Skip to contentVersatile 856 designation 6 — Roseohioresident, CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized; converted to WebP. · Roseohioresident · CC BY-SA 4.0 commons.wikimedia.org source ↗ Versatile 856 designation 6 — Roseohioresident, CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized; converted to WebP. · Roseohioresident · CC BY-SA 4.0 commons.wikimedia.org source ↗
An independent tractor referenceSpecifications. Sources. Side by side.
TractorStack.
Search
Find your tractor.
Menu ☰
Years in Production / 1985
Versatile
856
Explore the specifications, hardware, and original references for the Versatile 856.
240hp
Source index power
4x4 Only
Drive
1985
Production years
Versatile
Manufacturer
856 / 01
At a glance
Production
Four-wheel Drive (4WD) tractor
Built in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
On the Versatile 856 the PTO was standard equipment with the power shift transmission but not available with the manual shift.
- Manufacturer
- Versatile
- Original Price
- $78,000 (1986)
Mechanical
Four-wheel drive
Hydraulic disc brakes
Cab standard with air-conditioning.
- Final Drives
- outboard planetary
- Final Drives
- inboard planetary (row-crop axle)
- Steering
- hydraulic power
Capacity
- Fuel
- 246 gal931.1 L
- Hydraulic System
- 15.3 gal57.9 L
Hydraulics
- Type
- closed center load sensing
- Capacity
- 15.3 gal57.9 L
- Valves
- 4 to 5
- Pump Flow
- 25.2 gpm95.4 lpm
- Steering Flow
- 25.9 gpm98.0 lpm
- Steering Press
- 2300 psi158.6 bar
Hitch
- Rear Type
- IVN/III
- Rear Lift At24610mm
- 21,700 lbs9843 kg
Pto
- Rear Pto
- independent
- Rear Type
- 1000
Electrical
- Ground
- negative
- Charging System
- alternator
- Charging Amps
- 90
- Batteries
- 4
- Battery Cca
- 625
- Battery Volts
- 12
856 / 02
Under the hood
Engine Detail
Cummins L10
turbocharged diesel
6-cylinder
liquid-cooled
- Displacement
- 611 ci10.0 L
- Bore Stroke
- 4.921x5.354 inches125 x 136 mm
- Power
- 240 hp179.0 kW
- Air Cleaner
- dual dry element
- Compression Ratio
- 16:1
- Rated Rpm
- 2100
- Torque
- 780 lb-ft1057.7 Nm
- Torque Rpm
- 1300
- Starter Volts
- 12
- Coolant Capacity
- 55 qts52.1 L
- Cylinders
- 6
- Cooling
- liquid-cooled
856 / 03
Gears & controls
Transmission (Option 1)
- Transmission
- Versatile
- Transmission Type
- constant mesh
- Gears
- 12 forward and 4 reverse
- Oil Capacity
- 21.5 qts20.3 L
Transmission (Option 2)
- Transmission Type
- full power shift
- Gears
- 12 forward and 3 reverse
- Oil Capacity
- 18 qts17.0 L
856 / 04
Size. Stance. Footprint.
Dimensions And Tires
- Wheelbase
- 130 inches330 cm
- Weight
- 24,900 lbs11294 kg
- Front Tire
- 18.4-38
- Rear Tire
- 18.4-38
Tires And Tracks
- Front Ag
- 18.4-38
- Rear Ag
- 18.4-38
856 / 05
Tractor Photos
856 / 06
Tests (NTTL)
Nebraska Tractor Test 1568
Diesel power shift 4WDMay 4 - 16, 1985
PTO performance
Drawbar performance
Gear 7 used for power test.
Gear 2 used for pull test.
- Id
- 1568
- Power At Rated Engine Speed
- 209.28 hp156.1 kW
- Fuel Use
- 12.1 gal/hour45.8 l/hour
- Fuel Use
- 11.9 gal/hour45.0 l/hour
- Max Power
- 182.42 hp136.0 kW
- Max Pull
- 26,479 lbs12010 kg