1450 trade for a 682
 

A friend of mine has wanted my 1450 since I purchased it a couple of years ago.

He has offered me a 682 for it. I have a couple of questions.

It is old enough that the rearend can handle the tiller. Is that swap over difficult?

How hard is tilling with manual lift versus the hydraulic on the 1450? How about manual lift for a snow blower?

How hard is it these days to find a mule drive and mower deck for a 1450? He wants one, but will purchase it himslelf, as there is no deck with the 682.

I already have a 782, but it is a CCC model. He knows how bad I want another red one again, so I may do this trade.

Thanks!

Find him another 1450...manually lifting a tiller is not something I would want to do on a regular basis.

When I got the 125 it had the manual lift for the tiller and it was very heavy. Tillers are about 250lbs. I think snow throwers have helper springs on them to help lift them. I'm not sure if you can add hydraulic to 682 we'll have to wait on someone that know those better then I do to answer that one. Mower decks and mule drive for the 1450 should be fairly easy to find still. What the serial number on the 682? I think they use the same tiller belt but would have to double check the tiller belt guide in the techical section of the site to make sure. If its got the cast iron rear end it's a easy swap, unbolt the gear box and bolt it up to the 682.

I would not take that trade myself. It doesn't sound like you are getting anything out of it, other than a red paint job.

You could put a lift assist spring on the 682 which will help out or you could add hydraulics too.

Boy thats a hard trade to think about. I'm not much of a quietline guy. I only have one, an 800. I have my tiller on the 149 and the hydro lift is nice with the tiller. I've never had a spring assist, but from what I've heard, they work great and you hardly know anything is on the back. You could add the spring assist to the 682 and go. You also could get a ported pump and add hydraulics to the 682 and basically have a 782. I have two red ones and love em. I also have the yeller and white ones and love em too. :biggrin2: Really depends on what you want to do. (Guess I wasn't much help:beerchug:) Good luck and let up know what you decide.

As much as I love my red 782 I don't think I could part with the 1450 with hydraulics to trade for a red 682 with manual lift. Hmmmm Maybe paint the 1450 red ? :bigthink: :biggrin2::biggrin2::biggrin2:

Thanks for the advice.

The manual lift makes this a no deal for me, as I get the message about lifting the tiller. So, that trade won't happen.

But, he really wants my 1450, and owns a red 782 that used to be mine. I traded it to him for a different 782 when the block cracked on the old one.

He is offering my old tractor as a trade for the 1450.

The decisions is hard! I'll be going home to test drive my old tractor again, with the replacement engine, and to make sure the swap over of the tiller can happen easily.

Thanks for the advice!

The tiller swap over should work. The 782 will need a sleeve hitch unless it already has one. The gearbox will bolt on the back, especially if it's IH built. The only difference will be the size of the pulleys. They will be 5/8" instead of 1/2". All you would have to do is replace the bottom pulley on the angle gearbox. Keep us posted and of course :WWP:.

What's the serial number of the 782?

I asked for the serial number again, since I seem to have lost my info on that tractor in my move to the acreage, though I am 100% sure it is a cast iron rear. The pictured tractor is the tractor I might trade back for.

He wants to trade you that beauty for your 1450?? And you haven't traded yet!!!!!!!:HeadScratch::Shocked:

All kidding aside, that's a nice looking 782. If it were me, I'd trade in a heartbeat if the 782 runs as good as she looks. And this is coming from a guy who likes the yellow ones just as much as the red ones. :biggrin2:

Could be an optical illusion, but the serial number tag on the second pic looks bigger which would make it a CCC one. It still could have a cast iron rear as the early CCC ones did. You'll know more when you get the serial number.

That's one sharp 782! I see why its such a hard choice! Good luck with your decision.

That is a sweet looking 782!
Tough decisions!

Wow, that's a great looking 782! :beerchug:

It is purdy,but it is a CCC built 782
The black seat springs gave it away.My 582 had them,but the rear was cast iron with aluminum axle housings.
I would still trade it for a 1450.

Thanks for the note on the seat springs. I also remember the rear end and the front axle being black, which is another sign of it being a CCC machine. That is why I need to look at it again, and check the serial number. 4th of July weekend is when the decision will take place. I also really want to look over the 682 he offered originally.

Somewhere I have a picture of my current 782 and this one in my driveway together on trade day. The serial numbers were not that far apart. That was the day that I had 2 782's for about 10 minutes.

My yellow one is 700647 or something like that.

For now, I am trading to the same person the 44" deck that is on that red tractor for a 50" deck so I can help my off topic garden tractor mow my 5 acres. A 44" deck makes a unit more attractive to the Suburban DeKalbites in Northern IL. They pay big money for a machine that looks like a real tractor.

A spring assist does alot. good luck making your decission.