JD 8850

[AgriKing]

Well we were at my cousins house looking at his grain cart he might sell, and asked my dad and I, wanna see my new toy? I guessed. 6030? No. 5020? No. And as he opened the door is was a 8850. A 1983 John Deere 8850. He says in the next 10 years that it will be a collectors item, thats part of the reason he bought it. Hes going to pull his 2700 JD disk ripper and he said he might let me run it a bit this fall. i hope it happens. It has 5K hours on the orignal JD V8 Diesel. Some are good, some are bad...he let me fire her up and she purred like a walrus....lol It will be cool to see his 9330 and 8850 together, and his 8320R.

Its in great shape.

Heres some photos.

[70ds]

Cool. It would be fun to run. 5000 hours on the original V8 it is probably due to blow up any time now. I have never actually seen one in person. If you run it you better get us some action pics and videos. ;D

[AgriKing]

Jun 19, 2011 21:15:17 GMT -5 70ds said:

Cool. It would be fun to run. 5000 hours on the original V8 it is probably due to blow up any time now. I have never actually seen one in person. If you run it you better get us some action pics and videos. ;D

Thanks. Somethin you dont see everyday. Yeah from what i hear the jd v8 was a turd in a can lol. Man i sure hope he does and if i do I will. The 8850s were about as bad as the Case/ih 4994s. lol

[70ds]

I have never heard much good about V8s in tractors. They didn't tend to last. I have heard a lot of bad about the 903 Cummins that were used in a lot of tractors as well.

[treymo]

Very Cool! I'd take that over a 9330 any day! lol
Trey

[steiger9330]

Cool! I love the older 4wds. Dad says he made a mistake selling our Steiger wildcat III because it was a classic.

[Southern]

Looks good, I agree one day it will be a collectors item. As you don't find many still around, and with the V8 engine. As few got a different engine.

I would love to hear it run.

I heard about V8s not holding up well. However some do. The Wehunts put alot of hours on a 3208 Cat in an Oliver 2255. As that was their main tillage tractor. And later on it was used for drilling a no till drill. The end of that Oliver wasn't the engine. But the transmission. The pipe busted that supplied oil to the bearings and gears went out. And it had a melt down. They also had decent luck with that same engine in NH TR70 and NH TR75 they have. And they just bought a NH TR85 last year with that same engine. The NH TR70 became junk as it was worn out beyond repairs.

[HuskerGLEANER]

That is a nice 8850. Someday I would like to run one, they just seem like a very impressive tractor for its time to me.

[Chris Colflesh]

im with everyone awesome looking tractor got a guy in my area with one but has the kinze repower 855 cummins (which unfortunately is not produced anymore) but i'd be hunting for what i would need to do it

[sean]

Jun 19, 2011 21:21:43 GMT -5 70ds said:

I have never heard much good about V8s in tractors. They didn't tend to last. I have heard a lot of bad about the 903 Cummins that were used in a lot of tractors as well.

The Perkins V8's are one hell of an engine as long as their taken care of. Theres a farm not too far from here that has 3 1155's. And my uncle has a 2775 w. a 640ci V8, all stock but with a Bosch inline P-pump comversion. What a beast! Good amount of hours on her and never been rebilt.

Sean

[AgriKing]

Jun 21, 2011 21:18:13 GMT -5 Chris Colflesh said:

im with everyone awesome looking tractor got a guy in my area with one but has the kinze repower 855 cummins (which unfortunately is not produced anymore) but i'd be hunting for what i would need to do it

yeah i love the ol kinze repowered tractors. them cummins deffently made them better and last alot longer. like I was saying about a Case/IH 4994. I think that Saab Scaina 400hp V8 was a good engine it was just too much power for the transmission to handle. It was called a hydra shift transmission. Theres a 4994 with a Cummins on tractorhouse.

[Chris Colflesh]

the old case 4wd trannies were all junk we had a 4690 for 12-14 years had it rebult 3 times and v8 diesels are good for flywheel/horsepower work but when it comes to were lugging and torque are needed you cant beat an inline motor

[AgriKing]

Jun 22, 2011 17:11:37 GMT -5 Chris Colflesh said:

the old case 4wd trannies were all junk we had a 4690 for 12-14 years had it rebult 3 times and v8 diesels are good for flywheel/horsepower work but when it comes to were lugging and torque are needed you cant beat an inline motor

I dont think they were all junk. a guy was saying about the 8850, that the radator that the very fine core, was mounted very low in frame, bottom 1/3 became plugged, hard to clean, then engine ran hot cooked o-rings on sleeves, then antifreeze in oil..