cschannuth 3,816 #1 Posted July 30, 2021 (edited) I was able to pick up a complete and really nice 855 at a sale. I’ve never really been able to get used to my charger 12 as a snowplow tractor so I thought I would use this with my small snow plow. Everything is there and everything works and it’s the smoothest, quietest K Kohler I’ve ever had. As soon as I switch a few things from the charger to this tractor i’ll probably sell the charger and the mower deck from this tractor. I think it’s really going to clean up nicely. The Charger 12 Edited July 30, 2021 by cschannuth 5 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adsm08 2,059 #2 Posted July 30, 2021 I love my 855 for plow duty. IMO I'd keep the deck too. It's a good mowing machine as well. That foot operated PTO is one of my favorite things. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tom2p 2,394 #3 Posted July 30, 2021 really nice find ! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tom2p 2,394 #4 Posted July 30, 2021 9 minutes ago, adsm08 said: I love my 855 for plow duty. IMO I'd keep the deck too. It's a good mowing machine as well. That foot operated PTO is one of my favorite things. agree my 704 has similar PTO - it's been years since I've used that tractor but I also liked the foot operated PTO used the 704 for around 25 years and never had an issue with the PTO (or just about anything other than the pull start mechanism) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cschannuth 3,816 #5 Posted July 30, 2021 I don’t have the patience to mow with my horses. I can get my 3 acres done in a little over an hour with my zero turn. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roadapples 6,983 #6 Posted July 30, 2021 You do what makes you happy. I'm really partial to that Charger 12... 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crazyredhorse 295 #7 Posted July 30, 2021 theres a charger 12 400 bucks se Wisconsin craigslist if someone wants think it was union grove 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pollack Pete 2,273 #8 Posted July 30, 2021 What's wrong with your charger 12 that " you can't get used to it "? That sure is one sweet looking tractor. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cschannuth 3,816 #9 Posted July 30, 2021 22 minutes ago, Pollack Pete said: What's wrong with your charger 12 that " you can't get used to it "? That sure is one sweet looking tractor. I’ve just always had the manual transmission for my snow plows and that’s what I like to use. It’s what I’ve been using for almost 40 years. I have manual transmissions in all of my vehicles too. I guess I’m just a little goofy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rjg854 11,361 #10 Posted July 30, 2021 I have to do a lot of forward and reverse while snow plowing, with that being said, I sure do appreciate the automatic when it comes to plowing. The first few years owning a couple 68 Commando 8's one as a plow tractor and the other for snow throwing, I liked the way they handled, but once I tried out an automatic, I noticed a big savings in time not have to shift so much. Will probably never go back to a gear jammer for those duties. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cschannuth 3,816 #11 Posted July 30, 2021 20 minutes ago, rjg854 said: I have to do a lot of forward and reverse while snow plowing, with that being said, I sure do appreciate the automatic when it comes to plowing. The first few years owning a couple 68 Commando 8's one as a plow tractor and the other for snow throwing, I liked the way they handled, but once I tried out an automatic, I noticed a big savings in time not have to shift so much. Will probably never go back to a gear jammer for those duties. That might be my issue. I have a very long driveway so I put it in high gear and just go. I have very little backing up to do. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pfrederi 17,739 #12 Posted July 30, 2021 1 hour ago, cschannuth said: That might be my issue. I have a very long driveway so I put it in high gear and just go. I have very little backing up to do. Charger 12 is faster going forward...All my snow horses are Charger/Electros. I started out with gear drives for plowing would never go back now. Wish you were closer i would give your charger a nice home 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cschannuth 3,816 #13 Posted July 30, 2021 3 hours ago, pfrederi said: Charger 12 is faster going forward...All my snow horses are Charger/Electros. I started out with gear drives for plowing would never go back now. Wish you were closer i would give your charger a nice home My 606 Predator has an upsized pulley so it does 8 mph in high gear so speed hasn’t been an issue when plowing. Haha. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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