855 60" deck

techwrtr2 · May 28, 2015

roush9799 said:
I'm used to the deck shut off, I'm still not used to the neutral shutoff these 2520's have. If you don't put it in neutral it will die when you jump off. My 855 didn't do that.

it's things such as this that have me hesitant to buy a newer tractor. The best safety mechanism rides between your ears, not some switch on the tractor.

99S10 · May 29, 2015

beenthere said:
About $50 each for the sheaves. Think you can beat that?

I was trying to look them up online but there seems to be a multitude of different numbers. I'll have to see if the serial # is still there and see what I actually would need. I do bodywork for a living and was figuring on having a local place sandblast the deck then epoxy it. That's if I don't need a fortune in parts. I just saw a post what a gearbox is listed on ebay for. So whatever I do, I feel OK about buying it.

Cherokee140 · May 29, 2015

99S10 said:
I was trying to look them up online but there seems to be a multitude of different numbers. I'll have to see if the serial # is still there and see what I actually would need. I do bodywork for a living and was figuring on having a local place sandblast the deck then epoxy it. That's if I don't need a fortune in parts. I just saw a post what a gearbox is listed on ebay for. So whatever I do, I feel OK about buying it.

I don't know about your machine but I have a 650, also a JD/Yanmar machine. Deck parts seems to be hard for JD to look up for some reason, have the serial number of the deck handy...that will help. Also you talked about some pulley needing to be replaced....again I don't know on your machine but mine has a mule drive that has some bearings that you will need to look at, but if the actual spindles are what is bad hold on to your wallet...they are a couple hundred a pop at JD.