Also had a combine for it also a 717? New Idea Parts. I think switching from the picker to the combine took a couple hours, maybe half a day or so. (563) 924-2880. in the Tractor Talk forum followed by comments. The implements had jacks that were used to support the implements to change them. We used to pick a fair amount of popcorn for a local company, and the uni husking bed did a great job of cleaning up the popcorn. Dark silver. 5.9K members Join group About Discussion More About Discussion About this group A place to share pictures, stories, and information about New Idea and Minneapolis Moline Uni harvesters ! Farmers Awarded for Innovative Ag Ideas. From my limited research, I found it seemed farmers either really liked these vintage machines or they really did not like them. Add in the needed 4wd and stronger framing and they got pretty expensive. He ran it doing custom work for a couple years, said the right wheel was WAY to light. In my area the Uni was popular with dairy farmers like my dad, as it was handy for several jobs. I liked the 709 I had other than the variable speed drive belt. We're hiring an Academic Advising Assistant (full-time continuing - CUPE $25.52/hour) at Camosun College. That one wasn't too bad to work on. If you're looking for any older New Idea parts, corn picker parts, spreader parts, or Uni System parts, please contact us for part availability. 2 NEW IDEA Equipment in Myerstown, PA. 1 NEW IDEA Equipment in Ashland, OH. Boss said it helps break them in, but I think he didn't feel comfortable hauling them on his trailer. "mainEntityOfPage": { Three bolts held the implement on the tractor and two pins were used to attach the lift arms. Far as switching tools, dad had three boys to help so that didn't take long to remove the chopper and put on the combine or cage sheller. This multi-purpose power unit had several uses, from being a corn picker to a forage harvester. COMBINING OATS WITH THE UNI COMBINE IN HILLSBORO WEST VIRGINIA AUGUST 2011. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. You might want to check the corn picker forum. Have the 767 chopper 3 row corn head hay pickup and a couple of old shellers. The first miles of a new John Deere 8 RX Mathieu-agri 57. Don't think he's had it out last couple of years though. Add in the needed 4wd and stronger framing and they got pretty expensive. (563) 924-2880, Bossen Implement, Inc. rebuilt the whole thing front to back in the middle of the yard this fall.. never worked on something so un-worker-friendly.. But combine was off centered. It was a good setup for us in central MN dairy country. New Idea 725 Uni-System. Like Ohio Farmer said, it had the V6 engine and they didn't keep the stalks & husks away from the engine! Bush Hog Parts. I thought it was a good buy for someone but also a very limited market for a machine like that anymore. He's missing a few that he continues to search for, including a 706 with a Ford engine, the 701 with the Continental engine and the 800 with the Perkins engine. My dad is one of the happiest, nicest guys you'll meet. New Idea Uni-Systems - YouTube. Would like to it all go away. Far as switching tools, dad had three boys to help so that didn't take long to remove the chopper and put on the combine or cage sheller. The Nebraska inventor and manufacturer says theyre the ideal power unit for his self-propelled 40-ft. CategoryNew Idea Uni-systems Tractor Construction Plant Wiki Fandom. How many folks on here complain about changing 3pt implements and the hassle of it? Some of the attachments available for the 800C series power units included the. Gas engine. And grain tank to small. They have had it a long time. I did buy a two wheel side dump cart to try out next year. There is a guy near here that uses a Uni. I think the main reason they are not built today is because the farms that could use a machine of this capacity, couldnt justify the cost of owning the Uni. Then people learned/discovered Byron and Pixel machines. Neighbor had the full setup for cattle, (Picker, Sheller, chopper and combine) and he liked it. All rights reserved. I know of a couple of guys (one is a forum member, not regular anymore) that use uni's. I'm sure a diesel would bring more that a gas. 6. Dad's last one was a 708 that my brother still has. ", } Still have it and would like to see it go away. I had it 2 years. The six row head was a Deere that picked a little dirty so the husking bed was overloaded somewhat. Don't think he's had it out last couple of years though. New Idea 708 2WD Uni System Corn Picker, 977 Hrs Showing, Block