John Deere 8850 VS CaseIH 685 specs comparison

John Deere 8850
General InfosMake | John Deere |
Model | 8850 |
Country | United states |
Production | From 1982 Until 1988 |
Price | - |
Tractor type | Four wheel Drive (4WD) tractor |
Fuel | diesel |
Service repair manual | John Deere 8850 Manual |
Dimensions, sizes and tires
AG front tires | 20.8-42 |
AG rear tires | 20.8-42 |
Lawn front tires | - |
Lawn rear tires | - |
Indus front tires | - |
Indus rear tires | - |
Weight | 37,480 lbs or 17000 kg |
Length | 257.8 inches [654 cm] |
Width | - |
Height | - |
Wheelbase | 133 inches [337 cm] |
Ground clearance | - |
Turning radius | 19 feet [5.8 m] |
Rear tread size | - |
Front tread size | - |
Turning radius | - |
Horsepower and engin specs
Engine capacity | 955 ci or 15.7 L |
Cylinders | 8 cylinders |
Engine power | 370 hp or 275.9 kW |
Engine RPM | 2100 (rpm) |
Torque | - | Torque RPM | - |
Fuel type | diesel |
Fuel injection | - |
Fuel tank size | 240 gal or 908.4 L |
Oil capacity | 51 qts or 48.3 L |
Oil change | - |
Starter motor | - |
Starter volts | 12 V |
Parts And Accessories | John Deere 8850 Parts |
Batteries number | 3 |
Batteries voltage | 12 V |
Battries Amps | - |
Cold Amps | 625 |
Ground force | negative |
Charging system | alternator |
Charging Volts | - |
Charging Amps | 110 amps |
Trans system | Quad-Range |
Trans type | partial power shift |
Trans gears | 16 forward and 6 reverse |
Clutch system | Perma-Clutch hydraulic wet discs |
Wheel drive | 4x4 articulated 4WD |
Final drive | - |
Steering | hydrostatic power |
Braking system | power wet disc |
Cabin type | Sound-Gard cab with air-conditioning |
Differentiel lock | - |
System | closed center constant-pressure |
Valves | 3 to 4 |
Pump flow | 44 gpm or 166.5 lpm |
SVC flow | - |
Steering flow | - |
Tank capacity | 45.5 gal or 172.2 L |
Hydraulic pressure | - |
Max flow | - |
Drawbar type | - |
Claimed power | - |
Drawbar horsepower | 269.77 hp or 201.2 kW |
Fuel consumption | 19.2 gal/hour or 72.7 l/hour |
Pulling power | 35,330 lbs or 16025 kg |
Claimed power | 300 hp or 223.7 kW |
Real power | 303.99 hp or 226.7 kW |
Engine @RPM | - |
PTO Clutch | hydraulic wet disc |
Rear PTO | independent |
Rear PTO RPM | 1000 (rpm) |
Front PTO | - |
Front PTO RPM | - |
Mid PTO | - |
Mid PTO RPM | - |
Fuel consumption | 19.3 gal/hour or 73.1 l/hour |
Hitch system | lower-link |
Rear hitch | 4/4N |
Rear hitch lift | 10,250 lbs or 4649 kg |
Front hitch | - |
Front hitch lift | - |

CaseIH 685
General InfosMake | CaseIH |
Model | 685 |
Country | United states |
Production | From 1985 Until 1990 |
Price | - |
Tractor type | Utility tractor |
Fuel | diesel |
Service repair manual | CaseIH 685 Manual |
Dimensions, sizes and tires
AG front tires | 7.50-16 |
AG rear tires | 16.9-30 |
Lawn front tires | - |
Lawn rear tires | - |
Indus front tires | - |
Indus rear tires | - |
Weight | 5660 lbs or 2567 kg |
Length | 141.6 inches [359 cm] |
Width | - |
Height | - |
Wheelbase | 84.5 inches [214 cm] |
Ground clearance | - |
Turning radius | - |
Rear tread size | - |
Front tread size | - |
Turning radius | - |
Horsepower and engin specs
Engine capacity | 238.8 ci or 3.9 L |
Cylinders | 4 cylinders |
Engine power | 73 hp or 54.4 kW |
Engine RPM | 2400 (rpm) |
Torque | - | Torque RPM | - |
Fuel type | diesel |
Fuel injection | - |
Fuel tank size | 20 gal or 75.7 L |
Oil capacity | - |
Oil change | - |
Starter motor | - |
Starter volts | 12 V |
Parts And Accessories | CaseIH 685 Parts |
Batteries number | - |
Batteries voltage | - |
Battries Amps | - |
Cold Amps | - |
Ground force | - |
Charging system | alternator |
Charging Volts | - |
Charging Amps | 45 amps |
Trans system | - |
Trans type | two-speed powershift |
Trans gears | 16 forward and 8 reverse |
Clutch system | dry disc |
Wheel drive | 4x2 2WD |
Final drive | - |
Steering | power |
Braking system | differential hydraulic wet disc |
Cabin type | Two-post ROPS |
Differentiel lock | - |
System | open center |
Valves | 1 or 2 |
Pump flow | 15.8 gpm or 59.8 lpm |
SVC flow | - |
Steering flow | - |
Tank capacity | 9 gal or 34.1 L |
Hydraulic pressure | 2500 psi or 172.4 bar |
Max flow | - |
Drawbar type | - |
Claimed power | 54 hp or 40.3 kW |
Drawbar horsepower | 52.90 hp or 39.4 kW |
Fuel consumption | 4.2 gal/hour or 15.9 l/hour |
Pulling power | 7207 lbs or 3269 kg |
Claimed power | 61 hp or 45.5 kW |
Real power | 58.80 hp or 43.8 kW |
Engine @RPM | - |
PTO Clutch | - |
Rear PTO | independent |
Rear PTO RPM | 540 (rpm) |
Front PTO | - |
Front PTO RPM | - |
Mid PTO | - |
Mid PTO RPM | - |
Fuel consumption | 4.0 gal/hour or 15.1 l/hour |
Hitch system | - |
Rear hitch | II/I |
Rear hitch lift | 3260 lbs or 1478 kg |
Front hitch | - |
Front hitch lift | - |
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Useful links and guides ....
- John Deere provided us with the latest version of its 8850 service repair manual
- Find All mechanical and electrical parts and accessories of John Deere 8850 farm-tractor here
- Get your CaseIH 685 manual book version
- Cabine, electrical And mechanical parts for CaseIH 685 farm-tractor here