I got a little side tracked....
 

Intended on working on my LoBoys but I made a barter deal last weekend and Ive been busy with this Allis Chalmers 917H... I traded away a working Noma lawn tractor with 46" deck and parts tractor, total investment $125..... I brought home an AC917H, an ATV mower deck, a beat up dump cart, and a hood for a JD STX38.... the 917 is now running and mowing, and the cart has wheels, havent checked out the atv deck yet. I have a buyer lined up needs the JD hood.

Very cool. The 917 is the equivalent to the 682/782 I think. Very good deal.

Nothing was ever made that is equivalent to a cub.:biggrin2:

Nice find on the AC!

Nice find, I had a 616.

The cart is the only thing I plan to keep out of the deal, the rest will be sold to re-plentish the tractor fund;)

Ive never driven a 682/782 and Im not brand bias so I wont try to compare them but I do like this tractor although its a bit big and heavy for a lawn mower, even tho I do like Simplicity decks quite alot, they all seem to leave a very nice finished cut. Would be really nice if I could find a blower or tiller for it before it goes up for sale.

Hope to get the ATV deck fired up this weekend.... it has a quick release system that attaches to the front of a quad, it could likely be mounted to a tractor easily enough as long as the tractor has enough front end weight for steering control

Made alot progress on this 917 lately, fabricated a lower sleeve arm, completely rewired the tractor, replaced a deck bearing, and today I picked up a snowblower for it. Still some minor stuff to do but its a nice working machine now.

...and NO the blower and deck are NOT both mounted... I just lined up the blower to be sure its the correct model for the tractor... it is;)

But if you could make that work, it would take off that last little bit of snow off the driveway :beer2:

Nice AC! :beerchug:

Mowed with it awhile today, dont think I would ever get used to having the discharge out the left side.... its just weird.