cotton picker tooth

sawhead · March 23, 2006, 09:55:04 PM

trying this picture posting thing >:( out and if it works will show a tooth from a mechanical cotton picker that will make trash out of a saw if hit in a log >:(

etat · March 23, 2006, 10:18:28 PM

I've ground a few of em down for center punches, they're real good for that. Those things are hard for sure.

Sunfield Hardwood · March 24, 2006, 07:12:32 AM

I've seen a few of those things driven into posts and trees before, all you see is the bevel gear on the end, never knew what they were or what the other end looked like. thanks for clearing up a mystery for me, oh yeah posting the pic looked fine. I swear I;m going to do it one of these days.

highpockets · March 24, 2006, 07:56:14 AM

Ctate, are there any old international dealers in your country? I am looking for an old manual for an international 622 cotton picker. I have two of the these with hydrostat drives. The engines aren't much punkin but the drive pumps and motors are good. I know somewhere there is a dealer that migh have one in his dusty storeroom.

Mo-Ark · March 24, 2006, 08:47:35 AM

One of my buddies is a retired marine mechanic that has never thrown a piece of hardware away in his life; he has a huge stash of cotton picker teeth and uses them for a variety of applications. The most interesting one, to me, was seeing him weld them to the tines on his garden tillers. He mounts them perpendicular to the ends of the tines, and boy! do they chew up some dirt. I imagine this would create a lot of "bounce" if you were trying to break new ground, but it works fine in the truck patch he's been usin' for years. It seems that hardly anybody keeps a "real" tractor around to bust gardens anymore, but then again, I've been livin' in the city too long.

Highpockets--Here's a link that'll shoot you into an E-bay auction for an INTERNATIONAL 616 and 622 COTTON PICKER OPERATOR MANUAL. I'd imagine you're looking for the service manual, but if you scroll to the bottom of that page, in small, red, italicized print, the feller says that he's got a bunch of old manuals in boxes and that if you e-mail with a specific request, he'll try and dig it out. Good luck!

Mitch

barbender · March 24, 2006, 09:09:31 AM

We're pretty short on cotton picker teeth up here

thurlow · March 24, 2006, 09:48:27 AM

"teeth"...........spindles, actually.............usually pronounced spinnels.

sawguy21 · March 24, 2006, 10:04:49 AM

Quote from: barbender on March 24, 2006, 09:09:31 AM
We're pretty short on cotton picker teeth up here

Don't think I have ever seen one either.

IL Bull · March 24, 2006, 10:50:06 AM

What would one be in a tree for?

dail_h · March 24, 2006, 11:42:36 AM

Waiting for a saw blade

IL Bull · March 24, 2006, 12:17:13 PM

Never thought of that. ;D :D

Tony · March 24, 2006, 12:53:30 PM

Quote from: IL Bull on March 24, 2006, 10:50:06 AM
What would one be in a tree for?

Steps to a deer stand, and they can and will break while in use every now and then >:( >:(

Tony 8) 8)

Tom · March 24, 2006, 05:48:24 PM

Not long after I bought my property I bushhogged a path on the way to the creek. That happened on a Sat. When I returned on Sun., someone had already driven those spindles up two oak trees beside the new path. I was terribly mad. (!) I tried to get them out, but found that you can't, they break. >:(

And folks wonder why people aren't allowed free rein on property that doesn't belong to them. Of course, there are some folks who don't acknowledge that land may belong to another private citizen. :

mike_van · March 24, 2006, 09:40:23 PM

We would be more apt to find a tooth from a rock picker here - :D

highpockets · March 25, 2006, 07:05:57 AM

Mo-Ark thanks for the info. I had checked Ebay in the past and didn't come up with anything. I have written the guy.

Tom,
Trespass is in the mind of the land-less. Here in Louisiana I find that those who do not own land see no reason you should be able to keep them out of yours. I am not sure how Flordia works but I can tell you about Louisiana. It is all in what the coon-asses in Baton Rouge want. Sometimes I wish I had never heard the word Deer.

TexasTimbers · March 25, 2006, 07:14:25 AM

Ohhhh. I wouldn't have thought of that. One of the those Honey Locust trees I posted a while back was the home of a trespassing deer stand for a while. Any human activity gives a tree a chance to have stray metal i suppose. He couldv'e stuck a pocket knife in it and broken of the blade or any number of scenarios. I better look that honey over well before I turn those boards loose.

sandman2234 · March 29, 2006, 08:36:08 PM

Quote from: highpockets on March 25, 2006, 07:05:57 AM
Sometimes I wish I had never heard the word Deer.

Highpockets,
You like sitting on the porch watching the deer too much to really mean that statement. In fact, I think I enjoyed sitting on your porch watching your deer too.
David from jax

grade sawyer · April 01, 2006, 06:07:09 AM

Quote from: mike_van on March 24, 2006, 09:40:23 PM
We would be more apt to find a tooth from a rock picker here - :D

its maple taps for us, or a good old fashioned tree stand step

mike_van · April 01, 2006, 07:10:00 AM

Utility co's used to be famous for using tree guys [some still may be] We saw the error in this years ago, sometimes when the tree blew over, it took the pole with it! All the tree guys i've removed, I always leave 3' of guy wire hanging out [the bolt long overgrown] hope that saves someones saw someday.