What size chisel plow size for a 200

I have been thinking about getting a chisel plow for my 200. I want to go with a three-point. Are they any good but I am open to pull type. I'm in Northwest Ohio. I have duals, full set of front weights and in fluid in the back tires. I have medium to heavy ground with some clay. I don't know much about chisel plow any info would help thanks.

Gonna say a 9 shank is about all you’ll want I’ve always figured 10-12 hp per shank and it all depends on how deep you pull it as well. 3pt will work the best for your tractor as you’ll be able to get some weight transfer from the chisel the only time a pull type chisel would work better is if you were dealing with a tractor with mfwd otherwise a pull type deep tillage tool is like setting an anchor in the ground behind a 2wd unit. And another thing to consider 9 shank will normally be a two bar frame and will probably work best behind the 200 a 10 shank will be a 3 bar and will make you light on the front end and especially if you hit a hard patch 3 bar will give you better trash clearance and a high clearance 2 bar will also have better clearance over a normal one. Hope that helps a little.

The weight of the tractor is the limiting factor.....HP is there for 5-7 shanks at a reasonable depth...and how many acres do you have to cover....Mark

NO more than 7 if you want any depth.                   MACK

To pull anything that is high-draft, it takes traction. Traction requires good tire tread, proper air pressure and enough weight on the tire to pull the implement. Bald tires get nothing done. Good tires on a chassis that weighs less than 100 lbs per PTO HP don't get much done either. Engine HP determines how fast you can pull the implement, not whether it will pull it or not. A model 200 tractor with 18.4 x 38 good condition tires with full fluid and front weights should be adequately weighted to pull what you want in high second gear.

Theres an Allis mintill on Aution time or Big Iron - cant remember which one 

SteveM C/IL wrote: Glencoe made a 7 shank Soilsaver disc chisel....only seen a couple....thought they would be a good fit for the 190/200's. Worst thing about straight chisel is dealing with trash. If you have to disc first,you destroy your traction for chisel.

I think I remember seeing a 5 shank Glencoe too once at Isaacson Implement (now closed) in Nerstrand MN and I believe if memory serves that he had a 5 shank Min-Till also. That was maybe 5 years ago give or take. I thought those would be perfect for a 190XT, 200 or 6080. I didn't know they made them that small until I saw those two.

Pulled a 10 shank chisel with the 190 with 23.1 tires,i just set the stops on the ram to where i could pull it good. Thing is with a 5 shank soil-saver they are a good match for a190/200 without duals but not wide enough if running duals, one tire is in tilled soil. 7 shanks would be good with duals but depending on soil you are going to have your hands full horsepower wise. 3 point a 7 to 10 shank chisel should be ok

Traction Booster working ??   That's the one huge advantage of pulling anything fully mounted, is being able to use the Traction Booster system.

Are you sure it was a chisel plow ? Not a field culivator ?Seems like alot for a 185 

DougG wrote: Are you sure it was a chisel plow ? Not a field culivator ?Seems like alot for a 185

A Min-Til goes a lot deeper than any of those old chisel plows. I pulled a 9 shank MM chisel with no problem all the way in the ground in 5th gear with a 190XT. No power or traction problem at all but the chisel wanted to jump out of the ground some years when it was hard. My 9 shank Min-Til can stop my 7050 in hard conditions but at the same time it pulled an old 12 shank bush-hog like it was hardly there. 

I pulled a 7 shank pull type with my 200 in the spring. Twisted shovels did a good job. I had a 3 point JD and only used it once. The plow sat so close to the 18.4x38's I could not get between the tire and plow to hook up the 3 point hitch arms. I have real good loaded Firestone traction Field and Road tires on the back. The Doc is right, you Ned good rubber.

Exactly Dr P. - pretty sure we,re talking about diffent plows

DanWi wrote: No, more then 3  inches we had straight spikes on it and you do have 10 hp per shank besides that we have fields you don't go all that deep because of stones. You can pull an 18 ft field cultivator more then 3 inches deep. You give a strong running 190 or 200 too  little credit

 

Edited by FREEDGUY - 06 Jan 2022 at 6:23pm

I ran a 5 shank 3pt Mowhawk chisel plaw on my XTD. Loaded single tires Plenty big if you ran it deep.2nd hi.