Large Old Corn Sheller? (PICS)

Beatles65 · Aug 15, 2011

When I went to go pick up the John Deere 227 Corn Picker this weekend, I looked at the other equipment that was at the the same place. They have this old corn sheller that is just sitting in the weeds.

What can you tell me about this unit? It looks like everything is there.

What is the make?

How old?

Whats it worth?

Its a very cool piece, and I have never seen one before! They were just wanting to scrap it, and you all know that I wont let that happen!

Thanks for all the info!

From Denton, Nebraska.
Andrew Kean

ShadetreeRet · Aug 15, 2011

Can't answer any of your questions, but that is kinda a unique piece of equipment. Must be a commercial size unit. I noticed it has one of them newfangled 'letric motors on it. I'm like you, I wouldn't let it go for scrap either. It would make too good of a conversation piece.

just another old geezer · Aug 15, 2011

where d you see an electric motor on it???

paul · Aug 16, 2011

Oh, the fan must look like a big ol electric motor, I can see where you would think that.

Newer models were pto powered, old ones likely have a belt pulley on them.

Thought I kew old shellers, but that's older than I'm familiar with!

It wouldn't be a shucker or whatever they were called, blow the shucks into the ban?

--->Paul

8850dave · Aug 16, 2011

Looks like John Deere #9 sheller, maybe put pics on JD section

jimmyjoe · Aug 16, 2011

Looks like a minneapolis Moline, Dad had one, very good corn sheller.

gitrib · Aug 16, 2011

Back during the hey day of picking ear corn and storing it in a CORN CRIB there was two companies that made his type of a sheller.In Iowa both were common. John Deere and Minni Moline. The drag elevator unit would be placed along the crib and some of the side would be remove or was designed to open up and let the ear corn drop ito the elevator and up into the sheller. When I was a kid up in Iowa individuals would own them like a threashing machine and go around the community in the winter shelling corn. Some were mounted on truck using a PTO drive other were driven by a long drive belt and tractor a lot of farmers would have government loans on the corn and it had to be shelled to be delivered They could really eat up the corn. Some of the cobs were stored in a dry place to be used as starter for the wood in the cook stove. The first job young children was given was to bring some cobs so the fire could be started to cook breakfast. gitrib

Wilks54 · Aug 16, 2011

(quoted from post at 06:21:20 08/16/11) Back during the hey day of picking ear corn and storing it in a CORN CRIB there was two companies that made his type of a sheller.In Iowa both were common. John Deere and Minni Moline. The drag elevator unit would be placed along the crib and some of the side would be remove or was designed to open up and let the ear corn drop ito the elevator and up into the sheller. When I was a kid up in Iowa individuals would own them like a threashing machine and go around the community in the winter shelling corn. Some were mounted on truck using a PTO drive other were driven by a long drive belt and tractor a lot of farmers would have government loans on the corn and it had to be shelled to be delivered They could really eat up the corn. Some of the cobs were stored in a dry place to be used as starter for the wood in the cook stove. The first job young children was given was to bring some cobs so the fire could be started to cook breakfast. gitrib

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Large Old Corn Sheller? (PICS)

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