Vanstractors 122 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 Neighbor brought this home .Was it a High Crop at one time ?Both sides are the same .He is happy with it were just curious .Thank You ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
12_Guy 978 Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 Looks like it to me. I think some of those tractors were made to be converted back and forth for other jobs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brahamfireman 306 Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 What tractor model? Looks like an M or 400? There was a heavy duty rear axle option that had flanges like that, I've seen them on 1206's. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Delta Dirt 1,598 Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 Could have been a cotton picker tractor?? Seems like the cotton picker tractors had a "CH" in their serial numbers for "cotton harvester". DD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hawkron 78 Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 I was thinking cotton picker tractor also; bolt on the drop hub for CP and take it off for row crop farming 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Old-F20 166 Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 cotton picker Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vanstractors 122 Posted July 25, 2019 Author Share Posted July 25, 2019 Thanks guys I will check the serial plate .Just a straight m model.Thanks again for the information never would have thought of that ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fred B 347 Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 yes that's a cotton picker hi clear attachment for a hi drum picker it uses 2 spur gears, which causes the bottom axle to go backwards, as needed on a picker, (didn't have to swap sides with the ring gear). i'm thinking same 12" lift as regular HI clear, which are chain driven, which keeps the same forward direction. the hi drum picker units were only available on the M- 560 size. the hi drum is 20 spindles high, lo drum is 14 spindles high. as already mentioned, gear unit could be removed, and used as regular tractor. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Leaman 136 Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 on many cotton farms it was an annual event to drop pickers after harvest; do the tillage work and then mount pickers back up for fall harvest. A few big farms in CA and AZ sometimes as many as 100 tractors on a farm get that treatment. Heard some of the old timers in central valley area of CA talk about picking cotton in Feb and have the tractors in the plows and planters a week later. ed Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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