Always wondered how hard it was when you wanted to pick corn in morning and then beans in afternoon ? Remote work. 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 After my wife's grandparents were married in the 1940s, they bought their own farm and raised their family just a few miles away from her great-grandparents' farm. Tractor Construction Plant Wiki. Always had to make sure that one did not get a bunch of corn stalks packed in between the motor and the husking bed. COMBINING OATS WITH THE UNI COMBINE IN HILLSBORO WEST VIRGINIA AUGUST 2011. It featured a 152 hp Cummins engine. "description":"Discussion of new idea uni system? It would really twist a combine. 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. I think the size of machines and farms is a big part of what killed the idea. Rear wheel assist. Powered by Invision Community. Would like to it all go away. The store will not work correctly in the case when cookies are disabled. He currently has three Uni power units on hand: an 803C; an 802 with a husking bed picker on it; and an older 709 with a 9 ft. snow blower. jt We had a 702 w/ combine, chopper, and huskor in the 80s. Tractor Construction Plant Wiki. It didn't have a cab when we first got it, but we put one on it later. The pwoer unit and chopper are still indie with chopper on unit. } 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. 563-568-4511. 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. New Idea 800 Uni-System. door- new, interior 36x80 - $25 (717-723 Route 369 Port Crane NY) Like night and day. I had it 2 years. New Idea 705. Dad traded one of ours for a JD 7700 combine. 3064. I was about 3 or so and grandpa and grandma came for a visit. 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. We're hiring an Academic Advising Assistant (full-time continuing - CUPE $25.52/hour) at Camosun College. ours is the last series they made, 802C has a 828 picker/husker unit on it. Runs and operates fine. Took about 2 hours, and a concrete floor helped alot. The last few years they just opened up fields with it to make it easier for the combines to get in. I think the size of machines and farms is a big part of what killed the idea. He sold more of them than you would believe. I bought it to pick 30 percent ear corn to sell to a dairy farmer who milled it and bagged it at his place. 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. Too expensive. Most were combines, and Corn shelters. Got an old New Idea Uni-System? . Add to Compare. Location: Waukon Iowa. The coop here used to be a NI dealer, and they ran one of those blowers until maybe 10 years ago. 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 That was a very nice show, and a awesome parade, of tractor i never knew MM ever made! }, Very slow. Mule was way overpowered for the combine so you could overload the combine pretty easy. At some point the New Idea Company took control of the design and built the Uni-Harvest system. Not really enough umph to do much work. Age Grade Collector NOT INTENDED as a child's toy. (563) 924-2880, Bossen Implement, Inc. I was going to start a new topic on " Uni-Systems" and this was already here! "@type": "Organization", "@type":"DiscussionForumPosting", If you're detailed orientated, have a. It was an idea, but maybe not the best one. I am not proud of the fact that I used words that made Jesus sad. FYI - I know of an auction here in SE PA where a 708 diesel hydro and a 6504 4-row corn head will be for sale in late March. New Idea 709. 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. Lamont, IA 50650. duh. Dark silver. The replacement engine is the same model as the orginal and only has a few hrs on it. Please correct the following errors and try again: We've detected that you are using an unsupported browser. I do wish my wife's grandpa had lived just a few years longer (for a multitude of obvious reasons of course) but selfishly I would have liked to have known him. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Actually a bad Idea. I'm assuming you have a 717 combine on a 701 or 703 power unit. Picked seed corn. The Nebraska inventor and manufacturer says they're the ideal power unit for his self-propelled, 40-ft. long, 36-in. Boss said it helps break them in, but I think he didn't feel comfortable hauling them on his trailer. Combine and cornhead were worn out when we got them so we were reparing on a weekly basis. GM 6-292, V6-401 gas, V6-478 diesel, Perkins AT6-354diesel, AC 3500 426 diesel, Cummins 5.9 turbodiesel were more common. markloff. And NI just didnt have the sales and budget to keep up on the finer details as machinery got bigger and more self adjusting, refined headers, etc. No Laughing! The six row head was a Deere that picked a little dirty so the husking bed was overloaded somewhat. }, Bigger units would be much better I'm sure. Cost about the same as a 4296 MM combine and 4 row corn head. I bet they would sure like to talk to you about yours. New idea uni system specs. Call for Price. Comes with 3-row head and 766 head. I did buy a two wheel side dump cart to try out next year. I currently have 2 708 uni's with 354 Perkins. Some of the attachments available for the 800C series power units included the: New Idea 819 Uni Combine New Idea 839 Uni Husker New Idea 868 Uni Forage Harvester We don't use any other attachments with it- it is used solely for picking ear corn. You could make different series mules and attachments work but needed a adapter kit for most mix matching. COMBINING OATS WITH THE UNI COMBINE IN HILLSBORO WEST VIRGINIA AUGUST 2011. Was the snow blower an attachment offered,, or home made ? In my area the Uni was popular with dairy farmers like my dad, as it was handy for several jobs. Too gimmicky. 