Heater, Hydrostatic Transmission, Self-Propelled, 18.4 26 Front Tires, 12.5 15SL Rear Tires, 737 Husking Bed, 740 Throat, Perkins 354 Turbo 6 Cylinder Diesel, Adapter Plate On Throat For John Deere 444 443 Head Hook Up, SN: 73424. I did like the bin extender when conditions allowed us to pull a wagon. However, I still enjoy picking wet ear corn and feeding it to cattle. Small diameter carbs and huge bores made for gobs of torque..at lower RPM. Three row corn choppers mostly, but he does have combines and a four row picker too, and one has a nine foot three auger snow blower on it. had a ear corn picker. The one I bought is a variable speed belt drive 706 with a diesel Perkins. There is also a MM brown 4 wheeler mule with husking bed and 2 row head on it in the barn. My father in law had several Unis. }, I attended some service schools at Coldwater, the rarest Uni was the Ford Turbo four cylinder if I recall. It had a 8 or 9' blower with double augers-not sure of the power with the V-6 but probably needed a Dsl for torq. My father in law had several Unis. I Can't Believe it!- Apparently that was not bad enough to stop me from buying my own this past fall. It is still in really decent shape, has a two row 38" corn head and a 4 row bean head with a floating sickle, always been shedded and good rubber. Had a good machine shed and got used to changing attachments. Or like me, no opinion as I have never been around them but like the concept. Neighbor had the full setup for cattle, (Picker, Sheller, chopper and combine) and he liked it. A three point carrier attachment was made and some used it to plant crops with, put a snow blower on, or spray with. Provo, UT. 1 NEW IDEA Equipment in Hamel, IL. Too small for a big farm. Save. It would almost pay you to keep it for a backup machine honestly. Next model I do not remember the model number. They didnt handle mud very well, the rear wheels were narrow offset spacing, and the weight wasnt centered, so they really just plain sucked in a wet year, which is about every fall here. 1 with rear wheel assist. The entire thing appears to be in good shape exept that is sunk into the dirt. To the OP we had a combine on a 707 I think. Dad's first was a 701 he used with both a combine and a chopper with both hay and corn heads. It lacked traction on my hills, right tire had weights, needed more. Harvesting and dairying with all and a fleet of New Idea Uni equipment. If it wasn't for seeing them discussed here, I wouldn't have known what it was. I did buy a two wheel side dump cart to try out next year. }, 220 Pine Street I once had a NI 701 with a 6-292 Chevrolet engine. New Idea began with the manure spreader, and expanded into other lines including hay equipment, Forage harvesters, swathers, combine harvesters, Garden Tractors, etc. Next model I do not remember the model number. I have chopped haylage and high moisture corn with it. Details Model: 800C Est Hours: 3230 Horse Power: Standard Weights: Yes Rear: YES Drive Type: 2WD Fuel Type: Diesel Auto Header Height: Yes Drive Tire Size: 18.4 X 34 Steering Tire Size: 13.5 X 16.1 Rear Axle: Standard Cab Condition: Good Paint Condition: Good Overall Condition: Good Notes 157 HORSE POWER HYDRO DRIVE RWA ON REAR AXLE New Idea 800C He now owns 16 New Idea Uni-Systems, ranging from an early 1950s Minneapolis-Moline L to a 1981 802 with the 717 combine and 815 grain head. Always wondered how hard it was when you wanted to pick corn in morning and then beans in afternoon ? Follow along as I build two 164 scale 3D-printed New Idea Uni-Systems made by Farm Factor 3D. Too small for a big farm. The House and Senate floors were both active with debate of weighty measures like Governor Kemp's "Safe Schools Act" ( HB 147) and legislation amending Georgia's certificate of need law ( SB 99) to . Maybe its you either love em or hate em. Manufacturer,Model,Year,Price (Default) Lot # Time Remaining Manufacturer,Model,Year,Serial Number,Price Manufacturer,Model,Serial Number,Price Model,Manufacturer,Year,Price Most Recently Updated Listings Serial Number Photos First Year Manufacturer Model Location Most Recently Added Paul Thats because they would make it work the way it ought to Thats because they would make it work the way it ought to My brother still has several 700 series, and one 800 series with the 5.9 Cummins he still uses. Low engine placement + corn leaves and shucks = fires. Q A. Edexcel. They also started to produce stripper plate corn heads. What did he not like? They just mounted up another picker and kept picking. "@id":"https://www.yesterdaystractors.com/cgi-bin/viewit.cgi?bd=ttalk&th=2213568", New