[AJD] JD 350 vs 650 Side delivery rake

[greg at theoldtractorcompany.com]

As it's late and I am tired, best I can think of is the 650 is the rake I used to sell when I 
was still selling machinery at the dealership (meaning before I sold my soul to the Great Green 
Parts God!). Just your basic rake but pretty well bulletproof. I think it replaced the 350. 
Around here we still have lots of the old 800 series pull rakes, guess they too ran forever and 
probably turn up on auctions at a good price. Just don't blow up the gearbox on these earlier 
ground drive rakes, parts are either non-existent or sky-high pricewise.
Greg


Greg Stephen
The Old Tractor Company
Stephen Equipment Company
PO Box 709
Franktown, CO 80116
303-663-5246
303-468-0377 FAX<<--GREAT WAY TO REACH ME!

On Sat Mar  5 23:51 , 'Dean VP' <deanvp at att.net> sent:

>Duane:
>
>Very helpful.  Looks like the 650 is just a later version of the 350 that
>came out during the early NG tractor era. I just don't have a single piece
>of information on the 350, Operators Manual or Parts Catalog either. I was
>able to get a page copied of a 650 Parts catalog at a local dealer and then
>was able to buy a 650 OM on ebay. 
>
>The Mast Bracket part number for the 350 & 650 is: G625E. One of 16
>different Mast Brackets identified so far.
>
>Ugly looking thing. Reminds me of the fish in the Missouri river lakes that
>has a protruding lower jaw much, much longer than the upper jaw. Can't
>remember the name of the fish. Looks a bit prehistoric. The lower jaw is
>used for scooping up food in the river/lake bed mud. @#$%^  Now, I'm going
>to have trouble getting to sleep tonight trying to remember the name of that
>stupid fish.  :-)  
>
>Dean A. Van Peursem
>Snohomish, WA 98290
>
>I'm a walking storeroom of facts..... I've just lost the key to the
>storeroom door 
>
>
>www.deerelegacy.com
>
>http://members.cox.net/classicweb/email.htm
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>[antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com','','','')">antique-johndeere-
bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
>Duane Larson
>Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 9:03 PM
>To: Antique John Deere mailing list
>Subject: Re: [AJD] JD 350 vs 650 Side delivery rake
>
>Dean,
>The 350 is in the JD full line catalog dated 1956.  It is a "Three-Point and
>
>Semi-Integral" pto operated rake.  It can be adapted to 50-70 tractors with 
>the No. 800 Series hitch, or the 520-720 series with "Universal 3-point 
>hitch".  Overall width 10', 4-tooth bars, weight of integral version is 625 
>lbs, semi-integral 730 lbs.
>
>If you have some specific questions I can try to answer them.  The 650 rake 
>is not in this catalog.
>Regards,
>Duane
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Dean VP" deanvp at att.net>
>To: "AT JD" antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 2:54 PM
>Subject: [AJD] JD 350 vs 650 Side delivery rake
>
>
>> I'm trying to learn what a JD 350 rake is. I have a manual on the JD 650
>> rake so am tuned up there but don't have any reference material on the 
>> 350.
>> Is the 350 a similar rake with similar three point options as the 650? Is 
>> it
>> just a smaller or lighter rake or what causes the model number difference?
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any and all responses.
>>
>> Dean A. Van Peursem
>> Snohomish, WA 98290
>>
>> I'm a walking storeroom of facts..... I've just lost the key to the
>> storeroom door
>>
>>
>> www.deerelegacy.com
>>
>> http://members.cox.net/classicweb/email.htm
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Antique-johndeere mailing list
>> http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/antique-johndeere 
>
>_______________________________________________
>Antique-johndeere mailing list
>http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/antique-johndeere
>
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>Antique-johndeere mailing list
>http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/antique-johndeere