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[99S10]

If all goes well I will be bringing home an 855 tomorrow with a FEL and the Ag tires. Couple questions. I have a Woods RM306 I want to use. It's the old style with the check chains and big pulley in the middle..no gearbox. Any issues using it? Also, I want to get a 3pt tiller. What size should I get 4 or 5 ft? Thanks.

 

[techwrtr2]

What speed is the mower intended to run at? I have an old Woods brush mower intended to run at about 1000 RPM PTO speed which means it doesn't exactly work for my 855. I think were I buying a tiller, I'd go for 4 ft. Not too narrow and not as likely to over power your tractor.

 

[beenthere]

99
Being hydro tranny, I think I'd go 5' on the tiller. Can go slow, and at a depth that the 855 and 19 PTO hp will handle. Nice when you can cover the wheel tracks. If it were gear, then I'd suggest 4' too.
That mower is a finishing mower, so see no issues with connecting to your 855. As long as the rpm of the PTO is correct.

 

[99S10]

Yeah the rpm is 540 so should be OK. It does a nice job behind my old Ferguson. I keep it set up as high as it will go and just use it in my open field...about 3 acres. I used to have trouble with gangs of kids roaming through but not so much since I raised the deck height. lol

Guy on another site said he has used a 6ft tiller behind his 755 going slow. So I'm thinking a 5 ft would work OK. Thanks again. Can't wait to get it.

 

[terryknight]

i have a JD 750 gear, same general size (just a bit smaller) i use an old woods rm59 and look it. i also have a 52" woods tiller and it does fine behind the 750. i could run a 5ft tiller but i don't have one.

 

[patchnball]

855 hydro......everything 5' or 6'. Depends on weight of attachment. Most dealers and pundents say 4' to 5' max.....they never owned one or never used one. Had a backhoe attachment that I would dig footers and crawl spaces with. Used a 7' York rake. Had 6' belly mower thus a 6' bush hog would work as long as one was cutting grass and light stuff. Had a 5' two stage snow blower ...worked great. Hydro helps greatly. great tractor......Farmall H was only 19 horsepower....weighted bunches more but it wasn't 4 wheel drive either.

 

[roush9799]

5 foot will cover your tracks and it will pull it fine. Some 4 foot models are offset to one side, you just have to work the same direction from one side of the garden to the other. I pull a 5 with my 2520 and it pulls it fine, I'd rate it at about the same power that my 855 had.

 

[99S10]

I just noticed a 6' belly mower for sale locally. It looks like the ones I've seen on 855/955 but the ad says it was on an 870. Is there any way to determine fitment on these?

 

[Mechanos]

I believe I saw a footnote somewhere that said the 72" MMM deck was not compatible with 11.2-16 R1 rear tires on the 855.

 

[Mechanos]

I'm not 100% sure, but think the deck is the same... just different tractor mounting hardware for 870.

 

[99S10]

I have all the mounting stuff from the 60" basket case I got with the tractor. It's so close I should go look with a tape measure.

 

[roush9799]

I think they only made one 60" deck for the larger tractors. As stated I think they just changed the mounting hardware, so you should be good to go.

 

[99S10]

I checked the parts catalog and the deck shell has the same part # So the mower itself should fit. But I would be concerned about the PTO shaft as the 870 is a gear tractor. The catalog shows a lot of different numbers for the shafts. PTO speeds are the same though. I guess I'll just have to go take a look since it's only 15 minutes from me.

I saw another 72" deck for sale on Craigs that is off an 855. The tractor is in the photo and it has R1 tires on it.

 

[roush9799]

May just be the shaft length. Ran into that trouble with a friend of mine, he bought a different deck for his tractor. Had to change the half of the shaft closest to the tractor. I think they just sell a universal length one now and they cut it to length.

 

[99S10]

Went and looked at it. The frt arms are the same but the rear lift straps are different. They go to the rear back by the 3 pnt hitch. The ones I have for the 60" are different also. New ones are 300 bucks so forget that idea. It didn't look used a lot but has been laying outside. If it stays there much longer it will be junk.