idea uni system specs. Parts are getting hard to find, and it is complicated to work on (8 gearboxes on a two row head might be a record). When you combine corn and soybeans only, you dont want average, you want great at those 2 things you dont want average. Visible Anyone can find this group. I am glad I don't have to depend on it to run hundreds of acres of crop with it, but goes right along and I have had very little trouble with it. It was lost in a barn fire, and replaced with a 702. New Idea 706 Uni power unit Ford 4-cylinder diesel motor, 1979 New Idea 737 4-row husker bed bought new, 1970 JD 444 4-row corn head. With a week remaining before Crossover Day, activity hit a fever pitch in the Capitol on Monday. And also a 12 roll super picker with a 4 row head. The 401 V6 GM engine has been very reliable but terribly inefficient. Parts are getting hard to find, and it is complicated to work on (8 gearboxes on a two row head might be a record). "@type": "Person", we had to replace them . "@id": "https://www.yesterdaystractors.com/" Skip to the beginning of the images gallery. Oh fun days!! Remote work. You could make different series mules and attachments work but needed a adapter kit for most mix matching. And grain tank to small. Complaints I heard were about lack of traction and a bit under powered . Weve been building big. Used to be a guy here in Ohio I believe that dealt in them and did well for several years. Don't miss picking corn all that much, especially cleaning out the cribs. Top Available Cities with Inventory. It was a good setup for us in central MN dairy country. A-Level Paper 2: 9GE0/02. Will sell picker without corn head, shedded until one month age, hours 1,283, all works, good condition. Hours: 1073. If i can help with anything is all i want to do . It is fun to run. One of their Unis burned up but that was not uncommon. ours is the last series they made, 802C has a 828 picker/husker unit on it. I am considering buying a New Idea 701 Uni-system that has been parked inside a barn for the past 10-15 years it has 2000 hrs on it but has had the engine replaced when the radiator hose came off and ruined . There was a toolbar available too, only one I ever saw was a neighbor had an eight row planter setup on his 702. And grain tank to small. -- Edited by Tony Hoffman on Tuesday 18th of . what was the story on the new idea uni systems ? Neighbor had the full setup for cattle, (Picker, Sheller, chopper and combine) and he liked it. And grain tank to small. . New Idea Uni-Systems - YouTube. Her grandparents lived on the farm until moving to town in the 1980s and her aunt and uncle moved out to the farm to raise their family; they still live there today. Follow along as I build two 164 scale 3D-printed New Idea Uni-Systems made by Farm Factor 3D. Other than that for the time it was a good machine , i liked running it . Doesnt matter how good the machine is, if you cant get into the field with it. Both MM and New Idea Uni systems did a decent job of harvesting crops but I believe that the combines performed better than competitors makes at the time of production and the husking beds were not quite as good as the competition of the time. door- new, interior 36x80 - $25 (717-723 Route 369 Port Crane NY) Very slow. Corn Picker Parts. There is a Facebook group of guys that still run them. CategoryNew Idea Uni-systems Tractor Construction Plant Wiki Fandom. As all have already said, they are not the best for traction when the wagon starts to fill up. Plastic Mahindra Scorpio Diesel Filters 595/ Piece. They sold it on an auction two years ago for $700. "@type": "InteractionCounter", My neighbor was a dairy farmer and they chopped corn with it for years but he never put up huge acreage with it, maybe 40 to 50 acres at most. When you combine corn and soybeans only, you dont want average, you want great at those 2 things you dont want average. New Idea 709. My dad had a MM mule. He worked the devil out of them on close to a thousand acres of his own plus he custom picked seed corn. This item is not currently for sale. We had a uni system for many years. It would out cut a 403 IHC. My Dad recently upgraded to a JD 4400 combine. I'm thinkin about putting it on ebay. Also had a combine for it also a 717? Our AI tool automatically assigns a score from 0 to 10 based on the collected data. GM 6-292, V6-401 gas, V6-478 diesel, Perkins AT6-354diesel, AC 3500 426 diesel, Cummins 5.9 turbodiesel were more common. junio 16, 2022 . 