1862 question

[jbollis]

I could be wrong, but I am pretty sure that it will have the aluminum rear. Parts tree says so also. http://www.partstree.com/parts/?lc=c...&dn=0025600008

Just look at the hitch. If there are 3 bolts holding the hitch plate on it is a cast iron rear. If there are 5 bolts then it will be the aluminum one.

I would rather have the diesel though.

[Matt G.]

If you get the 782D, you will have no choice but to use the Cat-0 hitch, as the fuel tank takes up the space where the cast piece would go on the IH 3-point.

[Carl_NH]

Not to beat a dead horse, but my new 1811 had a the old 1250 tiller setup installed on it 20 years ago with the lower plate attached to the AL transaxle.

Long story short, its not a good setup. It might be OK to run this setup on the AL tranny in good soil but add rocks, stumps and any other inclusions and you will end up with stripped out bolts.

I sold the tiller and fixed the rear end up then installed the cub hitch plate that bolts to the frame. Now I can pull my trac vac (tongue weight 150 when full) without an issue..

Imagine my surprise when I look behind me and see the trac vac with the old bolt on hitch (and bolts) on the ground..

[Dave01]

Fun discussion, and great to be on a forum where things get argued back and forth without name calling or worse.

I think one of the factors, maybe backing up Matt's thoughts, is the actual use and how we use these tractors. I generally take good care of my equipment but at the same time I over-stress things all the time. I tow boats with my Cubs all the time, I know it's way beyond the tongue weight and overall weight I should hitch to it, but I've done it for years. I put a snow blade on my 2084, about 10 minutes into plowing I was putting a lot of stress on both the blade and the tractor, using it beyond what might be safe limits. It's human nature to some extent, give us a D-5 dozer and we'll find a way to push it's limits.

So, a drawbar pull is one kind of stress, really fairly steady, increases uphill but not a lot of violent shear stresses. To me tilling is another story, tons of stress up, down, left, right, if you are trying to shear some bolts tilling is a good way to put max stress on them in a variety of directions. So, the safety factor to avoid failure has to be really large, and in my opinion the aluminum rear can't take that stress, I'm not an engineer, just drawing on experience and common sense.

[Methos]

Originally Posted by Dave01

Fun discussion, and great to be on a forum where things get argued back and forth without name calling or worse.

Your right on that!

I know I've learned a lot from this thread. Lots of ideas shared and that's what OCC is about!