Do you have the larger barrel for your 862D+? It's a game changer, and I wish I had known about them before now. If @Greywolf hadn't hooked me up with it I'd have been looking for a bigger iron to do larger stuff.
@Greywolf74 hooked me up with some beefy tips for my soldering iron. I am confident now I can easily solder 10awg and 8awg. So if anyone is interested in a decent soldering setup, with reflow station, for cheap... I highly recommend this...
That looks like it has a bit bigger wand than mine, like it can take the bigger tips. Greywolf hooked me up with a bigger sleeve and tip for mine, so hopefully I'll have an easier time soldering bigger gauge stuff.
This is the one I have, and this is a heck of a deal on it. I paid $60 for mine, and that was a heck of a deal. It's on ebay now for $50. The reflow gun is awesome for heat shrinking. My only complaint with it is the biggest tip is barely big enough to solder 10awg...