[Tony h]

Hi folks. I actually signed up back in May of 2013. I didn't own a Cub back then so I thought I should just ask my few questions and an intro wasn't necessary. I was working on a 782 for a friend of a friend. See I'm that neighborhood guy that folks come to and drop off their 'whatever' in hopes I can breath life back into it for them.
This 782 sat for over 5 years. His wife finally said " Get that red tractor running or get it OUTTA HERE!"
It was back in May I asked some Linkage questions.
Aside from the linkage it took a bit of troubleshooting before the old girl ran and I was on my way.
The guy was ear to ear smiles.. I made a new friend. He always used the Cub for Snow Plow duties. The rest of last Summer he drove it around and would actually call to say "Yea Ha!" October 2013 I get a message on my phone. " Tony the thing is spewing Oil all over the place. I guess this old girl will constantly need attention , If you want it, come get it."
I felt bad I wanted to help him again but he was firm.. Take it or I'm scrapping it. I took it.
In the last few months, I found the oil issue and fixed it $0, I totally replaced a butchered harness with one I made. $0. I painted the Rims, Welded up some broken parts on the Snow plow and Greased every piece of linkage I could reach. As well as fixed the horrid 'Play' in the steering.. At the end of the day,This 782 has been extremely reliable as I have been running it around every few days just to make sure. Now that I feel that this will be a reliable machine.. Next up is a Filter and fluid change for the Hydraulic system. As it must be full of moisture. Below freezing days I get zero hydraulics for several minutes.
As you can see from my Avatar, The 782 (TUG) is alive and well.
That's my story , my long story