Now I have a little red 382?

[olds45512]

Looks like a nice project. hopefully you don't have to take the rear wheels off because there a bit of a pain, I had 3 hours in getting one of the rear wheels off my son's tractor.

[Lanceskene]

Hood needs some fiberglass repair, seat is bad, but the motor has compression and the mower blades turn. Diff release lever is broken so its a bit of a pita to move around. Seems to be all original and complete, probably the best tractor in the package, theres a little AC that looks promising also.

Theres still a few more to pick up so Ive cut a couple 9' doorways in an old grainary for a place to put some of them but until thats finished Im just lining them up in the front yard like an auto wrecker.

[Lucky Chow]

Holy Moly ------ it's the neighbor I always wanted, but have never had!!!!

Maybe it's a good thing we aren't neighbors, LOL. I'd never get anything done from drooling over the herd.

[Lanceskene]

Oh thats not the herd... thats just some of the recent arrivals, most of which will just be parts tractors because they are too rough or missing decks. I wont usually fix up a tractor unless I have at least one attachment for it. I started fixing and reselling yard equipment about 5 years ago and now alot of stuff comes free or as trade ins. Im not brand loyal but I have had a few nice CCs, this 382 is my first red one, and still have a 154 Loboy that I quite like although it now needs clutch work, I can order the parts from the US but our canadian dollar sucks right now.

[TigerCub]

If you ever need any pictures of an unmolested 382 let me know, my dad still has one that he brought home when they first came into his store. If I recall I think the mower deck is still brand new, its been sitting in our pallet racking for many years.

[Sprint60]

The guy I bought my tiller from has one for sale in Southern Missouri; he appears to be selling off his collection. It wasn't for sale when we were there, but I do remember stopping to have a look at it along with a push mower (that he's recently listed and apparently sold too) and a couple of other interesting tractors. Neat little machine. He mentioned that he planned to fix it up for one of his grandkids. They're kind of small so it would be perfect for a kid.

http://columbiamo.craigslist.org/grd/5489785890.html

[Lanceskene]

I had a couple guys with their eye on it today but I would really like to fix it up before selling it, and they were looking for $50-$100 machines so I sold them a couple old craftsman and a little JD111, all of which were parts tractors IMO, but they wanted a price on the 382 so I said $300, its not worth that in its current state but it will clean up nice and sell for alot more Im sure.

[john hall]

Can't blame you for holding on to it for a while. We'd love to sell dad's to a collector but it ain't worth much given it has a replacement motor and some slight hood damage. Worth more of a conversation piece to me than selling it dirt cheap.

[Lanceskene]

Ive been busy converting an old grainary into a GT parkade so the only thing thats happened with this 382 so far was getting into covered storage today, had to put it on a large floor creeper to move it around because the hydro release isnt working, well actually the release works but the lever that operates it is broken. Next project will be to get doors in the big open holes Ive cut in the side of the building, it about 30' wide by 10' deep and divided into 3 sections, I cut two doorways one in each end of the long side so it now has two 10x10 GT parking areas and a 10x10 center room for walkbehind equipment. The 382 is hiding behind a little Sears in the parking area closest to the main shop

[Lanceskene]

Finally climbed over a few tractors and got the serial # of the little red 382....