Ford 861 Hydraulics for a Grain Drill?????

duckkilla · Jan 26, 2014

So my local co op has a drill that they make available for food plotters. I'd like to rent it, and use it to plant. The drill is a small 7' Great Plains drill (I think) and the guy said I'd need hydraulics to raise and lower it. My tractor has a hydraulic lift, but I do not have extra hydraulic hook ups. The Ford 861 has an available (if you can find it) hydraulic remote that allows the hookups from the panel under the seat. Do you think that if I'm able to find one of these units I'd be able to use that to raise / lower the drill?

Thanks.

old · Jan 26, 2014

Simple answer is yes. I have seen loader run of the hyd pump that is the 3 point hyds

JD Seller · Jan 26, 2014

You can find hydraulic remote valves for your Ford 861. The trouble your going to run into is that your Ford is not as high a pressure system as the newer tractors. Like 1750-2000 PSI old and 2500-3000 PSI newer. Plus a fairly low flow rate too. I believe it is about 4 GPM. That will seem real slow when lifting a drill.

Then if you get it hooked up to lift I really wonder if you would have enough horse power/traction to pull the drill. Your Ford 861 is about 45 PTO horse power.

For just food plots you may be better/easier to just borrow a newer larger tractor that already has remotes on it.

Leroy · Jan 27, 2014

The only Great plains drills I have heard of are no till and they say 7 HP per foot or 70 HP for that drill minimum, They said my 5000 at about 65HP would not pull one but later neighbor pulled a 10 GP drill with the later model 5000 but said it was slow, slower than she speed recomended for operation but got his job done. Lost the highly eroadable farm I was going to no till so did not persue it. And you only have half the weight there of the 5000 and and should only be a 13.6 x 28 tire where the 5000 had a 15.5 x 38 tire so traction as well as HP are very low for that, bigger problem than putting cylinder on your tractor.

Kickinbull · Jan 27, 2014

It takes a lot of weight and hp to pull one of those drills.

Anonymous-0 · Jan 27, 2014

Shouldn't be a problem. Hydraulic pressure will be low but a seven foot grain drill isn't real heavy. Worst case is that you might not be able to completely fill the boxes. Not going to be able to set any speed records pulling it with an 861, but it will get the job done.

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