corn picker whats it worth???

[MIKE W (NY)]

its a farmall 1 row i belive very rusty sat outside for ever nieghbor kid bought it was gonna crop farm it.. but is selling out... he got it working last summer then it has sat outside since then... sure it still needs some tlc... what it worth???

 

[Fordfarmer]

3 big strikes against it that I see... 1 - not many people do cob corn anymore. 2 - it's a 1-row. 3 - probably not much for parts availability. I'd guess $50-150.

 

[MIKE W (NY)]

thanks i was thinking offering a 100.00 i just want to have an implement to restore and pull behind one of the tractors....i wouldn;t use it much....

 

[kyhayman]

Depends on brand and location. In some areas wouldnt be worth scrap price. Here, ear corn is still in demand, and 1 row pickers bring more than 2 row (hard to find 2 row pickers on 30 inch rows). 1 row NI in good shape would bring 1500 here. From what you describe that one as though, about double what it would scrap.

 

[T-Rev]

They"re worth more than you might think. The one rows bring as much or more than 2 rows. There seems to be a lot of people still interested in them. You could find a person with a 5 acre field and custom pick their corn each year. Give the tractor a workout and do a little farming for the year.

 

[MIKE W (NY)]

ITS A IH SO YOU THINK 100.00 IS GOOD???? WHAT WOULD RUN THAT BIGGER THAN AN H???

 

[T-Rev]

Yeah, if it works I'd give 100 right now for it if it was close.

 

[RN]

Scrap value + a bit if you"re just collecting. 1 row without husking is sort of popular with small sweet corn growers- they figure about 2 months of 2/3 times a week small wagon loads for farmers markets and stores- beats hand picking- $200.00/400.00. If you have some beef calves or other livestock and as noted 5 acres of corn growing then may be handy for picking grinding cob corn.

 

[Andrew Kappers]

Buy it! restore it and youll enjoy it. Getting harder to find and just because people dont use them much anymore doensnt mean their scrap.

 

[sammy the RED]

Sounds like it is a McCormick 1-PR.

 

[Anonymous-0]

I'm not very savvy on corn pickers, but am interested in them...for both fresh to sell at the markets and dry to feed some day to the calves that I am hoping to one day raise. I've only run a corn picker a few times. I thought that the ones they used to pick corn to sell fresh at the markets and ??? was a different type of picker. I know where there is a one row John Deere semi-mount (I think that's what it's called) that's been sitting out in the weather for quite a few years. I am told that it worked very good when he bought it. Not sure if it has a husker or not. Could this thing be used for picking sweet corn?

Jim

 

[barrybro]

Pixall makes a sweet corn picker. They seem to command quite a premium over the regular ear corn pickers.

 

[chris 2640]

ih made a one row corn picker for a c or super c.they where snapers. lokked into two of them one650 already sold. the other 850 my wife said i have enough pickers. t he semi john deere is a 101. nothing better to feed calves than ground ear corn can't stick them.