2 NEW IDEA Equipment in Myerstown, PA. 1 NEW IDEA Equipment in Ashland, OH. Mule was way overpowered for the combine so you could overload the combine pretty easy. 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 That made me laugh and reminds me of a story I was alway told about myself. In real life these multipurpose farm machines. Gas engine. Crankshaft Position System Variation Not Learned. Have the 767 chopper 3 row corn head hay pickup and a couple of old shellers. Hicksville, Ohio NW OHIO 1.5 miles from Farmer OH. I did like the bin extender when conditions allowed us to pull a wagon. He sold more of them than you would believe. New Idea 725 Uni-System. Most of the people had problems. CategoryNew Idea Uni-systems Tractor Construction Plant Wiki Fandom. - Vacum formed cab glass. When you combine corn and soybeans only, you dont want average, you want great at those 2 things you dont want average. "image": { However, I still enjoy picking wet ear corn and feeding it to cattle. 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. Farming got bigger, it became difficult to make them bigger but still work with all the tools. Complaints I heard were about lack of traction and a bit under powered . They picked and shelled a little corn for me too with the sheller unit. The first New Idea Uni right after the MM line had a flathead Continental F244 six, had one come in to the dealer for service once years ago. I know of a couple of guys (one is a forum member, not regular anymore) that use uni's. in the Tractor Talk forum followed by comments. Is made to attach to the back of a corn picker. However, I still enjoy picking wet ear corn and feeding it to cattle. (563) 924-2880. Polarized 3D glasses allow for color 3D, while the red-blue lenses produce an image with distorted coloration. Most dealerships didnt offer a self propelled harvester in the 60-70s , and some larger dairy and cattle feed lots wanted this capacity. All rights reserved. I did buy a two wheel side dump cart to try out next year. 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. Told of switching from picking corn in the morning to combining beans in the afternoon on a regular basis. 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. senior maintenance supervisor job description; New Idea 702 Uni-System with 726 husking bed, and 720 2-row wide corn head. I would like to know what he thought of the machine. No picture allowed, sterile environment! Categories . The owner was a friend of my parents and he recently died of cancer. If it wasn't for seeing them discussed here, I wouldn't have known what it was. When turning pulling a wagon it was hard to turn because it swung a wide radius at the rear. I worked at a MM dealer from 65to 69. They had a Minneapolis Moline at a show in Lennox South Dakota, it was a working Uni system,they showed how they hooked it up and unhooked from different attachment that part of it was good, for it's day in my opinion! The coop here used to be a NI dealer, and they ran one of those blowers until maybe 10 years ago. 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. They just mounted up another picker and kept picking. Latest Videos. 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 the first engine. He picked some ear corn for me with a six row head and it really kept me hopping pulling and unloading wagons. I am hoping it will keep better weight on the rear and allow for better steering. 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. Have a 727 husking bed and 3-30" 725 head on it. The 717 combine that I had ate up bearings like ice cram and cake. Plastic Mahindra Scorpio Diesel Filters 595/ Piece. I would definitely get rid of it if I could find a cheap hydro machine. We had a 702 w/ combine, chopper, and huskor in the 80s. Compared to traction of a small Ford tractor. Last one I was around had a 401 V6 GMC. Had a good machine shed and got used to changing attachments. Maybe its you either love em or hate em. CategoryNew Idea Uni-systems Tractor Construction Plant Wiki Fandom. Was the snow blower an attachment offered,, or home made ? junho 16, 2022. nasa internship summer 2022 . 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. Just one hay baler. 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. New Idea 709 Uni System Forage Harvester with 868 Chopper and 6221 Feeder House, 2533 hours showing, 3 Speed Hydro with Rear Wheel Assist transmission, Tires. Where are you located? I do some picking with some NI pull-type pickers too. Lon We still use a 702 power unit with a 2 row header and husking bed. "@type": "Person", The whole outfit was a big toy mostly. Add to Wishlist. 