3064. Upcoming Auctions Auction Price Data. He picked some ear corn for me with a six row head and it really kept me hopping pulling and unloading wagons. Free delivery for many products! The machine itself never caught fire though. My internet research found some information about the system but not as much info as I thought I would find. So who mounted the steps? New Idea 839 Uni Husker. It would really twist a combine. When you combine corn and soybeans only, you dont want average, you want great at those 2 things you dont want average. Snow blower was a monster in the day, big and tough. But combine was off centered. A neighbor had one back in the seventies that had a habit of setting the corn field on fire. Cost about the same as a 4296 MM combine and 4 row corn head. "@type": "Organization", He used it up to when he had a farm equipment auction in the late 1990s. Also had a combine for it also a 717? But the mule had very little weight on it, and the right side with no engine weight had zero traction.. they had to stack dozens of weights on top and bolt on the wheel on that side to make a real snow machine out of it. markloff senior maintenance supervisor job description; I remember one of my friends was over when we were probably 16. Grandma. jm2cw jt bit more of my thoughts. Then a 708 with the Pukins in it. Now if John Deere would have licensed it from MM then every farm would have a new one today and it would be the greatest thing ever. My brother still has several 700 series, and one 800 series with the 5.9 Cummins he still uses. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for NEW IDEA UNI SYSTEM POWER UNITS 800 AND 802 BROCHURE at the best online prices at eBay! Too bad they couldn't have got ahold of Melrose DT international engines for them. Pick 2-4 times as fast, had a swinging elevator to the side for side loading while picking, all greaseable bearing, think I has one bearing fail in 10 years of use. Later 709 and 801 rear wheel assist power units were ok but the 4 row corn head for the 727 chopper would not feed well in tall corn and no kernel processor was available. It featured a 152 hp 113 kW Cummins engine. Too big for a small farm. There was a 12' flail attachment for the chopper also. fwiw. One of my first jobs out of college was rebuilding a truflow v6 and a bunch of other things on a 705. $40,000. Had a good machine shed and got used to changing attachments. The Nebraska inventor and manufacturer says they're the ideal power unit for his self-propelled, 40-ft. long, 36-in. New Idea 303 Sheller Rare find! That's funny. Powered by Invision Community. New Idea Uni system - $12000 (Shrewsbury) New Idea Model 802 Unisystem come with 4 row corn picker, 4 row corn sheller and hay pickup. It featured a 152 hp Cummins engine. Update: 07.2019 Size: 780 Mb extracted data Region: North America Type: Parts Books, Parts Documents, Service Bulletins & Workshop Service Manuals Language: English OS: Win Xp, Vista, Win 7, Win 8, Win 10 Instructions + Key: Present Installation: Multiple PCs Amount of disks: 1 File .rar Version: 2.1.80 Epsilon Viewer High speed download link - + By The owner was a friend of my parents and he recently died of cancer. New Idea 325 Narrow Corn Picker Stock# 8522 New Idea 325 2-row narrow corn picker with 540 PTO, a 12-roll husking bed, the complete PTO shaft, and a hydraulic cylinder on the tongue. Click the Photo or Price of the Items Listed Below for Details: (13 Results) UNI Power Unit. All in all it was a idea that had merit but there were issues with design and dealer network. They picked and shelled a little corn for me too with the sheller unit. I did like the bin extender when conditions allowed us to pull a wagon. Dad had a Minneapolis moline unit, ear corn and soybeans. There are several guys on there that are into Unis and a lot of knowledgable people on pickers there. Most dealerships didnt offer a self propelled harvester in the 60-70s , and some larger dairy and cattle feed lots wanted this capacity. bit more of my thoughts. Her grandma passed away in the late 1990s and her grandpa died in the mid-2000s, just a couple of years before we met. I also included an old NI ad here with a guy I know who farmed south of the factory whose brother was in field testing and NI used to bring him out several pieces of equipment to test and use. The MF dealer I worked for sold several, and I helped drive new ones from Coldwater Ohio to Claypool Indiana in the 70s. The 401 V6 GM engine has been very reliable but terribly inefficient. