Combines CaseIH 1822 cotton picker

Hey, just curios why you are looking at a 2 row picker instead of a 4 rowIJIJ are u on a 6 row pattern, or don't wanna spend the amount for a 4 row. We're in central Mississippi and see lots of very good 4 row pickers go for less than 30k. All the pickers above are good pickers, the 1822 is the fastest of the 3, or at least the ones we used to run were, ours had a bartender and we really liked having the self greaser, the way it dumped compared to the john deere pickers cause of our type of terrain (Mississippi Hills),the 1800 seris had chain driven headers which worked fine if kept up extremely well, the 9930 had a factory self greaser that worked very well also. choices of 1 or 2 wheel rearends, headers didn't pic up as high as the CIH but they are gear driven not chain driven neither of the john deeres have electric over hydraulic on them, the CIH has a 1600 series combine cab on it No matter what the choice a picker can have alot more money spent on it in a years times in the headers.We ran several of all three of the listed pickers to 3000+ hrs. and were very satisfied with all them. any more questions let me know

I would also ask why not just go with a 4-row. You can get 2044's and 2055's and 9950's and 9960's pretty cheap now. But, if its a 2-row you want, I have put many hours on an 1822 and would highly recommend them. Some folks say they were the best pickers CaseIH ever made. like likesMX said, they do have the chain drive heads, but we never had problems with them. They have an onboard oiling system to oil the chains periodically. The have a slip clutch so you can back up with the heads in gear and not hurt anything. If you can find one with the Bartender auto-greaser on it you will be better off, but it's not that hard to grease the bars without it. It conveys the cotton out of the basket like the CaseIH 4-rows, which is much better than the JD's, which flip the basket over to dump. I think they all had the 5.9DT Cummins engines in them, ours never lacked for power. The 1822's are fast too. If you can find a 2022, it would have the gear drive head like the 2044, and maybe a factory auto greaser. But I don't think they made them for very long. I never ran the JDs, but neighbors who ran 9920s always seemed to be bending or breaking bars. We never had that problem with the 1822's. Don't remember much about the 9930's, because most folks started going 4-row about that time. Good luck!

I may bleed red on combines, but when it comes to pickers, green is the only way to go in my opinion. I've run a 9910, 9930, and 9965. I would be leery about buying any used picker, because most have not been taken care of. if you do get a four row, buy a deere that has inline heads. Much easier to work on. If you get a two row Deere, it is fairly easy to drop one of the heads. Its very easy to work on then. Definately get one with an onboard lube system. Be careful if you get one with a single back tire. We have had yokes break before. They turn much better but they have a lot of stress. Case IH does have a better unload system. Some Deere 9930's had a vane system in the basket that holds back half the load when you dump. As for bars breaking, we've never had a problem with that. Backing up with the heads engaged makes the heads turn in reverse, which weakens the bars and causes them to break. It's much easier to kick the heads out of gear when you back up than it is to pull bars. i don't think you can go wrong with any deere picker if it has been well taken care of. 2 rows are fine for small acreages. They have half the parts to replace that 4 rows do. if you have any specific questions email me at robmgrig@hotmail.com

I'm in a big cotton area. We might get back into the cotton business in 2005. THere will be a red picker if that happens here. Conventional heads just pick cleaner. I've seen feilds of the same variety, side by side, that were picked by green and red pickers. The red pickers did much better. The red field didn't need to be scrapped, while the green field did. In the red field, after first picking, there was not enough cotton left out there to make a sock with! I looked at a CIH CP610 yesterday. Its very impressive.

Many thanks for the replies. We only plan to farm about 100 acres of cotton, at least at first. With just a 100 acres, price is the reason for the desire for a two row machine. My cotton farming friends operate and like Deere pickers, I went to buy a well kept 9920 from them, but they had promised it to someone else just a day earlier. I was glad to hear the good comments about CIH machines from some of you. I found a couple of 87 model 1822s, both one owner sled kept, and one with just 1000 hours, they want 8 for one with 4000 hours, 10 for the low hour machine. I think both are too much and would try for a lesser price. Older 4 rows go for 20 to 30k. We operate CIH and MF tractors and a CIH combine, I always thought I wanted some green paint, but so far due to price the green has always eluded me, and the Red dealer is 15 miles away, the green dealer is 55. Down at the local coffee shop, I'm the butt of a lot of good natured ribbing for my MF tractor. I plant with a 95 horse cab 399 MF, of which I really like, it's very nimble. Again many thanks to all.