The latest addition to the herd!

[Jennifer 1,872]

Well now that I can post pictures we wanted to share this with all of you!  Here is the beauty that my husband is really proud of and now owns after a year of wishing and wanting lol.  He picked it up last part of January 2020!!  The old man bought it a few years ago from the original the owner we understand.  Now the guy my husband bought it from, said his health wasn’t up to it so he set this tractor inside his shed strapped on pallets and covered up!  He posted it for sale several times over the past year, but we felt it was out of price range at the time.  Then it disappeared so we figured it sold then it came up again different pictures! However many conversations later we have it in our heard!  They both settled on a price both could be happy with!  So our youngest daughter made the trip with her Dad to get this 854 and have some quality father daughter time as I couldn’t get off work.  It’s a surprisingly well kept surviver, having the original paint. The blade has its decals, original paint and the mower deck the same plus it has new wheel horse brand belts on it...!  It was a day in travel time but the following day he was playing on it.. Replaced the battery, added gas!  Then noticed gasket on the fuel tank had dried out and was leaking and the fuel pump was leaking against the engine as the gasket was placed up side down.  That has now been replaced and a gasket for the fuel tank ordered but it stopped leaking so the gasket is on hand if it starts again.  He added rear weights and chains and it’s now his go to tractor!  The HY-3 lift allows him precise height of the blade!  Has used it twice moving snow and comes up with excuses to use it for other things! 

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Edited February 17, 2020 by Jennifer
Wes contacted Hubby and pointed out the year was wrong! Lol

[ZXT 2,394]

Excellent addition! That is definitely a good looking, obviously fairly low hour machine! Good buy!

[tom2p 2,393]

nice - two thumbs up !

 

 

[Jennifer 1,872]

Just now, ZXT said:

Excellent addition! That is definitely a good looking, obviously fairly low hour machine! Good buy!

Thanks!  It has the original seat cover but he didn’t want it to get worse so he laid it up

[oilwell1415 563]

Good looking tractor.  Are the lights and 5 lug wheels standard on that model?

[Jennifer 1,872]

2 minutes ago, oilwell1415 said:

Good looking tractor.  Are the lights and 5 lug wheels standard on that model?

The lugs I think are but the lights on it are added.  Husband ordered these from Derek Workman!  Was told the others are not right!

Edited February 16, 2020 by Jennifer

[Sparky-(Admin) 19,454]

Very nice find 

[The Tuul Crib 7,332]

 one more  to feed!!! 
NICE!!

[ri702bill 7,276]

Jen:

Nice original looking 854 - complete right down to the 2 spoke steering wheel, glass sediment bowl,  and parking brake knob.

 

Taking the 2 piece gas tank apart can be a bit tricky - there are more than a dozen small (#8 I think) screws and they tend to break, Once it is apart, it is super easy to clean the inside prior to reassembly. You may want to ditch the sediment bowl in favor of a snow blower style shutoff valve and inline gas filter - I find the glass bowl looks cool, but can be troublesome.

 

A couple of things to check - both of my 854's were used for plowing, one exclusively. Check the plate of the frame that is fastened to the Unidrive - 3 of the 4 mounting holes were cracked out and the left ear on the T shaped cast iron lower steering support was broken off. Plowing puts a lot of twist and vibration into both of those parts.

 

Yes, the 854 came with good 5 bolt axle flanges - MUCH better than the cast 3 bolt earlier style.

 

Curious, which mount do you have on the axle for the HY-3 cylinder? Is it a 2 piece clamp on or a full plow bracket with the mounting ears on it?

 

Bill

[Tractorhead 8,578]

Nice looking machine, have a lot of Fun with.

[Pullstart 59,570]

Nice ride!

 

i think it’s time for a little sneak peak of the collection hanging out on the lawn by now 

[Jennifer 1,872]

1 hour ago, pullstart said:

Nice ride!

 

i think it’s time for a little sneak peak of the collection hanging out on the lawn by now 

We have more that need picked up!  One in Canada at our friends place and two in Arkansas!  We have lots of implements!!!