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V. I think it had a Ford diesel. Did get spoiled with the owners manual though, parts book was included! Bigger units would be much better I'm sure. However, I still enjoy picking wet ear corn and feeding it to cattle. Her family settled on farms only about 50 miles to the northwest from my home area. 707 New Idea Unisystem. Add to Compare. And also a 12 roll super picker with a 4 row head. The store will not work correctly in the case when cookies are disabled. In one year Uni pickers could not be given away. Actually a bad Idea. I'm killin for one, and people just scrap them up. Three row corn choppers mostly, but he does have combines and a four row picker too, and one has a nine foot three auger snow blower on it. They set out to do lots of things and they never really ended up doing anything well. Absolutely disgusting. New Idea Uni Jump to page : 1 Now viewing page 1 [50 messages per page] View previous thread:: View next thread Forums List-> Machinery Talk: Message format . I worked at a MM dealer from 65to 69. I currently have 2 708 uni's with 354 Perkins. I had it 2 years. The whole outfit was a big toy mostly. Gas engine. Oh fun days!! I have chopped haylage and high moisture corn with it. The machine itself never caught fire though. Compared to traction of a small Ford tractor. Chopped lots of corn silage, earlage and hay with it. 1 day ago 24. Told of switching from picking corn in the morning to combining beans in the afternoon on a regular basis. Carl B. retired a few years ago from dairying and still lives on the same farm, but his son manages it now. One site said there were snowblower, combine, sheller, husking beds, "superchopper" (whatever that was) and header attachments. Apparently that was not bad enough to stop me from buying my own this past fall. . Then a 708 with the Pukins in it. The whole outfit was a big toy mostly. They sold it on an auction two years ago for $700. I had driven a Uni 15 years ago picking seed corn for Kaltenburg seeds. But unloading on the go. They were made near here. They were used for sweet corn into the 90s or maybe 2000s around here in a big way. Dealers won't give anything for them, but if you try to buy one uff da. It is very hard to turn with a full dump wagon behind you, especially on soft ground. This multi-purpose power unit had several uses, from being a corn picker to a forage harvester. The implements were changed using a hoist to remove the implement from the tractor and then set on a cart to move the implement. Later on my buddy said that he never believed me about my dad til then We had one when I was in high school with the V-6 GMC, had a chopper and cage sheller for it. Date: Tue Jan 31 01:24 2017. New Idea 12 roll bed 2x picker Updated: Feb 10, 2023 3:47 PM Yoder & Frey Inc. Farm Machinery Auction ARCHBOLD, Ohio Seller Information Phone: +1 419-558-7024 On Auction Get Shipping Quotes Apply for Financing General Listings 17 NEW IDEA 10 Other Harvesters For Sale Price: CAD $1,606 Financial Calculator Serial Number: 110134 Condition: Used Later on he bought a used low houred 800 with an 838 husking bed and an 844 head. There were some differences -- her relatives were mainly from Germany and settled in the fertile Platte River Valley, where mine were mainly from Ireland and settled in the hills just to the west of the Missouri River. CategoryNew Idea Uni-systems Tractor Construction Plant Wiki Fandom. He worked the devil out of them on close to a thousand acres of his own plus he custom picked seed corn. He had dreams of a mounted baler and snowblower, but didnt get to those before the cows left. We had a 702 with the creamin gimmy in it. You can tell at long distance. Tractor Construction Plant Wiki. Too expensive. New Idea Uni System Brochure 1966 - 701, 702, Combine, Forage Harvester, Sheller Pre-Owned C $16.62 Top Rated Seller or Best Offer from United States Sponsored 1990 WHITE - NEW IDEA UNI MODULAR HARVESTING SYSTEMS 12 page BROCHURE Pre-Owned C $12.80 Top Rated Seller Buy It Now from United States Sponsored It wasn't the machine's fault though, he would forget to release the parking brake and the trash on the brake housing would catch fire and drop into the stalks. To the OP we had a combine on a 707 I think. I have one i loaned money for a long time friend to buy,, he failed to return a penny of money so i had to repo it,, makes me angry ever time I drive by it and think of it,, it has a turbo'ed Perkins, hydro and RWA supposed to be a fresh ear corn bed on it,, I have one i loaned money for a long time friend to buy,, he failed to return a penny of money so i had to repo it,, makes me angry ever time I