Hey Shep, got a ?

You can try running your axle and see what happens, I ran mine for about two years until I got tired of changing wheel bearings every 6 months. My 1855 would tear up wheel bearings, blow front tires, and the steering motor under the radiator is still very worn and does not steer well at road speed and leaks because of the abuse we put it through. I need to replace the entire steering box sometime. The heavier axle and bigger tires has helped a lot, but it still gets a lot of abuse. That hugger puts the weight further out in front of the tractor and that is even harder on the front axle. Plus plowing around in the mud and snow with a 2000# plus bale on the front in the winter trying to feed doesnt help it much either. I really need a 4x4 tractor to feed with. Hmmmmm I smell another project coming on..... Or maybe that is the smell of the skellitt heading my way....

Oh well.....

On my axle I put a 2255 axle tubes into the center axle housing on the 1855. DONT DO THIS, it doesnt work. The axle halves for the 2255 are about 1/4 of an inch larger round than the 1855s are and I had to have them lathed down. It really was not worth it to do this. I would probably look into putting an 8 bolt wheatland axle or the entire 2255 axle, bolster and all under your tractor.

Good luck

There should be a third slot by the hyd. levers, a little bit above if I remember right. You could add a control arm in there. Otherwise, the best way to go is a seperate 3 spool control just for the loader. Running off the remotes works, but there are better ways to do it. I never did like it when our loader was run off the rear remotes.
Donovan from Wisconsin

Remind me here in a few weeks if I forget.....