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Lower Stablilizers. Lower Boom to ground and push slightly.
Remove "top link" pin and fold and center pivot by removing pin and reinstalling it with link bent.
Lift stabilizers and bucket slightly off ground.
Remove 2 pins from front of sub-frame.
Lower bucket to ground and push sligthly. Subframe will pivot until front contacts ground.
Lower stabilizers to just contact ground.
Pull tractor forward to clear sub-frame then lower all controls so that sub-frame is flat on the ground. (Tilt bucket so it won't collect water)
Disconnect hydraulics from backhoe, and hook them together (both hoe and tractor)
Drive away. Procedure to attach should be listed on the underside of the seat.

How to detach JD 7 backhoe from JD955
Loaders Back Hoes
Replies 3 Post by Big Eddy

I have an 855. Excellent tractors. No HP problem with up to 6ft mower deck.
For FEL work, 4wd is essential! Even with nothing in the bucket, but the loader installed, I need 4wd to back up any kind of slope(no rear weight) I add rear weight, and I'm fine without load, but no traction with a load in the bucket.
FEL = 4wd. You would be unhappy any other way.

I can sell my tractor for more than I bought it for 5 years ago. Look after it and resale will be good.

JD 855 Value
John Deere Tractors
Replies 6 Post by Big Eddy

I've heard of hydraulicly powered blowers for skid steers - might get one to fit in place of the bucket. The 110 should have enough flow to power one properly.

Pull Type 3PH Snow Blowers
Operating and Attachments
Replies 9 Post by Big Eddy

I have a 322 with a blade. It works fine up to about 10" of snow. Since I got the 5' blower for the 855, haven't used it, but worked fine for several years.

You will need weight on the back and chains. Wheel weights alone won't do it. The secret is to keep moving and angle the snow to the side.
Plan where to put the snow, and start the winter with a very wide drive. Your banks will harden up, and each snow will narrow the drive.
Blowers are much better if you can get one - again you will need weight and chains.
Hint. Steering brakes can be used when a dif lock is needed. Lock the slipping tire and crawl out with the other. Hydraulic angle saved me more than once as well.

Either will work, depending on your location and snow, but I'd get the blower if I were you.

John Deere snow plow blower
Snowblowers / Snow Plows
Replies 6 Post by Big Eddy

These are are positive displacement pumps. They move the same amount of oil per revolution, no matter what the load (up to and beyond pressures where the relief valve would open) So as was correctly stated above, the force available to push / pull / lift is independent of the engine speed, but the volume of oil (speed!) varies.
As pumps wear, there becomes a leakage factor that affects this slightly, but not to any great extent.

This is completely different from a centrifugal pump which relies on speed to generate pressure.

4410 with a hoe any experience
John Deere Tractors
Replies 12 Post by Big Eddy

Believe me - you burst a hose - it'll fall FAST!
However - still think you'll fall off the ladder more often. Everything is relative.

Slip-On Pallet Forks
Operating and Attachments
Replies 6 Post by Big Eddy

Try Bruce Tractor www.brucetractor.com They were advertising one for $3493 CDN

40 Loader for 445
John Deere Tractors
Replies 3 Post by Big Eddy

I have found a 60" MMM off a 955. Would like to know if it will work as is on my 855, or what would be required to convert. A quick look at the parts lists indicates a couple of minor differences in the lift mechanism, but that is all I can see.

Anyone have any experience / knowledge. Don't want to drive 3 hours to look at it if it won't fit anyway.

Thanks

60 quot MMM for 955 - work on 855
Mowers Field and Finish
Replies 2 Post by Big Eddy

I would suggest that the tractors you are looking at would work fine. 4wd is essential, HST very desireable. Decide whether you want a front or rear blower. Front is easier to drive, but more specific to the tractor, prevents you using a loader as well, and probably cost as much as the rear mount plus loader together.
Expect a Garden tractor to run a 4' blower, a ~25HP Compact a 5' blower and 30+ HP for 6'. Typical drives are 12-15' wide or so, so a 4' or 5' blower takes 3 passes with a return trip to clean up.
Think about the wind direction and frequency. You can not blow snow up-wind without a cab! Start on the upwind side and blow downwind each pass. If the drive parallels the prevailing wind plan on extra trips so you can always blow downwind.
Having done the lawn tractor -> Garden Tractor -> Compact thing, I would suggest you don't undersize and buy the X Series. They are fine machines, but for the length of your drive, bigger would be better. Think hard about your other uses for the machine as well. If a loader is at all considered the Compact is the way to go.

Others have talked about tires and gravel and there are lots of posts on those subjects in the archives.

Big Eddy

New Tractor Snowblower To Buy
Snowblowers / Snow Plows
Replies 12 Post by Big Eddy

For the same money - I would get the compact 4010, not the X595.

