More on the 982

[aagitch]

toyman, there is a Cat 0 tiller available that has the self powered engine that mounts on the tiller.

[Mountain Heritage]

Look'n sweet toyman! I am jellous...wish it was nice weather here that I could get my 982 and cleaned up....yours looks great! Wish I had set of dual brake pedals for mine.....still working that and many other things!! Glad to hear its running good now with no leaks.

[toyman]

Thanks guys! I'm pretty fired up since I found a 450 blower from a member of another board. Should seal the deal this week and pick it up at a plow day close to me towards the end of April. Seems pretty complete and in good condition. I plan on putting the blower on the 1862 (power steering) and have a line on a #2 tiller that I'm thinking I can use on the 982 with a little work. (Theres another thread in attachments)

[truckntran]

That sure is a beautiful original 982. I'm glad ya listened to Matt about painting it. I would sure like to find one as nice. It is hard to beleive the older style tillers weren't made for these tractors....Is it a case of no rear lift or ??

[Mountain Heritage]

Originally Posted by truckntran

That sure is a beautiful original 982. I'm glad ya listened to Matt about painting it. I would sure like to find one as nice. It is hard to beleive the older style tillers weren't made for these tractors....Is it a case of no rear lift or ??

I am with you truckntran.....its kinda weird they (IH) didn't make a specific tiller to fit onto a "super" garden tractor. I mean they built an ox of a tractor, meant to be used on large acerage lawns and for those who have orchards and vegtable gardens (I guess they were called market gardens??). Ummmm, don't ya think these people would have a use for a tiller?? I mean the ones meant to run off a pto seem to be scarce as hen's teeth - right? I have never heard of one for sale or seen a picture of one since I got involved in this addiction!

I would have to say that someone earlier in another thread posted a thought of lengtheing the arms or something along that line to get the tiller lower into the ground due to tire height. Since I have never been up close to a tiller like these (only been exposed to Farm King rear tine tillers that are run off 540pto) I think it would work .... it seems to make sense in my pea brain? Heck....if you got right down to it, you could put a shorter set of ag tires on just to till with. I can't see that it would screw up the drive train or anything. You would just feel like your always driving up hill when using the tiller.:biggrin2.gif:

[toyman]

They did make a shaft driven tiller, but you need the rear pto and 3 pt hitch, which are pretty tough to find and expensive. I think Scott Murphy has one on his super. I read thru a thread on a #2 tiller by Wild Bill. It shows that there are 2 holes on the gear box mount about an inch apart. I looks like there is enough room to drill another hole about another inch lower. Doing the math, the 26-12-12 tires will be approximately 3" taller than the 23-10.5-12's, so the axle height on the super should only be approximately 1.5" higher. Mathematically it looks like an extra hole an inch lower may do the trick. The other obstacle is the cast lift arm. There isn't a part number called out for the 982, and it seems there are 2 (or more) different ones for the wide frames. One has the bar that goes thru it the other mounts with frankenstein bolts. I think the 982 takes the frankenstein bolts, but I'm still researching right now. Oh and the last thing is the lift bar that goes from the hydraulic lift to the cast lift arm, since the Supers were used for the Cat 0 3 pts. The #2 tiller is pretty complete and I know I'm going to be kicking myself if I miss it.

[Mountain Heritage]

I would have to agree....grab it if you can! Bring it home and set it up to the rear of 982...see if you think you can modify things to work on 982. If you don't think you can....sell it! At least you won't miss out on the chance a good tiller.....especially if you can make it work.

[Oak]

I have a 3 point pto driven tiller for my 982. It's in PA and I will pick it up this spring.

[Mountain Heritage]

SURE!!!...throw some more salt in that wound!! Nice guy Oak....:biggrin2. Maybe toyman and me will get to it before you since we are closer to Pensylvannia than you are Georgia boy!! gif:

[Matt G.]

The WF/82 series upper 3-point casting is the same, regardless of whether it uses frankenstein bolts or has the bushings in the frame. You will need to make something that bolts on either side of the frame at the rear to hold the cast piece.