Re: 8n Upgrade

Posted by Billy NY on April 30, 2017 at 15:25:31 from (74.76.4.60):

In Reply to: 8n Upgrade posted by deerhunter#1 on April 30, 2017 at 12:22:40:

I ran my 850 for 11 or 12 years on a rotary cutter on 10-12 acres depending. Never bothered to put an overunning clutch on it either. When stopping, it would creep forward a bit, but you can lower down and use the ground like a brake on it. Just push in the clutch and cut power to the pto. If safety is any question on stopping, just install the overunning clutch. With my old Rhino SE-6, the pan would rub when lowered all the way, no harm or shock loads, and it stops quickly with the clutch disengaged. Never do this with full power to any mower like this and certainly don't do it if the blades will dig into the dirt, I lucked out with mine, just the stump pan would rub.

By the same token, starting and stopping with this mower on, in tight areas, is a real pain, but for open areas, just fine. Areas you have to back in, change direction a lot, you will want live pto or similar. In this area, that's a fair price for an 801 series that is in field ready condition. People ask that for N series in decent shape, though most of those sell for half of that. Lot more power than an N. Th 801 will use a bit more fuel too, but you can run a 6'-0" mower on one, though you may need some front ballast, depending on how heavy. It will run a 5' mower in the heaviest of vegetation up hill and have no trouble with it. I ran a 5' mower behind a '64 4000 for years, about the same tractor as an 800/801 series. Not much would bog it down, but I can recall thick burdock patches placing a heavy load on it. This tractor had the select-o-speed transmission, independent PTO, you could stop the tractor until the mower RPM's come back up. Live pto would allow you to do this too, just press the pedal down half way, and you will want to make sure an 860, or 861 model clutch works properly before buying it.

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