[Jennifer 1,872]

1 hour ago, pullstart said:

Nice ride!

 

i think it’s time for a little sneak peak of the collection hanging out on the lawn by now 

We have more that need picked up!  One in Canada at our friends place and two in Arkansas!  We have lots of implements!!!  Might have to get some pictures of them too!!  Funny thing, the shed isn’t my husbands or mine it’s a friends and we’ve got it full! 😂 🤫Have two tractor at the house the 854 outside and he brought the 702 In the house that we got from Ohio, thanks @dells68.!  Yes you heard me right it is our living room another story!  I work a lot so he has been working solo on it lately!  

[Jennifer 1,872]

Yesterday the neighbor told us that there’s a skunk down by the shed so we might want to air the horses out LOL!!!

[Jennifer 1,872]

Summer time we like to display them on the side walk!  My mother in-law is riding on 1958 RJ it is as old as she is, 🤫🤫... 😂. Then my hubby and our youngest pose for a photo op!

[Pullstart 59,570]

Tell me about that dual fueler option there?  I recognize the “Junkyard Dog” and that periwinkle one looks like it deserves a story...

[WHNJ701 4,164]

Looks like you got enough height in that building to build a shelf and stacking

[gwest_ca-(File Mod) 10,488]

If you want to post the serial numbers with model on what you have will try to add them to the appropriate lists.

The 11331 on the blade looks like a 1961 serial but the A-frame is a later model.

Amazed at what looks like original paint on everything. Well taken care of.

 

Garry

[Jennifer 1,872]

3 hours ago, jabelman said:

Looks like you got enough height in that building to build a shelf and stacking

Not our shed!!!  🤣😂. We are shameful filling up our friends empty space!  Lol

[Jennifer 1,872]

4 hours ago, pullstart said:

Tell me about that dual fueler option there?  I recognize the “Junkyard Dog” and that periwinkle one looks like it deserves a story...

Well interesting enough there is a story!!!  Glad you asked!  Today is the anniversary this very day!  My father in-law was born in 1961 hint the 1961 suburban 400 painted blue/white!  A tough surviver!  It has a snow blade painted white that has temporary decals with the words (dozing through cancer) the blue is for representation of the particular cancer!  The idea is to get a decal of a tractor spinning tires and driving into the words cancer!  Letters scattering!  He fought bravely and through that fight was a born again Christian who loved the LORD JESUS CHRIST!!  Three years ago he went home!  That started this addition to horses!  How you say?  My father in-law (Billy) sister’s husband had a 1960 in there garage and every time my husband and father in-law traveled out there to see her, it’s been told to me that my husband would throw a fit wanting to play on the tractor!  Years of doing so my father-in-law actually purchased the tractor for my husband.  My hubby did everything from yardwork the lawnmower pulls tell the transmission got caught in two gears.  So it sat for awhile tell someone spotted it, offered money to the father in-law!  When he was getting sick my father in-law tried to buy it back! The guy refused and my husband really wanted it.  My husband never wrote the name down regrettably..hoping his Dad would get well.  After his father pasted, he struggled and I wanted to help him feel close to him still.  I not ever seeing a wheel horse began to hunt for one!  We did find one, and thus the continued breeding of these things!  I’ve become as addicted as him both for different reasons!  Thanks for asking it allowed me to share!

 

Edited February 16, 2020 by Jennifer

[Jennifer 1,872]

@pullstartOh man I guess I forgot you asked about the RJ with working dual tank!  It’s really an unusual one!  Single tank with a valve to change from the front or back!  Located a hood and was going to change it back...  I might sell it?  Undecided.  Lol. Hope that answered your question.  Yes that is Chris G pride and joy with Buzz’s sickle mower!  

Edited February 16, 2020 by Jennifer

[Pullstart 59,570]

It’s so cool how a piece of steel, or piece of machinery can bring a family so close... or remind us of loved ones passed.  Thanks for sharing, and even on the anniversary.