Oliver #5 corn picker

[BRSnKY]

Approximate weight and width? Scrolled archives and got nothing. Any body know or have old spec manual?

 

[Alvin 41]

Same width and a little lighter than New Idea.

 

[BRSnKY]

Thanks for quick reply, but that means
nothing to me. By the time I was old
enough to look around the world, Papaw was
running a 4 row head on an open station
Gleaner. His kids went for town jobs and
now I'm starting to corn farm a little. 2
acres hand picked has me in market for a
picker.

 

[r aiken]

2169 lbs.

 

[MF#1]

Back in the early/mid '70s my Dad bought a #5 in southern Ohio. He brought it home in central KY on a trailer. We picked many acres with that picker until he got out of the dairy and sold it. I can't remember ever seeing another one around here, who knows, you may have it now. It worked very well and we never had any issues. I hope you have as good of luck as he had with it.

 

[BRSnKY]

I don't have it yet. Would be interesting if it is the same one you had. Looking at going up north of Cincinnati and trailering it down to Berea Ky.

 

[Leroy]

Od if there were none in southern Ohio, Lots of them in Northwest Ohio. I personally had 2 different No. 5 pickers at different times. I also had a No. 73 that was a 2 row wide.

 

[DoubleR]

Can't help you with the specs. but I would like to run across a good one. The Oliver dealer I worked for in 1969 got six of them in here in Mid Mi. I always thought they were a good picker and had quite a few of them around here in the day. Just a few New Ideas around here is about all now days. Guess they are all sitting in a fence row somewhere or scrap yard.