drive by it and think of it,, it has a turbo'ed Perkins, hydro and RWA supposed to be a fresh ear corn bed on it,, Dad had a Minneapolis moline unit, ear corn and soybeans. - Steerable rear axle. I worked at a MM dealer from 65to 69. Pa did a fair amount of custom work with it. There was a toolbar available too, only one I ever saw was a neighbor had an eight row planter setup on his 702. All in all it was a idea that had merit but there were issues with design and dealer network. Gold Dome Report - Legislative Day 24. Combine unit was slow to get much done also. We bought a new 702 (401-V-6) with chopper,combine,and picker in 1965 . They had just rebuilt the motor on it. They have a for sale section for pickers & parts also. It was a good setup for us in central MN dairy country. 2x 826D, 2x 856, 1456, 966, 1066BS, 3588, 3788, 5288. Took about 2 hours, and a concrete floor helped alot. The tractors had more power and nicer cabs with changes made at different times. The six row head was a Deere that picked a little dirty so the husking bed was overloaded somewhat. "height": 57 They snapped the picture one day when he had his work clothes on, He has a large original banner of this ad hanging in his garage. bit more of my thoughts. The one I bought is a variable speed belt drive 706 with a diesel Perkins. They did pick corn tons better than a mounted picker, and way faster than a pull type. Three bolts held the implements on the earlier models but am not sure about the later production. Just the nature of the beast, it was average at everything in order to make it do everything Paul Snowblower was factory. Our township bought a new Uni Traction unit with the sno blower & used it for maybe 15 to 20 years, it had the V-6 GM engine, believe it was under powered & slow. Join the community! Faith,Family, Friends, Farming & Farmalls. He has a short Irish fuse. was it a good thing? My MF boss wanted dad to buy a MF 410 combine, dad said no, the Uni was much better for his farm use. A town near the old new idea factory here in ohio still has one with a big snow blower mounted on the front. The one I bought is a variable speed belt drive 706 with a diesel Perkins. We got real good at switching the combine and the husking bed. The combine worked fine, didn't have alot of capacity. I hated working on them. He kept his equipment in very nice condition. As all have already said, they are not the best for traction when the wagon starts to fill up. New Idea 708 UNI-System Corn Harvest bigtractorpower. A couple friends worked at New Idea in field testing and experimental. He taught me everything I know about over reacting on machinery. Aerial Lifts Asphalt and Paving Equipment Attachments and Parts Backhoes and Industrial Tractors Boring and Trenching Brooms and Sweepers Concrete Equipment Cranes Crawlers Drills and Drilling Rigs Excavators Graders Mining Equipment Off Road Haul Trucks Quarry and Aggregate Rollers and Compaction Rough Terrain Forklifts Scrapers Skid Steer Doesnt matter how good the machine is, if you cant get into the field with it. Most of the same attachments were available and a corn head could be put on the combine to shell corn. A neighbor had one back in the seventies that had a habit of setting the corn field on fire. He had been using a Uni-System (gas engine). Blower was a real serious unit, not quite in the SnoGo category but much more than most of the 3pt units out there. Red Power Magazine "@context":"https://schema.org", The 802c and 803c came with Cummins power at 177 and 234 hp. I sold the combine and grain head that came with it. Too expensive. Good 4-6 row machines. Gold Demonstrators 1456 1026 826 656 544 gas utility, Nineveh, sc NY, on the mighty Susquehanna, farming, watching cows and crops grow, karaoke, fussing with/ collecting old farm machinery. Crankshaft Position System Variation Not Learned. Compared to traction of a small Ford tractor. Most of his stuff was shipped all over I believe , choppers and eared corn machines were used locally but not much if any switching them to combines. I have (2) 701 Uni's. it sure liked the gas unreal consumption! COMBINING OATS WITH THE UNI COMBINE IN HILLSBORO WEST VIRGINIA AUGUST 2011. That 426 Allis was a good weight for the top of the scrap pile at the processor IMO. If you had a New Idea Uni-Harvest system -- or maybe you have some knowledge of the system -- please contact me so I can put this information into a future column. Also had a picker with a 2 row head. My MF boss wanted dad to buy a MF 410 combine, dad said no, the Uni was much better for his farm use.