707 New Idea Unisystem. I once had a NI 701 with a 6-292 Chevrolet engine. - Decals. They did reimburse for all parts replaced but-- 701,702, and 707 Perkins turbo all did a good job. Snowblower was factory. "@id": "https://www.yesterdaystractors.com/" . Buy It Now. His nice low-hour 8920 Magnum will also be selling, as well. Bossen Implement, Inc. The reliability was another issue. Boss said it helps break them in, but I think he didn't feel comfortable hauling them on his trailer. Much like my family, most of my wife's ancestors spent their whole lives raising crops and livestock. i talked to a gentleman that knew about them,with a sheller attachment on a hill it was overloaded pulling the wagon and all, that little Z engine, in a V configuration,just couldn't hack it. Just the nature of the beast, it was average at everything in order to make it do everything Paul Snowblower was factory. Next model I do not remember the model number. A-Level Paper 2: 9GE0/02. Follow along as I build two 164 scale 3D-printed New Idea Uni-Systems made by Farm Factor 3D. We are currently working on a book on the Uni-System that will be released later on in 2017. Sold Price: USD $940.00 Auction Ended: Thu, Sep 22, 2022 10:05 AM Financial Calculator Serial Number: UNKNOWN Years back we ran a 708 power unit with a 3 row silage chopper and a 4 row, The vegetable companies used them around me for picking sweetcorn and punkins. Too expensive. Follow along as I build two 164 scale 3D-printed New Idea Uni-Systems made by Farm Factor 3D. Oil Futures Gain despite Signs US Labor Market Overheating, WTI Gains as US Oil Exports Surge to Record-High 5.6M Bpd, Oil Futures Advance as Traders Monitor Supply Disruptions, High-Octane Fuels Legislation Still Alive in 118th Congress; Passage Still in Question, RFA's Cooper Says 2022 Banner Year for Federal Ethanol Policy, EIA: Ethanol Blending Demand Rebounds, Production Drops, USDA: $63 million Invested in High-Speed Internet in Four States, Farmers Learned Perspective and Built Networks at Beginning Farmer Summit, Three Young U.S. Those Byrons on a Uni mule were a dream come true. Cost about the same as a 4296 MM combine and 4 row corn head. I had it 2 years. Return to Photos Click image to enlarge. There was a 12' flail attachment for the chopper also. had a ear corn picker. May have been the 702 but not sure. i never been around one, but the concept seemed like a good idea, seemed like for a livestock farmer,it would be nice to go from combine, to chopper , to ear corn harvester but i know they dont make them any more, did farming change that much, or was it not practial to change the harvesting unit back from one to another? I have written a lot over the years about my family's and our friends' and neighbors' vintage iron, but I haven't ever written about my wife's family whose farm roots go back just as far as my family's history in east-central Nebraska. Back in the late 60's my dad had a 703 with a 13' grain combine and a 3-row 30" sheller unit . Combine unit was slow to get much done also. It was said he was the largest mover of uni system in the Midwest.don't know if that was true or not however. Most popular choice was as a self propelled forage harvester. was it a good thing? "interactionStatistic": { Tractor Construction Plant Wiki. Most popular choice was as a self propelled forage harvester. There was a toolbar available too, only one I ever saw was a neighbor had an eight row planter setup on his 702. Call us at They suffered from being a good average machine. "interactionType": "https://schema.org/CommentAction", This is the operator's manual for the New Idea 801 harvester power unit. "@type": "ImageObject", That was a very nice show, and a awesome parade, of tractor i never knew MM ever made! New Idea Uni system - $12000 (Shrewsbury) View larger image Ad id: 506197808964860 Views: 1006 Price: $12,000.00 New Idea Model 802 Unisystem come with 4 row corn picker, 4 row corn sheller and hay pickup. Then a 702 with a 2 row chopper and he also had a cage sheller with a auger out the back of the hopper and we pulled gravity wagons and filled them. It has a Continental 6 cyl engine. We ran a couple of them through the yearssure glad we don't anymore. But combine was off centered. May have been the 702 but not sure. when i got the lindquist adapter for the 1063 corn head, mr lindquist mentioned that he was building corn movers on uni tractors and wouldn't mind having a couple more. New Idea Parts Books Harvesting * Uni Harvester Attachments UNI-SYSTEM (DIRECT CUT ATTACHMENT FOR FORAGE HARVESTER) 316 - 12 ROLL MOUNTED HUSKING UNIT 761 UNI-SYSTEM PICKUP ATTACHMENT FOR FORAGE HARVESTER 322 - 12 ROLL MOUNTED HUSKING UNIT 762 UNI-SYSTEM ROW CROP ATTACHMENT FOR FORAGE HARVESTER 327 HUSKING UNIT (FOR 324 / 325 UNITS) New Idea Uni system - $12000 (Shrewsbury) New Idea Model 802 Unisystem come with 4 row corn picker, 4 row corn sheller and hay pickup. Doesnt matter how good the machine is, if you cant get into the field with it. "text": "any one have, or had or used a new idea uni system? It would really twist a combine. From my limited research, I found it seemed farmers either really liked these vintage machines or they really did not like them. Apparently that was not bad enough to stop me from buying my own this past fall. I would definitely get rid of it if I could find a cheap hydro machine. 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. Will sell picker without corn head, shedded until one month age, hours 1,283, all works, good condition. Complaints I heard were about lack of traction and a bit under powered . i talked to a gentleman that knew about them,with a sheller attachment on a hill it was overloaded pulling the wagon and all, that little Z engine, in a V configuration,just couldn't hack it. I am hoping it will keep better weight on the rear and allow for better steering. Most of the same attachments were available and a corn head could be put on the combine to shell corn. Add in the needed 4wd and stronger framing and they got pretty expensive. Three bolts held the implements on the earlier models but am not sure about the later production. How many folks on here complain about changing 3pt implements and the hassle of it? It would out cut a 403 IHC. Seed corn is harvested before anything else so he got an early start on harvest. And NI just didnt have the sales and budget to keep up on the finer details as machinery got bigger and more self adjusting, refined headers, etc. At some point the New Idea Company took control of the design and built the Uni-Harvest system. My father in law had several Unis. Doesnt matter how good the machine is, if you cant get into the field with it. We just had the Byron 501. