John Deere 650

[Darrin1966]

Hi. I‘m tractor illiterate. I bought a (the guy said it was a 1984) John Deere 650 tractor. I can not find the serial number sticker or plaque anywhere. I googled the possible places it could be and found nothing. I’m also having a problem with the 3 point system.
Problem 1) Is there anywhere that a serial number would be stamped on the frame or anywhere else or did they just put a sticker on them back then?

Problem 2) I have a light duty 3 point rear blade for the back. There are some 90 degree angle brackets that I assumed that the 3 point system for the rear blade hooked up to. I can not make the rear blade drag behind the tractor. It lifts up with ever small bump or rock that I drag it over. Is there another way to hook it up? I’m I hooking it up wrong?

Thank you for your help. This is my first tractor ever.

 

[Janicholson]

Welcome to YT forums and PartsASAP
On the Serial Number,year/model, I have no info.
3point hitches are almost always "floating". this means they have no down force on the lift arms. This reduces the system to relying on the implement weight and edge design (sharpness and angle) to cause it to penetrate the soil. So adding weight to your blade is about the only thing available. Hard packed clay and sod are difficult unless ripped/cultivated with a ripper or plow. Jim

 

[Jim.ME]

Welcome to the forums.

You likely have seen this if you googled for a John Deere 650 serial number location. It is a metal tag just above the PTO shield on the rear of the tractor. The picture is from the TractorData website.

Post some picture of the rear of the tractor and how you have the blade hooked up. (best if pictures are JPG and reduced the 900 x 600 pixel range as there is a 7MB size limit for total pictures in a post.

Do you have the Operator's Manual for it?

 

[matthies]

Hi. I‘m tractor illiterate. I bought a (the guy said it was a 1984) John Deere 650 tractor. I can not find the serial number sticker or plaque anywhere. I googled the possible places it could be and found nothing. I’m also having a problem with the 3 point system.
Problem 1) Is there anywhere that a serial number would be stamped on the frame or anywhere else or did they just put a sticker on them back then?

Problem 2) I have a light duty 3 point rear blade for the back. There are some 90 degree angle brackets that I assumed that the 3 point system for the rear blade hooked up to. I can not make the rear blade drag behind the tractor. It lifts up with ever small bump or rock that I drag it over. Is there another way to hook it up? I’m I hooking it up wrong?

Thank you for your help. This is my first tractor ever.

Manual says the serial sticker is between the pto and the center link.

 

[buickanddeere]

Hi. I‘m tractor illiterate. I bought a (the guy said it was a 1984) John Deere 650 tractor. I can not find the serial number sticker or plaque anywhere. I googled the possible places it could be and found nothing. I’m also having a problem with the 3 point system.
Problem 1) Is there anywhere that a serial number would be stamped on the frame or anywhere else or did they just put a sticker on them back then?

Problem 2) I have a light duty 3 point rear blade for the back. There are some 90 degree angle brackets that I assumed that the 3 point system for the rear blade hooked up to. I can not make the rear blade drag behind the tractor. It lifts up with ever small bump or rock that I drag it over. Is there another way to hook it up? I’m I hooking it up wrong?

Thank you for your help. This is my first tractor ever.

TractorData.com John Deere 650 tractor information

www.tractordata.com

 

[Darrin1966]

Welcome to the forums.

You likely have seen this if you googled for a John Deere 650 serial number location. It is a metal tag just above the PTO shield on the rear of the tractor. The picture is from the TractorData website.

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Post some picture of the rear of the tractor and how you have the blade hooked up. (best if pictures are JPG and reduced the 900 x 600 pixel range as there is a 7MB size limit for total pictures in a post.

Do you have the Operator's Manual for it?

No. I don’t have an owners manual for it. I bought it used from another guy who bought it used.

 

[Jim.ME]

You can download a free copy from the John Deere Ag & turf bookstore. This link will take you to the store.

JD Ag & Turf Bookstore

Once there click on Equipment Publications.

When that search page opens change the Model # search to Part # / Key Words search and type OMRW15455 in the search box and search. It should take you right to that manual. Click the download icon at the right of the title and it will download a free copy to your computer/device which you can save to print from if you want.

