John Deere "plow"

[aksocom]

Hello

I bought this property years ago and this was on it. I've tried searching on the internet for any information or oarts diagram. I'd like to use it if I can. It looks like it might be missing some parts especially the way to connect it to my tractor. Can anyone on here help me. I went to the John Deere dealership and they could not help me based on the picture and needed a model or serial number neither of which I could find.

 

[Tx Jim]

Do you have any more photos you can share? Do you see any casting #s on disk shaft spacers or large cast piece on the end of frame that you can share? I honestly think that unit can't be used for soil tillage as it sits with what appears missing components.

 

[used red MN]

Hello Ak.., welcome to YT! To me it looks like you have one gang section of a tandem disk harrow. It looks like it is possibly a “wing” section which means it would hydraulically fold to raise over another section to narrow the width of the implement for road transport. I will place a screen shot of a smaller tandem disk harrow to possibly give you a better idea of what I am describing. You can see there are 4 distinct section of blades each one of those is referred to as a gang. I am linking a new model John Deere disk that I think is likely near the size of the disk that the part you have would have belonged to. The part or “gang” following the wheel in the foreground in the link I believe is similar to the section you have, although by the heavy bracket/hinge unit on it this may have been an inner section and not the wing as I said earlier. On the photo in the JD link you can see the hitch to the main unit extending off to the tractor to the right. In that area is where it would hinge and fold as I mentioned above. Although dragging that section at an angle so that is allows the dish of the blades to dig/cut into the soil you would get some tillage response from it but it would be nowhere near the result of what it would do working in “tandem” with the following gang that would travel at an opposite angle.
JD 2630 tandem disk

 

[Timmycornpicker]

It could be part of an offset disk. I zoomed in and the stencil on the front says "Made in Canada", which makes me think it could also be the remains of a one-way. Not the exact model in the picture I found, but an older version.

 

[paul]

Hardly ever see any around here, but looks like a one way or disc plow as the previous poster says.

The hitch is right there in front of us. Somewhat disassembled and piled up.

Should be a castor wheel on the socket to the left in the picture, would be the right of the plow.

And a castor wheel in the rear of it.

Looks like rather small blades on it but I think they were smaller bladed in the arid north west?

Any cast pieces or axle shafts around that would mate up to it? You are missing some pretty big pieces. And the crank for adjustment and raising/ lowering it.

Older ones had cast wheels as well.

Paul

 

[spacechem]

I think paul is on the right track. You have some of the remains of a disk tiller. Finding the rest of it would be a life-long odyssey. Best to sell that pile for scrap and buy/rent something useable.

 

[trackrat]

Parts of a one way plow doesn't look like john deere but it might be

 

[560Dennis]

I was told at John Deere parts counter that if you have a valid jd Deere parts number from the implementation they could tell you what implements it came from.
I’d try to find on casting for example. Just a thought I had .

 

[Jim.ME]

I was told at John Deere parts counter that if you have a valid jd Deere parts number from the implementation they could tell you what implements it came from.
I’d try to find on casting for example. Just a thought I had .

The online parts catalog allows one to do a part number search and see the units that part number was used on. Not all casting numbers are part numbers, so a casting number may not get correct or any info.

 

[560Dennis]

The online parts catalog allows one to do a part number search and see the units that part number was used on. Not all casting numbers are part numbers, so a casting number may not get correct or any info.

I say if he wants to put this implement in service again to not give up . John Deere I was told buy service counter, did cast part numbers .

 

[Jim.ME]

I say if he wants to put this implement in service again to not give up . John Deere I was told buy service counter, did cast part numbers .

I did not say he should give up or that that casting number could not be the part number by any means.

As I said, "Not all casting numbers are part numbers, so a casting number may not get correct or any info." One can try using the casting number as a part number, and that is a first step, but it is not always the actual part number. That is my experience from having used JD casting numbers in the manner described for a part search. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. If you look at many JD parts breakdowns you will find a part number with notes in the descriptions giving the casting numbers that part number applies to.

 

[spacechem]

Some posts in the vein of 'part number tells you what machines it was used on'. Well... kinda yes and kinda no. What it really tells you is what parts catalog it is listed in, and that can sometimes be a significant distinction.

This is a case where it's very likely academic. Even if this machine was properly identified, finding parts- and there are a lot of things missing- and getting them at reasonable cost is highly improbable. About all we know is it's green. Maybe that means it's a John Deere; maybe not. OP says he might want to use it. Maybe he could hook a chain to it and drag it around to do some damage, but we don't even know if the blades will turn.

From the photo I can see he has other priorities he should be focused on. An interesting thought problem for us keyboard warriors, but we should encourage the OP to focus his time and energy elsewhere.

 

[paul]

As I mentioned, locally such an implement is rare to none at all.

But where he is, they might be a more common, many sitting in the groves, type of thing.

If he wants this as a project, figuring out the model and then looking for another worn out old lump of iron like it might be a good way to go.

Find one that has the parts needed and combine the 2 into a good working unit.

That’s how things get restored.

Paul

 

[Timmycornpicker]

As I mentioned, locally such an implement is rare to none at all.

But where he is, they might be a more common, many sitting in the groves, type of thing.

If he wants this as a project, figuring out the model and then looking for another worn out old lump of iron like it might be a good way to go.

Find one that has the parts needed and combine the 2 into a good working unit.

That’s how things get restored.

Paul

I found these pictures of an old JD disk tiller. Certainly looks to built similarly to the one in the OP's picture. They give a good idea of what all might be missing.

 

[Timmycornpicker]

Well, I've gone down the rabbit hole quite a ways, but here we go! This was sold on an Aumann auction and was identified by them as a 200A disk tiller. Note the "produced in Canada" stencil is visible in the same place.

 

[spacechem]

Looks like Timmy has nailed down the ID. Too bad this is a classic Post & Ghost- one (bad) photo and no real information then nothing. Bet he already has it posted on FB Marketplace for 2x scrap price. Heck, show him some cash and he'll probably throw in a spare tire for it...

 

[Tx Jim]

TimmyCP
I think you hit the nail on the head. I think aksopcom's photo is a disk tiller frame with wheels & axles plus other parts removed. Notice front axle housing shown in green box in photo below

 

[55 50 Ron]

This is what's commonly called a "One-way" where I grew up in North Dakota. Very common on the small grain country of US and Canada. It was used in place of a moldboard plow as it pulled lighter and was a wider cut than a typical moldboard plow.

A longer and more correct name for the "correct police" would be "One-way disk tiller". John Deere also made a Surflex disk tiller that had disks a lot smaller in diameter that this One-way has. The Surflex tiller came in 12 and 21 foot cutting sizes.