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Baelee05

12-29-2007 11:25:04




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I was amused to read the post regarding the reliability of the 1855. We had a neighbor that traded a 1966 4020 diesel for a new 1855 diesel in 1969. This gentleman was known to trade at the drop of a hat and wasn't too partial to any one color. The first year he had that 1855 the dealer put two engines in it. He really liked the tractor otherwise but it was killing him with down time from motor trouble. He finally traded it in disgust to the red dealer for an IH 856 diesel. To this day he says that Oliver did him a favor by selling him that 1855. He figured he probably wouldn't have ended up with the 856. He still has the 856 for odd jobs and such. It has somewhere around 20,000 hours on it. Doubt there are many 1855's with that many hours. I think he has overhauled the 856 once and it is about due for another. He has owned a couple of White tractors since the 1855 and really liked them. He is pretty much all red now due to lack of dealerships. My dad bought the 4020 he traded in from the Oliver dealer. We still have it too. It has about 12000 hours on it. Its really too bad that Oliver did not have a bullet proof engine in those 55 series when they introduced them. They were such a great tractor otherwise they would have been a huge success. An 1855 with a properly built 310 is an awful nice tractor. Economical too. Too bad they weren't right from the factory. Oh well. I just thought I would add my two cents to this discussion.

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rrlund

12-29-2007 13:19:25




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 Re: Previous post about 1855 reliability in reply to Baelee05, 12-29-2007 11:25:04  
I've always said,just skip over them and get a White 2-85. You'll have the 1855 rearend and the Perkins engine. My 2 cents.



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