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rotorwrench · 10-11-2021, 06:31 PM

It would be easier to have the dual clutch of the 860 but I'm so used to the 850 that I don't worry about it much anymore. I cut a 6 acre lot last year that had mesquite growing up well above my head. I run the front tires tubeless with a lot of sealer or the tires would fall off in a heart beat. That thing will bog down some on a big mesquite bush but it will just keep on going. I figured something would break but it just kept on chugging along. I sure don't want to do that again. That mequite is some hard old thorny pita to cut.

The NAA and 600 series have less cubic inches than the 800 series but they do pretty well with that overhead valve 134 and will certainly get it done. The 800 series with the 172 OHV has five or six more HP at 35 but it feels more like 40HP sometimes. They have a lot of torque.

10-11-2021, 06:31 PM	#9
rotorwrench Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 18,012	Re: V8 conversion in an 8N It would be easier to have the dual clutch of the 860 but I'm so used to the 850 that I don't worry about it much anymore. I cut a 6 acre lot last year that had mesquite growing up well above my head. I run the front tires tubeless with a lot of sealer or the tires would fall off in a heart beat. That thing will bog down some on a big mesquite bush but it will just keep on going. I figured something would break but it just kept on chugging along. I sure don't want to do that again. That mequite is some hard old thorny pita to cut. The NAA and 600 series have less cubic inches than the 800 series but they do pretty well with that overhead valve 134 and will certainly get it done. The 800 series with the 172 OHV has five or six more HP at 35 but it feels more like 40HP sometimes. They have a lot of torque. Last edited by rotorwrench; 10-11-2021 at 06:42 PM.