These are different machines. The 4010 is a tractor - the X595 a Garden Tractor - on steroids maybe - but still a Garden tractor.

60" mower decks should not be an issue for the 4010 - they can support a 72" rear mount mower.

If this is really a mowing machine on a manicured lot, then the 595 is your machine. And it can be used to do your driveway fine. If the reason for the new tractor is primarily the driveway, the 4010 will have much better traction, will mow fine, and gives you a more versatile machine for other uses ( read in the woods) .

4wd on the 595 and 4wd on the 4010 may sound the same but they won't operate the same. The 4010 has more ground clearance, and weight, both of which will help.

Add to it full support for 3pth attachments and my money is on the 4010.

If you ever intend to take your tractor into your woods - the limited ground clearance of the 595 will be a hinderance.

I have a 322 and an 855, and I can tell you there is no comparison. With 20 PTO HP my 855 has no problem running a 60" bush-hog, normally viewed as a more HP intensive attachment than a mower deck.

For what it's worth, I'd ask the dealer to let you take both home over a weekend to try.

Decision Time X595 vs 4010 vs 4110
John Deere Tractors
Replies 23 Post by Big Eddy

I'm with Mark. He's thought it through, he wants a backhoe, and $4K for one with a new tractor his solution is cheaper than buying just a backhoe. I'd do it too.

Mark's getting lot's of good advice as well, as to the "effectiveness" of a small backhoe.

My position - as long as you are comfortable with the capabilities of the BX solution, and it meets your needs - go for it. My 855 with backhoe doesn't compare to a 580, I recognize it, and I don't ask it to. I even rented a full-size to do a specific job, because it needed to be done quickly, and would have taken too long with mine. Was worth the money for the time savings.

My only recommendation is that you insist the dealer allow you to trial the BX for a couple of weeks (days at least) before you ink the deal, and whatever you do, don't allow then to sell your trade until your deal is finalized and your trial period is over. That way you know what the BX is capable of, and if it doesn't live up to your expectations, you still have your 4100 to fall back on.

Question for Deere owners and dealers
John Deere Tractors
Replies 20 Post by Big Eddy

I run a #7 on an 855, with about the same flow. Runs fine by my expectations. I would suggest a sub-frame is desireable, but not mandatory if you take into account the concerns listed by TomG. The Subframe #7 hoe takes less than 5 minutes to install / remove and is certainly easier to install than my 3pt bush-hog which always seems to need to be pried into place, so don't go 3pt just for installation ease.

The #7 relief valve operates about 1750 lbs (don't have my specs with me, but it is slightly lower than the relief pressure on the tractor) the actual value is published in the Grounds Care Equipment guide. [Something that any technical minded tractor lover should pick up just for drooling purposes - has every current grounds care piece of equipment Deere makes AND all the specs]

If your hoe is speced for a greater pressure, it just means that the tractor relief valve will open first, and your lift capacities will be slightly reduced. (And your hoe better protected)

Great Bend 652 vs JD 7 backhoe
Loaders Back Hoes
Replies 5 Post by Big Eddy

Just a piece of advice to those Northerners who do pump. Don't pump late in the season! If you do, your tank may not have enough time to fill and develop a properly working crop of heat generating bacteria and it may freeze. I once spent almost a whole winter using an outhouse due to a tank pumped in late October. The whole leach field ended up frozen!

Suffice it to day, no-one got up in the night!

Septic Tank Pumping -- Do you need to
Home Improvement
Replies 73 Post by Big Eddy

If you get some hydraulic action, but only at high revs, and only limited lift (does it leak down after?) it sound to me like you have a seal problem in the cylinder, but I would approach it in a structured fashion.

First check.
Is the relief valve operating? Yes -
Possibilities -
a) seized or blocked mechanical motion. (Can you lift the 3 pt arms manually and do they drop back down?)
b) blockage in the system that prevents flow
c) defective relief valve opening at low pressure (measure the pressure and you will know which of the latter 2)

No
a) either the flow is passing by (seals)
b) not plumbed correctly (but then I wouldn't expect any motion at all)

I assume you have unplugged and reconnected the hoses, and have retried the backhoe to ensure it still works.

I'd try that and see what happens. Check the underseat valve again! Unscrew it all the way and test it at both extremes to make sure it is working.

Big_Eddy

jd 7 backhoe
Loaders Back Hoes
Replies 4 Post by Big Eddy

I've always used the rule of thumb that the load should not exceed the weight of the pulling vehicle, unless the load has its own braking. Looking at Deere literature, that seems to be consistent, at least with their garden tractors and their gators. I think it even says similar in my 855 manual although won't swear to it. I know on the recent X-Series forum, that same guideline was quoted for the new tractors.

Another rule of thumb often used around here. Go downhill in the same gear you would go up. Works for geared tractors - If you substitute speed for gear on an HST I submit the same applies.