Bmaverick, another member here who has a lot of Yanmar background may see this and give you links to more manuals available on the Yanmar Owners website he is involved in. You might want to post on the dedicated John Deere Forum further down the index here in the future. Sometimes there are a few guys with brand specific info that don't visit the more general forums, like this one, as often.

 

[Darrin1966]

No. I don’t have an owners manual for it. I bought it used from another guy who bought it used.

 

[Darrin1966]

The 1st picture is the angle bracket I mentioned and I have no idea if it is the right way. There is a longer side and a shorter side to the bracket.

 

[Jim.ME]

The 1st picture is the angle bracket I mentioned and I have no idea if it is the right way. There is a longer side and a shorter side to the bracket.

Janicholson gave you the right answer on the 3-point. It does not have down pressure. In this case you need a heavier blade or weights on the one you have (which might not be a good idea if it is a light blade, they bend easy.

Download the Operator's manual. It should have info on setting up the three point hitch.

From a quick look at the Operator's manual and the parts catalog, I am thinking you should remove those L brackets and pin the draft links to the pins the L brackets are currently on. Those brackets may be used for a specific attachment, I don't know what but someone may be along with an answer to that. look at section 70 for the three-point hitch parts, those L brackets do not appear.

JD 650 & 750 parts catalog

 

[Phill Tibbetts]

Built by Yanmar for JD , good little tractors.

 

[Darrin1966]

Janicholson gave you the right answer on the 3-point. It does not have down pressure. In this case you need a heavier blade or weights on the one you have (which might not be a good idea if it is a light blade, they bend easy.

Download the Operator's manual. It should have info on setting up the three point hitch.

From a quick look at the Operator's manual and the parts catalog, I am thinking you should remove those L brackets and pin the draft links to the pins the L brackets are currently on. Those brackets may be used for a specific attachment, I don't know what but someone may be along with an answer to that. look at section 70 for the three-point hitch parts, those L brackets do not appear.

JD 650 & 750 parts catalog

Thank you. I’m learning a lot.

 

[Powered By IH]

From a quick look at the Operator's manual and the parts catalog, I am thinking you should remove those L brackets and pin the draft links to the pins the L brackets are currently on. Those brackets may be used for a specific attachment, I don't know what but someone may be along with an answer to that. look at section 70 for the three-point hitch parts, those L brackets do not appear.

X2, take off the L-brackets (in blue) and do as Jim says.
I would also strongly consider flipping the pins (in red) to the outside too as the 3-point is better designed for that.

 

[buickanddeere]

X2, take off the L-brackets (in blue) and do as Jim says.
I would also strongly consider flipping the pins (in red) to the outside too as the 3-point is better designed for that.

Shorten the link . There is a sweet spot between too long and too short to obtain the best " dig".

 

[Darrin1966]

X2, take off the L-brackets (in blue) and do as Jim says.
I would also strongly consider flipping the pins (in red) to the outside too as the 3-point is better designed for that.

I will try that. Thank you all so very much!!

 

[Texasmark]

Manual says the serial sticker is between the pto and the center link.

"center link" commonly referred to as the 3rd member (of the 3 pt setup), the other two obviously are the lift arms....and there is another common name but haven't used it in so long I forgot what it is.

 

[TheBartman47]

The two lower arms look like they're on backwards, which would explain why they're attached at a sharp angle instead of near straight. Looks like they should be flipped around, font to back, and possibly left and right sides as well. (The ends currently attached to the blade should be the ends attached to the tractor). The extra metal here on the arms look like bump blocks to help reduce left-right swaying and should rub up against a bracket on the tractor when swaying too far.

 

[used red MN]

"center link" commonly referred to as the 3rd member (of the 3 pt setup), the other two obviously are the lift arms....and there is another common name but haven't used it in so long I forgot what it is.

Hello Darrin, welcome to YT! I refer to the top single connector by its very common term of “top link” or due to them being almost all exclusively able to change their length by the threads on them they are the “3 point adjustable top link” Right or wrong I have always called the lower lift arms “lower tug arms”

 

[Jim.ME]

Hello Darrin, welcome to YT! I refer to the top single connector by its very common term of “top link” or due to them being almost all exclusively able to change their length by the threads on them they are the “3 point adjustable top link” Right or wrong I have always called the lower lift arms “lower tug arms”

He will find the top link called a center link and the lower arms are called Draft links by John Deere in their publications. Same parts and function by many different names.