John Deere Picking Unit System

Ordering Parts for the Picker Unit System

The Picking Unit System

The picking unit system separates cotton from the spindles as they rotate during harvesting. The spindles extract all the cotton lint from the plant bowl while harvesting, working in conjunction with the other system components such as cam tracks, idler gears, and doffers to transfer the cotton to the basket or baling chamber. Always inspect the picking unit system for any potential damage and plan for replacement before the harvesting season. Maintaining the unit system will save you time and money.

The Picker Spindle

Most cotton harvesters prefer quality picker spindles because they are the most vital cotton picker harvesting component. The picker spindles rotate at high speeds to remove cotton from the bowl. The spindles tend to wear out inevitably with time as contact with the abrasive plant stalks occur, or other foreign matter enters the picking zone.

The damages occur at different heights on the bars. You’ll notice that one-half to two-thirds of the bottom spindles wear out faster than the top. You need to know the condition of the spindles during harvesting season before you begin harvesting. Moistener pads keep sap and debris from building up on the spindles. You also need to check the adjustment of the moistener pads and the doffers since they should run closely to the spindles to function optimally. Replace all snapped, rusted, and dull spindles to improve their efficiency. You can also replace doffers, which we supply with the highest quality urethane, clips, screws, moistener pads, bolts, and spacers. The parts should run efficiently to meet your goals.

Why choose John Deere Replacement Parts from Certi-Pik, USA?

Replacement parts made by Certi-Pik, USA for John Deere pickers are designed with tight engineering specs. They are manufactured to precise tolerances. They are rigorously tested, and they are made with only the best materials available. Each row unit on a John Deere cotton picker has over 3,000 unique parts, manufactured for a perfect fit on a reliable machine.

To protect your investment, optimize your performance, and avoid breakdowns in the field, you want the best parts you can buy for your money. At Certi-Pik, USA, we sell aftermarket parts which are on par or better than the OEM standards.

John Deere Spindles and Assemblies

Everything about your cotton picker makes it a close-tolerance, incredibly complex machine. The complexity of modern spindle pickers requires operators to be skilled professionals. Maintaining spindle pickers requires you to have precision equipment in your shop for adjustments and repair, especially when you are getting row units ready for the picking season. You have to get the tilt of the row unit right for the kind of bed the farmer used to plant the cotton. Minimal tilt may be needed to pick cotton planted in a no-till field, but greater tilt is needed to get all the cotton off heavy-fruiting plants.

The reason to do your pre-season work is simple: Spindles get a work out during harvest season. Hardened spindles with sharpened barbs must rotate at high speed synchronized with harvesting speed.

What makes Certi-Pik, USA spindles the superior choice for repairs to your John Deere cotton picker or cotton stripper?
Our quality control checks them for correct fit and function. As with any of our parts, we will not sell a part that knowingly does not work.
These spindles have hardened cases that ensure they break instead of bending when they hit hard objects, minimizing damage to adjacent parts.
They are double chrome plated to fight rust, corrosion, and wear.

Spindle assemblies come all-in-one for quick repair in the shop or even in the field. Spindle nuts are given an organic-friendly coating. Double chrome PRO spindles were made for a 50 percent longer life over 1st generation spindles and are suitable for the harshest harvest and weather conditions.

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