Just remember - if you lose traction going down, you're not stopping until you regain traction ie. the bottom. Dynamic friction is always less than static, so once you are sliding you won't stop. The best strategy (which seems backwards) is to get off the brakes and try to steer it back into control. Easier on a gear tractor where you can press in the clutch. There are more tractor roll-overs in my area each year pulling trailers (hay wagons) downhill than from any other cause, and the results are not always positive.

Having had fun with loaded maple sap tanks behind 4-wheelers on steep hills, I can identify with all Mark's experiences. Since I moved to pulling the same tanks in 4wd with the 855 there is no comparison. Still, I prefer to stay rightside up, so I went to mutiple small (100 gal) tanks for my maple operation, rather than 1 big tank. Even then, on the steep hill home, 1000lbs loaded will push the 855's rear around any time the road (pavement) is damp or has loosesand on it, if I forget to use 4wd (which I only did once!!!)

Big_Eddy

Notes on compact tractor traction
Operating and Attachments
Replies 32 Post by Big Eddy

The #7 is a perfect match for the 855. It will do a lot of work, as long as your expectations are reasonable. Don't expect to excavate for a new basement in a day - or dig a 2 acre pond. But if you want to trench for water or hydro, plant trees, create ditches or any other job suited to the size of your tractor, it will work extremely well. I have one, use it regularly, and wouldn't be without it. It takes less than 5 minutes to attach or remove, and beats a shovel hands-down. I've used mine for everything listed above, except my pond is a lot smaller, and the basement excavation took a lot longer!! Sure - I'd like a bigger machine! But I'd like a track excavator and a dozer too. I'm happy with my #7, and am sure you will be too. You can't have mine for $3500.

Big Eddy

JD 7 backhoe
Loaders Back Hoes
Replies 9 Post by Big Eddy

I have a 13" bucket on my #7 hoe (855) It seems about the right size. Not too small that work takes forever, but not so big that the load is too great for the hydraulics. Sometimes with a large load of "mud" (really grass and sod and clay and mud) hanging off the bucket, it strains the hoe, but otherwise a full bucket can be managed. No use having a bucket that can't be filled. Longer is better - always!

bucket size and reach
Loaders Back Hoes
Replies 6 Post by Big Eddy

John - you seem to be the resident expert on stats and info! I have an 855, which is very similar to the 955. Could I change my pump for the 955 pump, or does the fact that I have a Hydro machine essentially make that impractical? I'm running a backhoe, and a little extra flow would be useful!

Thanks
Big_Eddy

Hydraulic Pump replacement on JD-950 9cc to 11cc pump
John Deere Tractors
Replies 13 Post by Big Eddy

Wondering if anyone has seen or tried one of these implements? Supposedly it replaces the box scraper, the scarifier and the finish rake. I got the video - seems impressive. Anyone seen one in real life?Big Eddy

TR3 Rake - Anyone tried one
Operating and Attachments
Replies 5 Post by Big Eddy

My apologies to A. Murphy, the Irish Rovers, and anyone else who has a vested interest in the original version of this song!<br>Chorus: <br>Oh, it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen. <br>My Bota, she is Orange and me Deere, well it is green. Verse 1: <br>My Bota came across the sea, Japanese was she. <br>My Deere was made by Yanmar, it�s American as can be!?! <br>They were both used every day, and worked out well enough, <br>Until the day that I bought them, then things got rather rough. Chorus: Verse 2: <br>Kubota made the B Series, and it is pretty neat,<br>It pushes dirt and mows the grass, and never miss� a beat.<br>I blow the snow and dig the holes, and it really does run well,<br>Until the day is over, and I hear the dinner bellChorus: Verse 3: <br>The Deere�s another story. How are they built so tough?<br>I bush hog fields all day, and they really are quite rough.<br>With 4wd and Hydro, I really give �em Hell,<br>Until the day is over, and I hear the dinner bell.Chorus: Verse 4: <br>My Bota has a mower, so in summer it gets the nod.<br>But the Deere it wears the backhoe, and with R4 tires it�s shod. <br>They both have different uses, and I use them all the time<br>and if I�ve got a moment, I wax and make them shine. <br>Chorus: Verse 5: <br>My neighbours never could agree why I had to have them two,<br>but when they gots things need be done, it�s me they first come to.<br>I�ve put in fences, blown their snow and also mowed their grass,<br>But if they want to borrow one, well they can kiss my **** <br>Chorus: Verse 6: <br>Now when I go out to the shed, I find I can�t decide.<br>Should I run the Deere today, or pick the other side? <br> They�re running well, God rest 'em, but they�ve left me caught between <br>That awful color problem of the Orange and the Green. Double Chorus:

The Orange and the Green
Tractor Projects
Replies 3 Post by Big Eddy