Cyclops question
 

Have a relative looking at a 2182 w/ 608 alleged hours.

What say you cyclops guys....??? What if any issues....??


:bigthink:

Well I’ll bite Roland. I’m no “cyclops guy” like Mr. McCleary or Mr. Palma but do own it’s diesel brother, a 1782. It’s issues are a bad deck sub frame because of carrying the 60 inch Haban too much, past loose rear end mount bolts, and a leaking hydro input shaft seal due to wobbly drive shaft that ate up splines on the input due to loose 10mm bolt. Plastic panels have broken mount tabs from impact in the past. But I’m sure you’ve read plenty on here from everyone. Kubota gasser I’ve heard has plenty of power. Make sure to clean radiator screen as it clogs a lot. Nice low hours on the one you’re talking about. Mine has twice that......

Love it though, great SGT, one of the last and the best.

How’s the price?

Tractor, 60" CC Deck, 54" Front Blade, Hydraulic Angle Kit....$2400

You nailed it Alvy. wheres that nail and hammer thingy emoticon

Like this............???

I guess you mean this one? :NailHead:

Well I saw a bunch of views and no one was answering so I figured I would try.

The price seems a little high but not much. Just my $.02

Got any pictures?

I have a problem with only 608 hours on a 20+ year old tractor, we are only talking about 30 or so hours per year. Let's see some pics. Problem areas are broken trans mounts and the water pumpers tended to over heat. BTDT.

Blade with hydraulic cylinder is $4-500 depending on condition. If it is mated to the tractor than the tractor has dual hydraulics. Not seen everyday on the cyclops tractors.

Chisel them down to $1800 if it is real nice or less for any flaws.

The plastic side panels for the Kubota models are NLA.

The wiring can atrocious.

I have more than that in time and labor on the tractor in the thread below.:OhOh:

Cyclops
 

I have no experience with the Kubota end of it.
but
I love using my 2084, the power steering is awesome and it is very well built overall. most of the work I've done to mine has been on the engine (Kohler) with almost 1300 hours the rest of the machine has held up well

my only bitch about the thing is the plastic hood and side panels, what a horrible idea.

as for 600 hours, why not? I have 1/2 acre lot that if all I did was mow I'd only put on about 30 hours a year mowing, maybe less.

Scott

If it’s really nice shape it could have that low hours.
It better be nice for that money.
A smoother, quieter, mower would be hard to find. I will ruffle a few feathers by saying, “better than a diesel”. More hp, doesn’t rattle, no tricks to cold weather starting, easier on the drive train.
They do need rear braces though.