|
PLEASE PATRONIZE OUR SPONSORS!
|
|||||||
 |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
#1
07-16-2012, 01:00 AM
|
||||
|
||||
Lucky Friday the 13th
We are getting ready to move to a smaller home, but it has a much bigger yard. At my current house, I push mow, but am going to need a rider at the new place. My stable of current cubs, none are set up for mowing duties...not that they couldn't be, but I just don't have the time to go through my pile of decks and get one going, so I decided to look around on Craig's List to see what I might stumble across. I found a nice looking 1211, and was making arrangements to travel the 200 miles to go look at it. In planning for the trip, I decided to see if anything else was available a tad closer to home (the road trip doesn't bother me, just finding the time to take it was the problem, heck I went 350 miles for a tiller...lol).
Well, I pulled up the St Joseph, MO (only 90 miles) CL and found an ad that had just posted for a 782, it looked good in the pics, and after calling the seller, made arrangements to see it the next morning. Well, it didn't take long to decide I had to have it, gave the owner his asking price of $750, and brought it home. It is a 2 owner, (I got the original operators manual, along with the buyers copy of the warranty registration card date 2-13-81), has been garage kept all it's life, has the KT17 series 2 motor, IH wheels weights, sleeve hitch, 2 extra sets of blades for the deck, and a crystal clear (all the others I have seen were yellowed badly) hour gauge showing just shy of 350 hours. Once home, I fired it up and mowed the grass, it runs smooth as silk, mows great (44C deck), and everything works as it should (well, to be honest one head lamp is burned out..). Enough gabbing, here are some pics of it! 001.jpg 004.jpg 006.jpg 003.jpg 002.jpg 005.jpg I am convinced that Friday the 13th was lucky for me! Ironically, I just googled the orginal purchase date (02-13-81) and that was also a Friday!!!
__________________
Jeff Brookfield, MO ________________ IH Red 782 with weights and sleeve hitch! IH snow blade, Brinly plow, Brinly disk, Brinly harrow, Johnson rear blade, and a #2 IH Cart 
|
|
#2
07-16-2012, 03:04 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Great story and awesome Cub!
__________________
Don Smith https://www.facebook.com/SouthernKentuckyCubCadetClub IH 982D aka "The Big Red Smoker" BRS w/3pt hitch CC 1572 aka "The Big Yellow Smoker" BYS w/3pt hitch-PTO Brinly Cat 0 3pt plow-Brinly sleeve hitch plow Custom Hydraulic lift disc-Haban Blade-Brinly Cultivators Cub Cadet lawn trailer and lawn sweeper
|
|
#6
07-16-2012, 08:13 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Great score. Just a word of advise(If you didn't know already) Before you start it every time check the oil. The carbs/fuel pump tend to flood the crankcase with gas. My 1811 series II 18 mag floods once in a blue moon. I put a shut off between the tank and pump to eliminate this problem.
Good luck with it!! 
|
|
#7
07-16-2012, 08:35 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Very nice..
I like the oil filter location. good luck!!
__________________
Up to 530 and counting... I give up updating my profile!
|
|
#8
07-16-2012, 10:26 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Quote:
|
|
#10
07-18-2012, 11:52 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Sweet 782! Sometimes it pays to be patient. Congrats!
__________________
Josh Diesel Cub Cadets...........
|
|
|
|
Cub Cadet is a premium line of outdoor power equipment, established in 1961 as part of International Harvester. During the 1960s, IH initiated an entirely new line of lawn and garden equipment aimed at the owners rural homes with large yards and private gardens. There were a wide variety of Cub Cadet branded and after-market attachments available; including mowers, blades, snow blowers, front loaders, plows, carts, etc. Cub Cadet advertising at that time harped on their thorough testing by "boys - acknowledged by many as the world's worst destructive force!". Cub Cadets became known for their dependability and rugged construction.
MTD Products, Inc. of Cleveland, Ohio purchased the Cub Cadet brand from International Harvester in 1981. Cub Cadet was held as a wholly owned subsidiary for many years following this acquisition, which allowed them to operate independently. Recently, MTD has taken a more aggressive role and integrated Cub Cadet into its other lines of power equipment.
This website and forum are not affiliated with or sponsored by MTD Products Inc, which owns the CUB CADET trademarks. It is not an official MTD Products Inc, website, and MTD Products Inc, is not responsible for any of its content. The official MTD Products Inc, website can be found at: http://www.mtdproducts.com. The information and opinions expressed on this website are the responsibility of the website's owner and/or it's members, and do not represent the opinions of MTD Products Inc. IH, INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER are registered trademark of CNH America LLC
All material, images, and graphics from this site are the property of www.onlycubcadets.net. Any unauthorized use, reproductions, or duplications are prohibited unless solely expressed in writing.
Cub Cadet, Cub, Cadet, IH, MTD, Parts, Tractors, Tractor, International Harvester, Lawn, Garden, Lawn Mower, Kohler, garden tractor equipment, lawn garden tractors, antique garden tractors, garden tractor, PTO, parts, online, Original, 70, 71, 72, 73, 76, SO76, 80, 81, 86, 100, 102, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108,109, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 147, 149, 169, 182, 282, 382, 482, 580, 582, 582 Special, 680, 682, 782, 782D, 784, 800, 805, 882, 982, 984, 986, 1000, 1015, 1100, 1105, 1110, 1200, 1250, 1282, 1450, 1512, 1604, 1605, 1606, 1610, 1615, 1620, 1650, 1710, 1711, 1712, 1806, 1810, 1811, 1812, 1912, 1914.
Linear Mode
