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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Case1816" data-source="post: 18368" data-attributes="member: 606">The 1816 was originally powered with a 16hp engine, and the one in mine was an 18.2 Wisconsin engine. Someone had already put a different engine in it. I figured the original size 16hp engine would be enough. After putting it in and using it, it will work for most of what I do with it. Sometimes I wish I would have put a 18 or 20hp engine in, but then I think I would be stressing or breaking other parts. I didn't look closely at the difference in dimensions between a 16 and 18 or 20hp engine, so the bigger engines may not have fit anyway.I mainly use it for manure and snow, but will haul sand/gravel with it without problems. The bucket is fairly small, so I welded together bucket extensions and bolted them on the sides. The bucket is now about 4 feet wide, and a good load of gravel loads it pretty good. The wider bucket works great in snow and manure.</blockquote>