John Deere Presents The New 237 Corn Picker

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This turned out to be another neat video. It was interesting to learn about the features & mechanics of this machine. Also interesting to note that Deere made it somewhat universal so it could be used on other brands of tractors. If anyone out there has used a 237 on another brand of tractor, leave a comment below.
This was another easy conversion, as the record & filmstrip are in great shape.
Would like to add, this is the end of the filmstrip conversions for now. There are two other ones that will go in the IH folder once I get time to fix the records so they can be copied. Otherwise, I'm all out of material for now. If I run across anymore, they will get uploaded. Unfortunately, these are rare as hens teeth. So, who knows when there will be more to convert. If anyone out there knows where to find anymore from any brand, please let me know. I'm also interested in buying more if someone has any in their personal collection they would like to part with. Please leave a comment below & we'll get in touch. I can also convert these & post the videos if you don't want to part with any & would like to share them with the community.
There is a possibility that I will go through the collection again next winter & restore color to the images. Provided I have the time & get the proper equipment to do so.
So, for the time being that's all folks! Hope you've enjoyed this journey through history as much as I have. If anyone is interested, I will be posting some videos of what I do around the farm here over the course of the season. I don't say anything as I like the tractors & equipment to do the talking. No annoying music & ad free as always.
Kind regards & thanks for viewing!!

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@dreisternehof Жыл бұрын

Two-thirty-seven! It worked! Even more with the Sheller! Thank You for this detailled Video!

@ikonseesmrno7300 Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed!

@dougdroessler2112 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing, never seen this video and I have most of the john deere movies,dad and I picked a lot of corn with the 237 and 620 ,I enjoy running the 237 we pick for our dairy herd

@DuboisWyomingAirportConstructi 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve spent many hours surrounded by that contraption back when 60 bushel corn was a bumper crop. My cousin lost 4 of his fingers in the damn thing.

@dreisternehof Жыл бұрын

my neighbor's right arm was completely lost in a corn chopper. But it's not the machine's fault...

@billsteiner8996 2 жыл бұрын

I have a 237 picker mounted on a 70. Serial number 298 still use it.

@douglasmacarthur8775 Жыл бұрын

A neighbor had the same. He put a single wheel wider front tire when picking.

@alanstrong3295 3 жыл бұрын

The corn picker was such a blessing.

@randyrobinson8751 3 жыл бұрын

237 was the Cadillac of mounted pickers& the end of an era. Narrow row 30 inch corn killed the mounted picker

@ikonseesmrno7300 3 жыл бұрын

Yep & now some are down to 20". Would have taken an awfully skinny tractor to pull that off.

@randyrobinson8751 3 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't of worked on anything less than 40 inch rows

@timnewman1172 3 жыл бұрын

We had one of the last ones Deere built, we used it until I graduated high school...

@GermanShepherd1983 3 жыл бұрын

The combine was the greatest thing ever invented. No more picking corn on the ear.

@rotunda57 2 жыл бұрын

The corn picker was the greatest thing ever invented. No more picking corn by hand.

@bethmotgomery2662 2 ай бұрын

0:28. 1960s johnny tractor.

@chuckguyitt4017 2 жыл бұрын

Ya my dad had a 327 on a MDT. as long as you had it on right it was a piece of cake putting on. But one small hill in the positioning of it you may as well unload it and start over again.

@thegreenerthemeaner 2 жыл бұрын

One of these with a sheller attachment was better than a 2 row 40 combine in corn.

@dreisternehof Жыл бұрын

And at the end of the season much easier to clean!

@curtweatherbee2523 3 жыл бұрын

The best⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️👍🐝

@ikonseesmrno7300 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! 👍

@pinesedgefarm1155 3 жыл бұрын

👍

@ikonseesmrno7300 3 жыл бұрын

👍👍

@rotunda57 2 жыл бұрын

I've used these pickers in the 60s/early 70s, but never heard of a Deere model 327. I thought the model 237 was the last they made.

@ikonseesmrno7300 2 жыл бұрын

I hadn't heard of a 327 until I converted this filmstrip. That whole set from JD was a learning experience for me. Lots of neat stuff!

@alanstrong3295 3 жыл бұрын

Back when corn carried a good profit margin. Not today.

@greggergen9104 3 жыл бұрын

The profit margin is always essentially the same, especially since most corn land is rented. The farmer is in control, if he won't make a profit he does not have to pay the rent.

@janhoughtaling2948 3 жыл бұрын

Looks like the same gathering chains as as rage 40 series corn heads

@ikonseesmrno7300 3 жыл бұрын

I think they're a standardized chain or at least the style is. I've seen that type on IH corn heads & the early Gehl heads.

@cornfed5229 3 жыл бұрын

Can you do some on the John Deere A? I have a 1949 AN and I would love to know more on it and what came with it.

@kswaynes7569 3 жыл бұрын

Not sure how he got access to these records and slides but the ones he has created videos of are all from the early 1960's, nothing from the 40's or 50's.

@randyrobinson8751 3 жыл бұрын

Most of the slides a guy finds if you're lucky are from the 1960s

@ikonseesmrno7300 3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, the film for the 327 is my last JD flick. Haven't seen any evidence that the filmstrips were out before the advent of the 10 series. There are a couple B&W films that are/were posted on KZfaq by somebody else. Not sure if they're still up. A brief search didn't turn up anything, but I also forgot the name of the videos. Poke around, I'm sure something will surface.

@randykroells8049 3 жыл бұрын

I've never used one but I heard horror stories of mounting them and blocked up tractor wheels during a wet fall season.

@ikonseesmrno7300 3 жыл бұрын

That makes two of us. Doesn't matter what brand either.

@lembriggs1075 2 жыл бұрын

You mean front wheels pushing mud and corn stalks in front?

@user-sw4dm1qj2x 10 ай бұрын

Not too many young people would know anything about that old school stuff and u could take that off and put a cotton picker right on and go pick cotton by turning the tractor around backwards