OT Lord Help Me, I'm Addicted!!!!

super99 · Dec 13, 2009

Last summer late, I bought an Oliver 73 pull type picker with a sheller unit on it and took it to our clubs show and shelled some corn with it. Saturday our club had a consignment auction with a 73 picker with a husker on it. All of a sudden, I now have 2 Oliver pickers, one with a sheller and one with a husking unit. I'm gonna have to pull some good machinery out of the shed to make room for the old picker. I have been diagnosed with rustosis, no cure, only relief is to buy me some more rusty iron. Chris

Paul from MI · Dec 13, 2009

Back in the day those old Oliver pickers were considered some of the better ones. Have fun with it. I have an old Woods Brothers gathering dust in my barn too.
Paul

Vito · Dec 13, 2009

Know tht addiction all to well! LOL

Vito

Dannie 1 · Dec 13, 2009

Death being the only cure for it once you have it,enjoy it all you can.There is always room for 1 more someway somehow.

oleblu · Dec 13, 2009

Chris, if you would shoot that barrel of oil, you might free up a bit of room! Nice picker, hope it works as good as the sheller.
On second thought, go to a "corn on corn" rotation, sell the combine (no more beans ) and then you would have the room, maybe room for a third unit.
Always trying to be helpfull.

armand tatro · Dec 13, 2009

Chris: Good looking picker. You and I should start the Oliver picker & sheller club although one of my pickers needs to have the husking unit removed and the sheller unit installed. I hate to say this but the next step is to find a M&M 1210A sheller that was painted green at the factory and had Oliver decals. I think there was maybe 180 or 200 of these shellers built according to the Oliver magazine. Armand

DoubleR · Dec 13, 2009

Thinking of getting rid of my New Idea 323 and trying a one row oliver. Maybe you can tell me if I would be doing the right thing or will I be disappointed?

Leroy · Dec 13, 2009

30" or 40" row pickers? We had a 73 wide (40") row picker for several years. Pulled with a J D A

kruser · Dec 13, 2009

Good job Chris,
Just think when the grandkids get old enough, you can give them the Oliver pickers and get your pedal tractors back!
Jim

super99 · Dec 13, 2009

Wide rows.

super99 · Dec 13, 2009

Sorry, I'm not familiar with the New Idea picker.Don't think you could go wrong with a Oliver tho. Chris

super99 · Dec 13, 2009

I never thought of that!! Thanks, Chris

kyplowboy · Dec 14, 2009

I have it too. My wife has told me I have to get rid of some of it. So now I tell her I go to auctions and look for people I can sell stuff to. I did get rid of some of it, just hope she don't look behind the barn and figure out I just got it out of sight.

Dave

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