Back when that tractor was new 100 acres was a big farm, drive it to the house and fuel it. In that era you could sign for a new tractor in the spring and pay it off come fall...oh the good ole days! Good seeing the old iron still at work.
Hello Dean I just got my copy of Green Magazine and looked at the back cover and thought I have seen this equipment before looked a bit more and saw your name on the top I just wanted to congratulate you on a terrific picture and you are a very good inspiration to all of us just getting going in the green MATURE tractor arena!!!!
Although I never ran the picker myself, Dad had a 58-720D ES with a 227 picker, also had the mounted sheller for it. He replaced it with a two-row corn head for the JD #42 pull type combine because of the dust with the picker.
We ran a 237 on a 720 Diesel for a couple seasons a few years ago. The 237 needs some parts now, and has been on a 3010 and a 3020 since then, but id love to get it back going again. I'd also love to find an LP 620/30 or 720/30 to stick in it too. Yes, the New Idea 324 and 4020 have done a great job for us this year, but there's just nothing quite like running a mounted picker.
@@Deandeere4020 same with ours. One of the drive couplings down on the row unit broke on ours, and that spelled the end of our using it for the time being.
I've kinda wondered about adding a New Idea mounted picker husking bed behind the Deere row/husking units, so that way the corn goes through two stages of husking before it goes into the elevator. The snapping rolls have been brazed / welded a couple times to keep pulling the stalks through.
@@RustyCarnahan we're thinking about a sheller attachment for the 237. We only have so much space for ear corn and have a bin for shell corn too would be nice to fill both.
The picker does come off. Just takes a could hours to do it. The picker can mount and anything from an A to a 4020 and also will mount on any brand tractor from that era as well pretty cool machine.
Dean that picker looks like somewhat of a mechanical nightmare? Roller chains , sprockets and idlers all over the place, does it stay in adjustment while in use or do you stop every couple hours to check everything? It sure looks like it working well here, but then all your equipment seems to always be working very well. Dean on this 730 its powered by LP, may I ask WHY a farmer would want that over diesel of petrol? It all seems so much easier to refuel in the field with almost anything but propane. I understand it burns much cleaner in the engine than does diesel or petrol but how much is that worth when you losing time because you have to run back to the farm every night to fill the tractor again with propane? And as always thanks for sending this to view its great like all the other ones Dean!
We did have a few things to work on before we started with a couple sprockets and chains needed to be tightened with the idler pulleys. This picker we got running 3 years ago after we bought it. It sat for 25 plus years before and had all the parts just in buckets so was a miracle it all went together ha! I believe back in the 50's and 60's propane was very popular in the southern states and was very cheap and was considered a byproduct so farmers liked it. Very inconvenient to refill i agree that's why it fits for us on the picker and use it only a little each year to open up the fields. Thanks!
For us, it was common practice to bring the picker and load back to the yard at noon and at the end of the day. The picker tractor could cool while we ate noon meal and then we would fill itup with gas before returning to the field. Plus we never wanted the picker, tractor, and trailers left in the field exposed to possible vandalism especially at night.
@@smidtwarner Warner I agree with you on bringing the equipment back into the yard at night, I live in ND and during harvest around here I see millions of dollars of equipment left in the fields by just about all the farmers! There is no OLD equipment around here and its common everyday to see 5 brand new John Deer combines sitting in the field every night after harvest for the day is done and if its raining they might be out there sitting for a week, and with the header they are about 750K each. Then you have the big 4 wheel drive tractors, a few semis and 2 or 3 huge grain carts, its amazing to me but its weird that I have almost never heard of vandals messing with it?
I had read somewhere that farmers back in the 50s and 60s liked the propane tractors because the fuel was cheap and the hired hands couldn't take the fuel that was intended for the farmers tractors and use it for their personal use. It wouldn't disappear off the farm in other words. LP does run very clean in our JD 620lp. The engine oil stays clean much longer than a gas tractor.
@@Lauterbach24 I never thought about the fuel going missing very valid point. When I was plowing this year we had a guy with us that had an LP fueled Farmall and we all had Diesels and gasoline tractors when we needed fuel the truck just pulled up and we were good to go but it sure got me thinking about the propane Farmall he would have to run all the way back to his farm to fill up. Mitch it seems everything has its advantages and disadvantages doesn't it.
I love seeing old Tractors still working in the field in the 2000's they were the best tractors ever
Ran a 730D and a 227 picker growing up. Last year was 1978. This brings back good memories of dad and grandpa. Thanks
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Subscribed I love yalls old Deere footage yall got some good looking tractors
730 pro pain with a corn picker looking good,running and working that’s rare first time I’ve seen this. Awesome
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Back when that tractor was new 100 acres was a big farm, drive it to the house and fuel it. In that era you could sign for a new tractor in the spring and pay it off come fall...oh the good ole days! Good seeing the old iron still at work.
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Hello Dean I just got my copy of Green Magazine and looked at the back cover and thought I have seen this equipment before looked a bit more and saw your name on the top I just wanted to congratulate you on a terrific picture and you are a very good inspiration to all of us just getting going in the green MATURE tractor arena!!!!
Thanks! Fun to see our stuff on there haha! We're happy to share these videos and hope I can continue to grow the channel!
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I've been around a long time.this is the first I have seen someone actually oil the chains,also wd40 is good on paint ,love the sound thanks
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Although I never ran the picker myself, Dad had a 58-720D ES with a 227 picker, also had the mounted sheller for it. He replaced it with a two-row corn head for the JD #42 pull type combine because of the dust with the picker.
