Recent content by tpar

Here is a picture of my 870. I've taken great care of it for the past 20 years. Actually, I have not used it much on my 10 acre small ranch until recently. It has 476 hours on the meter.

Hi, I'm from South Texas near Corpus Christi and own a 1998 John Deere model 870 that I purchased new with a 5 foot Rhino shredder and a TSC finish mower. I recently joined the forum to post a question regarding my 3 pt hitch problem which I resolved. I've used this forum several times in...

Hello, I am new to this forum and this is my first post. I have a JD 870 which I've owned for 20 years with only 476 hours. I only use it to occasionally shred or finish mow and at times use an auger to dig post holes. Recently I discovered the 3 pt will not lower unless my shredder is...