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Originally Posted by mmzullo
 You should of made a 1812. Dual hydraulics are the cats meow. I converted my 1811 to dual and love it for snow plowing. More money but well worth it. |
Funny you should say that....This is where "one thing leads to another thing" get's even better....Shortly after I purchased the 1810 and received the hydraulic parts of Ebay, I determined I would need to replace one of the two steel lines the Ebay seller sent me (he had told me one of them had kink in it from being bent). So, wile at a Mid Michigan tractor dealer ordering a new steel line at $64.00, another parts guy comes over and says he knows a guy who has a 782 for sale and it has "duel hydraulics" and he thinks he wants $400.00 for it. At that price I thought it would be worth checking out. So cancel ordering the new steel line and instead follow the directions out to this farm who had the 782 for sale. We get there, and the the farmer takes us out to a barn to show me the 782, and proceeds to tell me it hasn't been started in about five years and has no battery. When we get into the barn that it was sitting in, and see it for the first time, I thought to myself, "wow", this thing looks rough...it was covered with pigeon crap, straw, dirt, and sunk into the muddy dirt floor of the barn. But it did have duel hydraulics and a mower deck...I offered $100.00 and he said it's yours. My thoughts were for a $100, I would have duel hydraulics plus a parts tractor for my 1810
After getting the 782 home and unloaded, my friend Scott and myself decide to at least try to start it to see just what it might do. So after putting a battery in it and pouring some gas in the carb and the tank, (there was no gas in the tank) and after a few try's it actually STARTED and idled...I couldn't believe it ..lol.
Well to make a long story short....I power washed it, changed the oil, and checked it out...everything works except for the head lights and tail lights, but I am now mowing my lawn with this thing and I am going to fully restore this one next.
It does have 1700 hr on the clock so I will rebuild the engine on this one.
So, this is why I will convert the 1810 to a 1811 and not a 1812...I actually like the looks of the 782 better though it will need more work and mony to bring it back to like new condition.