Definitely a loud and dirty ride ha! We're looking to add a sheller to the picker too. Thanks for watching!
Love the sound of ole 730
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Ran a 50 with a 227 as a kid. We made some shields to keep the husk out of the engine area and direct heat back to the driver for those cold days.
some years its really needed!
Nice machine 👍🤠
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I think I'd want a luber with a little more range, but at least you had someone there to shut it down if needed.
Very nice work!
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We ran a 237 on a 720 Diesel for a couple seasons a few years ago. The 237 needs some parts now, and has been on a 3010 and a 3020 since then, but id love to get it back going again. I'd also love to find an LP 620/30 or 720/30 to stick in it too. Yes, the New Idea 324 and 4020 have done a great job for us this year, but there's just nothing quite like running a mounted picker.
This picker is pretty worn too, doesn't clean cobs very well anymore. Definitely fun to be in the middle of the action!
@@Deandeere4020 same with ours. One of the drive couplings down on the row unit broke on ours, and that spelled the end of our using it for the time being.
I've kinda wondered about adding a New Idea mounted picker husking bed behind the Deere row/husking units, so that way the corn goes through two stages of husking before it goes into the elevator. The snapping rolls have been brazed / welded a couple times to keep pulling the stalks through.
@@RustyCarnahan we're thinking about a sheller attachment for the 237. We only have so much space for ear corn and have a bin for shell corn too would be nice to fill both.
@@Deandeere4020 a No. 50 sheller unit would be a great addition to a 237.
Old school cool 😎
How easy is it to take the picker on and off
The manual says it should take 4 hours to put on or remove. Took that long to find all the parts haha!
is this something like a combine or can you unequip the picker and use it like a normal tractor?
The picker does come off. Just takes a could hours to do it. The picker can mount and anything from an A to a 4020 and also will mount on any brand tractor from that era as well pretty cool machine.
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Donde puedo conseguir una de esas soy del estado de México
We’re on the clock, Dean.
Trolls ha ha
Where did you find a 2-row picker like that?
Johnson creek Wisconsin
How the heck do ya get on and off that contraption??
There are steps in the sheet metal of the picker. Definitely not while it's running ha!
Dean that picker looks like somewhat of a mechanical nightmare? Roller chains , sprockets and idlers all over the place, does it stay in adjustment while in use or do you stop every couple hours to check everything? It sure looks like it working well here, but then all your equipment seems to always be working very well.
Dean on this 730 its powered by LP, may I ask WHY a farmer would want that over diesel of petrol? It all seems so much easier to refuel in the field with almost anything but propane. I understand it burns much cleaner in the engine than does diesel or petrol but how much is that worth when you losing time because you have to run back to the farm every night to fill the tractor again with propane?
And as always thanks for sending this to view its great like all the other ones Dean!
We did have a few things to work on before we started with a couple sprockets and chains needed to be tightened with the idler pulleys. This picker we got running 3 years ago after we bought it. It sat for 25 plus years before and had all the parts just in buckets so was a miracle it all went together ha! I believe back in the 50's and 60's propane was very popular in the southern states and was very cheap and was considered a byproduct so farmers liked it. Very inconvenient to refill i agree that's why it fits for us on the picker and use it only a little each year to open up the fields. Thanks!
For us, it was common practice to bring the picker and load back to the yard at noon and at the end of the day. The picker tractor could cool while we ate noon meal and then we would fill itup with gas before returning to the field. Plus we never wanted the picker, tractor, and trailers left in the field exposed to possible vandalism especially at night.
@@smidtwarner Warner I agree with you on bringing the equipment back into the yard at night, I live in ND and during harvest around here I see millions of dollars of equipment left in the fields by just about all the farmers! There is no OLD equipment around here and its common everyday to see 5 brand new John Deer combines sitting in the field every night after harvest for the day is done and if its raining they might be out there sitting for a week, and with the header they are about 750K each. Then you have the big 4 wheel drive tractors, a few semis and 2 or 3 huge grain carts, its amazing to me but its weird that I have almost never heard of vandals messing with it?
I had read somewhere that farmers back in the 50s and 60s liked the propane tractors because the fuel was cheap and the hired hands couldn't take the fuel that was intended for the farmers tractors and use it for their personal use. It wouldn't disappear off the farm in other words. LP does run very clean in our JD 620lp. The engine oil stays clean much longer than a gas tractor.
@@Lauterbach24 I never thought about the fuel going missing very valid point. When I was plowing this year we had a guy with us that had an LP fueled Farmall and we all had Diesels and gasoline tractors when we needed fuel the truck just pulled up and we were good to go but it sure got me thinking about the propane Farmall he would have to run all the way back to his farm to fill up. Mitch it seems everything has its advantages and disadvantages doesn't it.
That 2 bangers never like em much. The biggest thing for my was that hand clutch. Preferred my farmalls far more
Una barbaridad de bueno .
Máquina c sus años y sigue activa. JD es imbatible
better get 2 fire extingusers on board good looking rig
definitely a good idea!
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👍👌🇨🇦❤🎄☃️🎅, new sub, gr8 video
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Maximum efficiency
just need a sheller ha!
Wd40 to oil chains?? Wd40 also works to take grease stains out of clothes. That’s almost like putting break cleaner on the chains.
WD40 doesn't lube by itself, but it can loosen grease, like you said.
Also, who know if that is what he actually has in that bottle.
Toy farmers make me sick
It's a hobby. calm down guy ha
Now you know how most people feel about megafarms.