Deere 855 snow plow

[techwrtr2]

You are correct about the 380 being heavy duty. It weighs 500 pounds and as I recall the serial tag called it a Dozer. Also takes a lot of space to store.

Ugh. That's something that wouldn't be useful to me unless I had a second 55 series not needing a loader. My loader is the most used tool and I use it all year.

Seems a good reason to buy another tractor. Now if only I'd had the cash to buy that 955 TLB I saw a while back......

 

[WinterDeere]

I really didn't think that one was too bad...about 8" or so.
Now, February 2010...there were some serious storms!!!

Last October's storm was bizarre in every way. I was in the middle of moving at the time, only about 10 miles away. At my old house, we had 8" by noon, and it kept coming down at the same rapid pace the rest of the day, but never got deeper... just heavier! At the new house, we barely got 3". I'd guess we'd have had 16" or more at the old place, if it were 3 degrees colder.

Still managed to get a moving truck stuck in my driveway.

 

[techwrtr2]

I think we had maybe 6-8" at my parent's place, about the only plowable snow of the winter.

 

[WinterDeere]

I've been emailing my local Deere dealer since the weekend, trying to get some pricing and availability info on some various options, but no reply yet. They're usually pretty responsive, when it comes to selling me something. I'll plan a visit there on Saturday, but since my tractor has been out of production for a number of years, I wanted to give them a chance to research some options before blindsiding them with a bunch of questions on Saturday. The salesman I usually deal with there is third generation, and likely knows his stuff about their current tractors, but he was still in diapers when my tractor was made.

 

[Wyobuckaroo]

WD......
I also have an 855 (1987) with a #52 loader, and I have the JD front snow blower also. The mounting hardware in the picture in post #22 is what you need for the blower and front blade type mount.

I mount the bracket for the blower and pto shaft on the tractor and mostly use the FEL and a 5' rear blade. Like you said, I can pop the FEL off and on in 10min flat. That way I can use the blower easily when I need to.

I built a pair of skid shoes for my 5' rear blade and quite frankly use it to move the bulk of the snow I get. Using the FEL to pile, and clean corners around stuff. And use the blower only as needed.

Dedicated JD attachments for some of the older models can be harder to find and expensive.

Good luck
Have fun with your tools

 

[WinterDeere]

I mount the bracket for the blower and pto shaft on the tractor and mostly use the FEL and a 5' rear blade. Like you said, I can pop the FEL off and on in 10min flat. That way I can use the blower easily when I need to.

Waitaminnit... you're saying I can keep the front blade / blower brackets installed, and still use the loader? You can switch from loader to blower without getting out the big wrenches? I was somehow under the impression one must remove the loader brackets from the tractor to install the front blade or blower brackets, and vice versa.

 

[techwrtr2]

Waitaminnit... you're saying I can keep the front blade / blower brackets installed, and still use the loader? You can switch from loader to blower without getting out the big wrenches? I was somehow under the impression one must remove the loader brackets from the tractor to install the front blade or blower brackets, and vice versa.

Remember there are two different blades for the 855. There's the 380 blade that JD755 posted a picture of and the lighter weight snow blade. Compare his post above to this blade.

 

[WinterDeere]

Yeah, but I thought the snow blower used the same mounting brackets as the 380...

 

[JD755]

It looks like the small yellow 54 inch blade or the blower could be attached without removing the loader brackets. From what I see, those simply hang from the front end of the tractor with a bracket that replaces the one used to hang the mid mount mower. Compare the bracket in post 22 by techwrtr2 with your mower mount bracket.

 

[Mechanos]

I believe JD755 has it right. The smaller snow blade and the 59 snow blower use the same front mount which can be installed without removing the loader mounting brackets. The beastly 380 blade has front mounts that use the same holes as the loader mounts. The 380 rear mounts use the same cross tube through the frame that the rear loader mounts use, so that would have to come off as well.