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. I could be wrong but that machine didn't seem that old. I think it had a Ford diesel. Please email or contact Gina at 319 231 7213 at auction end . Oh fun days!! I see a few still in use. He taught me everything I know about over reacting on machinery. I hated working on them. He sold more of them than you would believe. ", About the only person that would be worth anything to would be someone who needed a mule for a snow blower in the winter. It would almost pay you to keep it for a backup machine honestly. Carl B. retired a few years ago from dairying and still lives on the same farm, but his son manages it now. I think it had a Ford diesel. Among their grandpa's last tractors were an International Farmall 460/560 and a 1960s four-digit Oliver (he couldn't remember which one it was). I have chopped haylage and high moisture corn with it. I went to Plainview Mn the other day and saw a huge bone yard of unis. It lacked traction on my hills, right tire had weights, needed more. New Idea was a farm equipment manufacturer notable for their manure spreaders. But unloading on the go. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V. They had just rebuilt the motor on it. Switched to all shelled corn around 1982.Traded Uni and other machine for one big combine to do it all. You could make different series mules and attachments work but needed a adapter kit for most mix matching. { The machine itself never caught fire though. Pa did a fair amount of custom work with it. One of my first jobs out of college was rebuilding a truflow v6 and a bunch of other things on a 705. It was an earlier one with the V6 and orange in color. They were popular for seed corn producers when seed corn was still picked on the ear. September 27, 2006 in General Chat. "@type": "ImageObject", As all have already said, they are not the best for traction when the wagon starts to fill up. I am hoping it will keep better weight on the rear and allow for better steering. Edited by paul the original 12/24/2016 15:00, (1452340_235751113253239_705420341_n (Small).jpg), Edited by pupdaddy12003 12/26/2016 06:56, 1452340_235751113253239_705420341_n (Small).jpg. Antique Spreader Parts. One website said Uni-System production ended in the early 1970s, which was surprising to me. Anyone interested in mine thinking its a 708 its in NE Wyoming,, I know I will never get back what I have in it and may someday make it into a loader for loading round bales if it never sells but would be glad to sell it, Anyone interested in mine thinking its a 708 its in NE Wyoming,, I know I will never get back what I have in it and may someday make it into a loader for loading round bales if it never sells but would be glad to sell it, We still use a 702 power unit with a 2 row header and husking bed. My wife's brother helped their grandpa farm the last few years he was able and he was able to inform me about what equipment they used. I believe Nietfeld Seed, Terning Seed, and Dahlman Seed all still use them with Dahlman having a few of them last time I was by. Seed corn is harvested before anything else so he got an early start on harvest. Join the community! And grain tank to small. Just one hay baler. Dad's first was a 701 he used with both a combine and a chopper with both hay and corn heads. The Uni-system got a second breath for awhile around here. Bigger units would be much better I'm sure. New Idea Combine harvesters by brand. I think the size of machines and farms is a big part of what killed the idea. It featured a 152 hp 113 kW Cummins engine. Had a good machine shed and got used to changing attachments. can tell more later. CategoryNew Idea Uni-systems Tractor Construction Plant Wiki Fandom. The one I bought is a variable speed belt drive 706 with a diesel Perkins. Dad's last one was a 708 that my brother still has. I still have 2 in truckskind of wish I could find a set of .30 over pistons for a 478I might rebuild it. What a difference! Then a 702 with a 2 row chopper and he also had a cage sheller with a auger out the back of the hopper and we pulled gravity wagons and filled them. 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. 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. Later, a baler and swather were made. "width": 200, A polarized 3D system on the other hand uses polarized filters. The replacement engine is the same model as the orginal and only has a few hrs on it. My dad had a MM mule. When the New Idea ran, it had good capacity and did a real nice job. This item is not currently for sale. Except maybe picking ear corn, but then the widespread picking of ear corn went by the wayside. Sell Mine; SAVED . }. Kinda like having a mounted picker on a tractor to mount and dismount. Combine and cornhead were worn out when we got them so we were reparing on a weekly basis. Share; Posted September 28, 2006.