6080 or 185

Instead of a different tractor, I'd goto a different mower. A flail would mulch that swamp grass fast, and you could use a wider mower, finish faster

Tractordata shows the 175D at 62 HP, same as my FOrd. Have no problem with a 9 foot flail on my Ford

Edited by singingpig - 02 Aug 2011 at 12:11am

6080, you would have more power, and probably be better on fuel. Nothing wrong with a 185 though either. I have a 180 at 80 hp and love it, its very good on fuel also.

30+ A-Cs ranging from a 1928 20-35, to a 1984 8070FWA, Gleaner R52

you could get into a 185 cheaper than a 6080, although a 6080 has more gears and independent PTO.

I have a 185 and it's been great.Have a 6060 and it's also been great.I had 2 185's and sold one for $4350.Down in Tx there hard to sell.They ask 3 to 4 thousand $'s more for the 6080's but they are newer and nicer...synchronized trans. and user friendly PTO's.

Hate to say it Eldon but you had the perfect 185 in the palm of your hand.

Dave(inMA) wrote:

Shucks, Eldon....get one of each and then report back on which you like better. :)

Dave - that's the BEST advice yet...Eldon's not been known to be stingy about adding to the collection!!! Mike

1981 Gleaner F2 Corn Plus w 13' flex
1968 Gleaner EIII w 10' & 330
1969 180 gas
1965 D17 S-IV gas
1963 D17 S-III gas
1956 WD45 gas NF PS
1956 All-Crop 66 Big Bin
303 wire baler, 716H, 712H mowers

Eldon (WA) wrote:

What would you choose? Thinking about getting something a little bigger than the 175D for some of the brushhogging jobs I do...worked the crap out of the 175 today on 8' tall swamp grass.....maybe a stripped down 190XT would be better?? Tractor and mower need to stay under 10k in weight for hauling.....

No since in stripping down the 190xt, if you are going to own one, might as well have all of "XT"

Experience is a fancy name for past mistakes. "Great moments are born from great opportunity"

1968 D15D,1962 D19D
Also 1965 Cub Loboy and 1958 JD 720 Diesel Pony Start

Nice 185 on tractor house. Little TLC and it would be ready

http://www.tractorhouse.com/listingsdetail/detail.aspx?OHID=6381097&

Charlie

'48 B, '51 CA, '56 WD45 '61 D17, '63 D12, '65 D10 , '68 One-Ninety XTD

DougG wrote:

I vote for the 185 ; I have both and will take the 185 any day - the 6080 has more speeds but the gear speed between intermediate and hi is terrible ; you have to keep the engine above 1800 rpm,s to get anything out of it , its helpless as a loader tractor - will spin out in grass and thats with an AC loader with a 4 ft bucket and loaded 18.4-34 in. rubber and wheel weights; they are not balanced at all , spins out easily with 2 ton of feed in a grinder mixer ; I just dont like it at all ; now the 185 is great , the powerdirector is so smooth , its easy to change transmission gears with the PD in neutral without grinding , the 301 engine will run great at any rpm , with power and not just smoke ,put 34,s or 38,s on it and you have fast road gear , the hyd. pto is great !!! IMO the 185 is twice the tractor over a 6080, but thats me

'49 A-C WD, '51 A-C WD, '63 A-C D17 Series III, 1968 A-C One-Seventy, '82 A-C 6060, '75 A-C 7040, A-C #3 sickle mower, 2 A-C 701 wagons, '78 Gleaner M2

I like my 185 except for the speed selection is limited. Either way too slow or a little too fast. Best I remember 1st high range is 2.6 mph, 2nd low range jumps to 4.1 mph (per shift pattern chart on tractor). Nothing in between in the 3 mph range, which seems to be what I need in most situations bushhogging especially in unknown territory. JMHO Eric in TN

singingpig wrote:

Instead of a different tractor, I'd goto a different mower. A flail would mulch that swamp grass fast, and you could use a wider mower, finish faster

Tractordata shows the 175D at 62 HP, same as my FOrd. Have no problem with a 9 foot flail on my Ford

I'm kind of afraid this type of grass would want to wrap up on a flail....anyone have that problem?

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DSeries4 wrote:

I think the 6080 weighs less than the 185. The turbo 4 cylinder has excellent fuel economy (and power - mine dynos over 100). You also get live PTO, fully synchronized transmission and a faster road gear than the 185. One thing you might need is front weights.

Seems odd the Perkins 248cid in my 175D is rated at 62hp but the 6080 200cid can get that much more with a turbo......

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Dave(inMA) wrote:

Shucks, Eldon....get one of each and then report back on which you like better. :)

Dave I would like to....but since Robin quit her job to work on the farm my funds have dried up....aaah, the good ole days!

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disc mower would be another option. three point and pull behind models are available and the smaller ones don't require much power--your 170 would pull a small one. Don't get one with conditioner, then the power requirements come up and you may as well make hay. We have a discbine (with conditioner) for our haying and it will take 5 or 6 foot tall grass without complaint and it can cut through small trees and shrubs if you need to or don't maneuver out of the way just right...

karl f

back the end of june i pulled a 10" woods in thick crep hevily infested withand 8' johnson grass with my 6060, and it handled the job easily, it would pull it in 2nd high but the ground was a little rough so i used it in 1st high, never gave a problem

i like old tractors of all colors

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