[Terry C]

Originally Posted by Sidewinder1

Awesome! I really enjoy learing about these things lol yall are extremely helpful.

When did "Live Power" become a standard feature? I suppose thats why i was always told when i was a kid to mow in 1st gear with the thottle up, low speed for a clean cut, but high rpm to keep the blades spinning at the appropreiate speed. it all makes sence now haha.

The reason i suppose im stuck on a pre-82 IH 982 super GT is because, at least as of late, MTD has a poor record of quaity. I mean no disrespect to anyone whom has an MTD Cadet, I have a troybuilt push mower that works great, but over all, and from what i have heard, they seem to have lost there quality. Just an "out of the box" lawn mower so to speak.

Were the 1872 and 2072 Supers still quality tractors? When did MTD take over officially? i believe CCC lasted until '86 or '89 if iirc. Were the CCC tractors made with the same quality as the IH machines?

Live power means the PTO has its own clutch you can engage it anytime.
Old way was to start the mower or whatever you had to push in the clutch which stops the tractor moving as well. They shared a clutch so to speak
I've had to bale hay with an old M and it's not fun