Old JD Chisel Plow

Does anyone know how old this chisel plow is and if parts are still available? It is listed for sale and it is the right size for my 65 hp tractor, but I am afraid it might be hard to get parts. They don't list a model number so I can check.

It is a JD 650 chisel plow. They started being made in 1954. The shanks, springs and shovels would be available as they were used one later models. The frame and hitch parts you would have to repair or fabricate if you need any of that. Which is true on most chisel plows older than the last 10-15 years or so.

Thanks, JD Seller, that's what I needed to know. Will my JD 2550 4wd be Ok with it?

Looks like "650 tool carrier/chisel plow" to me.

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Harv you would be good to go with your JD 2550. you may want to drop a few shanks off to be able to pull it deep. We figure 15-20 horsepower per shank these days.

I have a manual for one of those. There were a few of those around back in the day. Soon as the 100 series came out, their popularity dropped off. That type of frame was prone to twisting in hard pulls.

Have one similar on hydraulic lift with the stiff shanks. Heavy built. First pulled it with an 820 JD, then with a 4020. Haven't used it for about 20 years. The only thing you should ever have to replace is wheel bearings and sweeps/points.

At that time it was figured 10 HP per shank and that is on a 12" shank spacing It is 8 shanks so that would be 80 horse min. I had a 5000 Ford and 7 shank 3 point Ford chisel and could only pull it in some ground 6" deep, other ground had to go down to 5 shanks to pull it. And then it still was not as deep as should have been still only about 7". Only unless you have very easy working ground will you be able to use it and then not deep enough to fracture the soil as should be. And your 4 wheel drive will not help at all because you just do not have enough horsepower to put to the ground. If and I do not know if it is possible but could you arange the shanks for 5 shanks set 12" apart then you might be able to do a decent job with it but again that depends on how your ground works. Mine I just used on rented farm that was called highly eroadable ground and did not have the clay that I had here at home where it would not work at all. And you need speed for a chisel to fracture the soil as they are designed for, slow will not fracture but just cut groves. I got rid of that chisel long before I retired from farming. And it would only work in bean stubble ground, wheat stubble would not work or corn stalks either. The new chisels to get them to work they run a 15" spacing and 15" deep to get a field tore up as deep as a moldboard going 9" deep because that extra depth is not fractured but just groves cut in.