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It sounds like this machine went to a good home! Please post pics of your progress.

--Eric

 

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That's a great price on the weights. What brand are they?

 

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I'll measure tonight when I get home.

Adding weight to these helps alot. And they are really capable tracors...for their size. You just have to remember their size. I probably use mine as hard or harder than any one. I don't abuse them, but I use them hard.

I have a heavy 54" back grader blade that I have done some hard pushing with. I have also bent the lower three point arms as well. One of my other 1855s also has the lower arms bent in a similar manner. I run up against the rear 3 point lift capacity aLOT. From lifting 55 gallon barrels, to snaking trees, etc. I've had my 1855 buried in soft creek mud up to the rear fender pan. Once I was pulling a sizeable log up a bank and had the cable hooked near the top link of the three point...it jerked the end right out of the 3pt hydraulic cylinder. One problem with weighting the back end, is you'll eventually have to start weighting the front end to keep it on the ground. This quickly becomes hard on the steering gear boxes. To the extreme, you'll snap a front spindle. Over the course of 100 hrs, you lock up the steering gear box.

Again, I don't want to discourage you, because these are truly great machines. But don't expect them to perform like a 30 hp tractor that weights 3,000 lbs. I've never tried a rip shank on mine per se, but at least on my clay ground, I'd have a hard time ripping 12" deep with 1 shank...much less ripping 16" with four shanks. Unless the ground was already practically loose.

A few pictures using mine:

Well, nevermind...the pictures show up, but then when I post, it says I'm not allowed to use that image extension. I guess the ways to post pictures have changed. I'll look at it when I have more time.

--Eric

 

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Not a bad price at all! Do you want to buy a 4250 rototiller for your 1855 as well?

 

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I would! But I unfortunately don't have the rear PTO.

How much would you like to get for it? Maybe I can find a PTO setup somewhere.

Come take your pick! I have two of the 4250 tillers...one is a Snapper 4250 and the other is a Massey 4250. Other than the sticker, they're identical. Both at Category 0 three point and designed for the 2,000 rpm rear ptos that the 1855 tractors have.

I'd like to keep one of them, but I'd sell the other. You can pick which one you want. Both of them work very well, and the tines on both are better than 75%...which leads me to believe that neither have been used very much at all. Both of them also have the adjustable slip clutches that show little sign of wear.

I'd like $600 for the one lacking paint. This is the one I commonly use. It does a tremendous job. It has a fresh oil change in the gear box.

The other one that still has its paint I'd like $800 for. It also comes with the smoothing "tail", and with the elusive cover for the chain and slip clutch. They are so frequently broken, that I took it off to make a pattern out of. But I'll include it in the sale of this nicer one, as it is a stellar little unit.

 

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Actually, make a trip down here with a trailer, and I'll load you up! Come take this chipper/shredder off my hands too. It originally had a little 5 hp engine on it, but I added a heavy duty gear box and made a 3 pt hook up. It works beautifully with the 1855s, and is much more heavy duty than the shiny tin metal jobs you'll find at Home Depot. $350.

Oh...and while you're at it, buy this heavy 6' back blade. Adjustable in several positions. Ugly, but tough! $150

Oh. And if you bring a big enough trailer, I have an 1855 that I'll sell you for parts. It's missing the engine/battery, but I think otherwise it's pretty complete. It has a 3 point hitch and rear pto. $500 if you buy a tiller

And I'm sure there's more that I'm forgetting too. So come prepared to haul a load!

 

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6 days, no updates. Everything ok?

 

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Here's some shots of the MF 1655 that I recently picked up. The more I see these big tractors, the more I fall in love with them.

Very nice looking unit!! These are definitely little work horses. You are doing it right by going through them from the start and giving them some attention...that will make for years of happy tractoring!

I'll warn you though...you are headed down a slippery path. If you get bit by the bug, there's no known cure!

 

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Nah...you're starting a good enough collection now that I think you can make TWO nice tractors...and if you're missing something, I'll sell you another parts tractor