JD 850D Gator users

   / JD 850D Gator users #11  
If your wife isn't using it the kids likely will likely be. Gators seem to be in constant motion. Good thing the diesels sip fuel.
 
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#12  
If your wife isn't using it the kids likely will likely be. Gators seem to be in constant motion. Good thing the diesels sip fuel.

Maybe I will have to buy one for me and then one for everyone else.:laughing:
 
   / JD 850D Gator users #13  
I have a 2010 850D and I have to agree it goes plenty fast enough and the yanmar is a proven engine. I have found so many uses for mine. When I am finished my rough cutting contracts I use trimming along fence lines and curbs as an excuse to run for my 850D and take it off roading loaded up with a trimmer:D
 
   / JD 850D Gator users #14  
I even put a stereo system in my gator, it has an alpine system with the speaker bar and overhead map lights above mounted on the roll bar.:thumbsup:
 
   / JD 850D Gator users #15  
I even put a stereo system in my gator, it has an alpine system with the speaker bar and overhead map lights above mounted on the roll bar.:thumbsup:

Are you guys on a "commission" basis with John Deere?!? :laughing:

I've been looking at the diesel gators for awhile. Just about have my wife convinced that it would be a great addition to the farm! :thumbsup:

AKfish
 
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#16  
Well after having my gator for a whole 18 hrs I can say it is quite a little work horse that is a lot of fun. Goes plenty fast and handles rough terrain far better than I expected.
Now the down side. Being a maintenance nut I want to change the engine oil but how do you change the filter without oil running down the side of the engine and all over the belly pan??:confused::confused:
 
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#17  
Bump

Anybody with oil filter suggestions?:confused:
 
   / JD 850D Gator users #18  
I have the gasoline version, and just shy of 100 hours. Only problem I've add was busting the right front CV joint. But I do some serious off roading with it, hauling deer stands, corn, plot feed, camping gear, etc. in Southern Ohio on skidder trails with lots of large rocks, etc. The thing runs over 6 inch logs at 40mph like they aren't even there. The same roads have beat up pickups & jeeps over the years with broken drivelines, punctured gas tanks, broken tie rods, and the list goes on. The Gator eats up that terrain, and then gets into the "rough" stuff.

Just built a very nice tree house/deer stand up the side of the mountain. Our local care taker had a rough go of it getting the the location on his ATV, yet we hauled up 3,500 pounds of material in just a few trips, to include multiple 18 foot 10 inch wide posts.

Be sure to invest in the brush guard kit around the entire body, as it will save lots of body rash problems. The hydraulic dumb bed is great for off loading logs. Along with my 2520, one of the best purchases I've made. They even work great together, XUV hauls the log splitter, and use the bucket on my 2520 to get the wood logs, load them into the XUV, haul them to splitting location, and cutting firewood isn't so bad now...
 
   / JD 850D Gator users #19  
Bump

Anybody with oil filter suggestions?:confused:

I ran into the same problem as you, lots of rags and clean up after I was done the maintenance.
 
   / JD 850D Gator users #20  
Sounds like my Impala. Just a plain ole mess to change the oil filter.

Do it over a large piece of cardboard.
 

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