First Tractor Mounted Cotton Pickers

LMack · Jan 25, 2012

The link will take you to a youTube presentation of the development of the IH cotton picker and give the history. I hope the link works.
Old Red

LMack · Jan 25, 2012

The first link did not work so try this link although the first link is very interesting showing a mule drawn picker at work. Problem is the operators did not realize how fast a mule would walk and they try to use this ground driven machines at too slow a speed. This link will take you to the video for Old Red.
Old Red on youTube

David Inman · Jan 25, 2012

May be mistaken, but I think the first video is actually considered a cotton stripper.

LMack · Jan 25, 2012

Yea I think you are correct but it was posted by mistake. You can work down to the picker from the first video if you follow the links. Notice another link to a video from Cash IH of one those original one row pickers in the field.

rustcollector · Jan 26, 2012

This was known as a "Specks" picker for the inventor on the patent. It had 2 steel cylindrical rolls with a 1/4 inch "L"shaped hooks in several rows. It became a JD #30 stripper after they bought the patents and were manufactured during the 1930's. The roll drive gears are very similar to a current stripper.

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