Had this one out to cut some grass today then gave it a much needed bath. Looks like someone has painted the hood. The paint is pretty badly crazed, not sure if it will compound out or not. Picked up a set of 10" wide wheels for it from a member here. I'll get them painted up and stick a set of Tru-Powers on it and load them. Old girl runs decent. :beerchug:

I have the same problem, PO painted all the plastics. Mine are all in decent shape except the nose piece but I cant figure out how to get the paint off without destroying them. Id love to polish it all out and make it shiny!

Looks pretty darn good from my house! :beerchug:

Travis

This one will never be a show queen, it's strictly a worker. Kind of to bad that the PO's let it go too far. :beerchug:

Just out of curiosity, what makes it too far gone? Like Travis said, looks pretty good from my seat :beerchug:

Remember, I saw it in person, I was just being nice!:biggrin2: and my house is over 200 miles away!

Still a good worker up close and looker at a distance! :beerchug:

Ryan, the rot from the battery acid was the worst I saw, but also the only thing he hadn't fixed yet.

On the 2182's and 1782's the battery is mounted in front and above the engine. This one has had acid rot from the front all the way to the point that the frame starts to rise. Now as it is it still has a lot of life but it will never be a show Queen. It will live a long time as it is cutting grass and pulling cat 0 three point implements. Sucks that people let these things go the way they did but that's one of the reasons we get them cheap. When it's all said and done I will still have less into it than the price of a new TSC Cub and my guess is this bad boy will run for another 10 years as it is. :beerchug:

Baby # 2 got new boots today. :beerchug:

looks good sam.

With the 10" rims is the extra width all on the outside?

It is on this set. I bought this set of rims from one of the members here. The set I have on my other 2182 were made with a 1-5/8" back space so 1" is in and 1" is out.

Took the Big Dog out and mowed with it today, had to try out the new rubber and everything else I've done to it. Man do these tires hook up. Had it out a couple days ago and all I was doing was a tap dance on the turning brakes. No spin what so ever with these and they didn't dig up the yard. All in all it runs pretty good for a 20 year old tractor and way better than the new crap.