels a year with it. I have uploaded two videos of me running it on my channel.

[@randykroells8049]

Picking corn in a wet fall is a living hell.

[@chuckguyitt4017]

I second that motion.

[@firstname6208]

yeah, that front end could plough a furrow in wet soil.

[@stephenespy1183]

When Tractors were Tractors! This new age fangel stuff. Don't cut it. Vintage: The Best! And Best of Times!

[@georgemcpherson3046]

we had a 730 diesel with a 227 also had the sheller. We shelled many acres with it.

[@gillmorebodyshop6450]

Yes I will

[@gonerydin4225]

My Granddad had the exact same rig 60 years ago minus the sheller.

[@aiden.russell_1661]

Love your videos, keep up the good work😁

[@nickkercheval2704]

Really nice machine. Rare that something of this vintage went directly from a working unit to restoration. Running a mounted picker is a dirty job regardless of the make though.

[@bluegrassman3040]

My dad grew up in the 50s and 60s in TN, and they had a one row corn picker pull type. He said he had ti wear goggles because it was so dusty not having a cab tractor.

[@brianpatrick8787]

We picked with a MH44 special with New idea mounted picker. Sold it when we moved up to a NI uni-system picker. Fast forward to a couple years ago and we bought the tractor back but the picker had long since been cut up for scrap.😣

[@davidhintz1]

Used to eat at Stubb´s Resteraunt in Spencer as a kid quite a bit.

[@tractorboy31]

Beautiful. We picked up a 520 and a 227. Unfortunately the 227 was beyond repair and we had no need for it so it got scrapped

[@tractorboy31]

Oh yeah. The widow we bought it of she said her husband was popular in the fall opening nieghbors fields up for them so didnt have to trample it with the tractor on tow behind units

[@karlb1154]

I have a '58 and a '60 year 630s, still use both on the farm along with my '46 A slant dash. i am searching for a complete wide front axle for a 630, like to convert one to wide.....

[@christophergoodman404]

We used a 4010 and a 237 growing up.

[@firstname6208]

the real deal was putting that sprocket gizmo and long chains on the pto shaft and worse, trying to get it off. my dad had a 730 with the same set up on it. nice restoration. not sure if those fenders are correct. shouldn't they be the clam shell style?

[@watchjaredwork1487]

I have the same picker on a 60

[@charleskettering2626]

How about remember using one?

[@mfreund15448]

I know Paul!!

[@JuliaCV9]

now thats a corn picker! (I am the 39th view, 5th like and 2nd comment)

[@Rebel9668]

Why not use it? That's what it was made for. If you have a small operation and that's all you require, by all means use it. What was once restored can always be restored again.