Paul Palmer

Just looked on ebay and to me the front axle looks like its come off a uh david brown/case 1490 or 1494

Well cost of the 7810 4wd and a 2 wd front axle if you can source one or buy a britains 6600 and take the front axle off that, im sure somebody else will have a better idea but i converted a uh 6610 4wd to a 2 wd using the method above

11 hours ago, Fenside MF said:

Good job on the round and square bales Paul,I'll have a trailer load please 😄

😂😂 yes very time consuming Jamie

Just now, Paul Palmer said:

Nice work Jamie, im sure Holly loves toys sells a john deere front weight

Is this any good Jamie?

Nice work Jamie, im sure Holly loves toys sells a john deere front weight

Nice work Jamie, im sure Holly loves toys sells a john deere front weight

45 minutes ago, justy 46 said:

The rims look good now Paul. Did the Replicagri tyres fit the Atlas rims after?  You have it close enough now. 

Yes thanksJustin,the pictures show the atlas wheels with the replicagri tyres on them👍

Yep found that out with the help of 844john on here, there are a lot of differences and you are correct in that the 85 series does have a shorter wheelbase Jan

Thanks Joe

Next job on the list is to try and get the cab off, the cab and floorpan come off easy enough its getting the cab away from the floorpan.The cab has tabs above the rear wheels like uh models but not screwed, the tabs are glued so that will be attempted at the weekend 

Ok, first job and a fiddly one, there were no holes in the clevis so with a very small drill bit i drilled through the clevis and added a tow pin, i have in the pictures mocked up the wheels from the atlas ford 5000 and added the original tyres and mocked up the exhaust, this is if i do a 885XL version which i know wont be accurate, but i might be doing a 856XL

First problem is going to be getting the cab off with out making any damage, the cab is not screwed on like uh models, it still has tabs coming through above the rear wheels but the tabs are glued on, might be able to cut the tabs off

Next up is this ih 845XL, after a chat with 844 john if i turn this into an 885XL it will not be correct, i knew the front grill was wrong as well as the rear wheels and the wheelbase is wrong, the 845XL is a bigger tractor than the 885,but Johns vast knowledge has raised some other points i never new about, so i either keep it as it is allthough the rear wheels would still need to changed imo for a 845,or i carry on with an inaccurate 885XL. I have bought an atlas ford 5000 for its  rear wheels that are right for a 885 and an exhaust that is right for a 885, luckily i got the atlas ford 5000 for only £14 so no hardship if i dont use it or i will re sell it, still undecided what to do🤦‍♂️

It arrived today

1 hour ago, justy 46 said:

Guys. No home built model is going to be 100% perfect. You can only try your best to alter/modify one model in to another and use the best /nearest thing to do so. They ain't nothing really out there to suit an 885 exactly. But the 845 is pretty much the best of what's available to give it a try.. Give it a go Paul. ...Its worth a try.. 

i will be doing  it Justin and im getting fed up with modern kit, you need a lot of room to display it,so its another model to do👍

23 minutes ago, IH885XLMAN said:

Hi the 885 was pure UK  closest model  would be replicagris IH 845 xl black fender edition   

Thanks Simon yes i ordered the above, with me today hopefully👍

13 minutes ago, SirTainly said:

Feel a little responsible as I said it was close the other day. I wasn't as aware of the all the details differences that John's pointed out, but for me it's close enough at least until we start getting proper models of Doncaster tractors. Fingers crossed.

Yes i certainly didnt know but will still go ahead, i knew the front grill is different and where the ih badge is needs painting black, different rear wheels,which i have, different exhaust and i need new bonnet decals, the difference in wheelbase is 22 cm so in 1/32 is 0.6/0.7mm

I will pm you later if thats ok

4 minutes ago, 844john said:

 

As I said Paul, I don’t mean to interfere, it’s just I’ve looked at doing something similar myself in the past and realised it wasn’t worth the work for me, but I certainly wouldn’t say whether you should do it or not. No, our 844 was one of the last and it was actually built in Doncaster as the transferred production there in the latter years. My father also has one, but a few years older and his was built in Germany I believe, in all honesty it’s probably better finished than the UK built ones

Your not interfering John glad you pointed the facts out i am tempted to still go ahead though, usually i like things right but this one wont be accurate

Was your 845 an import

Do i keep it as a 845 John?

And also that the front grill is different

1 hour ago, 844john said:

Just a little word of caution Paul, I don’t like to stick my nose in but the 885 has a much shorter wheelbase and bonnet than the 845 which is basically the same as the 844. Also, the lower grill and side panels on the 885 is completely different, as are the cab interiors and rear linkage. We’ve had both tractors in the past (still have the 844actually) and the differences between them is very noticeable, unless you do major surgery on the 845 it will never resemble the 885 I’m afraid. Like I say, I’m not wanting to interfere, it’s just that I’ve grown up with these tractors and know them pretty well, what looks on the face of it to be a relatively simple conversion isn’t unfortunately 

Was aware of the wheelbase difference John but not the other stuff🤦‍♂️

The bale that came with the McHale baler was unrealistic and to me a bit on the small size so i did this

My next project, a replicagri ih 845XL which will become a 885XL