snicklas
Well-known member
Ethan,
Dad (John) is right about being bit by the Cub Bug. It was that 149 that started it for me... As I got older, not only would I run it, I would do the maintenance and repairs. Many times, Dad would get a call at work: "Hey can you run by B&D (local dealer) and pick up an XXXXX". Next day, I'd be out putting the "XXXXX" on the tractor. I've replaced the spirol pin in the rockshaft more times that I can remember, but the rockshaft was replaced and fixed that problem. I would do the seasonal switch-overs, as our tractors earn their keep 12 months a year. I now have 4 or my own, a 1650, 1450, 127 and most of a 782. The 1650 and 1450 are here and my workers, the 127 came as a package deal with the 1650 and its fate is still undecided, and a 782 that was bought with a blown KT-17 for the accessories it had. The 127 is our only narrow frame, and needs some attention.
Between Dad and I we have 14 IH Cub Cadets and all but 3 are wideframe/quietlines. I bought the first quietline, my 1450 when "The Boss" said she wanted a garden, so I hit the local papers and on July 3, 2007 my 1450 came home, and the collection in both places grew from there.....
Here is how my 2 workers sit at the moment:
My 1650 with a QA42A snowthrower:
My 1450 with a 42" Hydro Angle blade: (my 1450 is a "twin-stick")
Here is Dad's 149 (the one bought in 1978) and his 782:
You have seen his 1650 in his profile, and we don't have pictures of the rest..... Yellow Fever is contagious, and has no cure.... now when we are out traveling, "The Boss" spots them and points them out as much as I do.
To answer your question to Dad, Yes, Ethan is his grandson who is 17, he is the 2nd oldest of our 5 kids. We have a "his, hers & ours" thing going. 3 boys (the 2 oldest, mine and the youngest a boy, ours, and 2 girls, hers, but we have all 5 of them here) and all 5 are both ours, not "yours and mine" Mom and Dad have a picture of me standing on the Tunnel Cover on one of Dad's Cubs when I was 2 or so, and we have repeated that picture with the 3 boys when they were about the same age. (The Boss and I had not met when the girls were that small)
Dad (John) is right about being bit by the Cub Bug. It was that 149 that started it for me... As I got older, not only would I run it, I would do the maintenance and repairs. Many times, Dad would get a call at work: "Hey can you run by B&D (local dealer) and pick up an XXXXX". Next day, I'd be out putting the "XXXXX" on the tractor. I've replaced the spirol pin in the rockshaft more times that I can remember, but the rockshaft was replaced and fixed that problem. I would do the seasonal switch-overs, as our tractors earn their keep 12 months a year. I now have 4 or my own, a 1650, 1450, 127 and most of a 782. The 1650 and 1450 are here and my workers, the 127 came as a package deal with the 1650 and its fate is still undecided, and a 782 that was bought with a blown KT-17 for the accessories it had. The 127 is our only narrow frame, and needs some attention.
Between Dad and I we have 14 IH Cub Cadets and all but 3 are wideframe/quietlines. I bought the first quietline, my 1450 when "The Boss" said she wanted a garden, so I hit the local papers and on July 3, 2007 my 1450 came home, and the collection in both places grew from there.....
Here is how my 2 workers sit at the moment:
My 1650 with a QA42A snowthrower:
My 1450 with a 42" Hydro Angle blade: (my 1450 is a "twin-stick")
Here is Dad's 149 (the one bought in 1978) and his 782:
You have seen his 1650 in his profile, and we don't have pictures of the rest..... Yellow Fever is contagious, and has no cure.... now when we are out traveling, "The Boss" spots them and points them out as much as I do.
To answer your question to Dad, Yes, Ethan is his grandson who is 17, he is the 2nd oldest of our 5 kids. We have a "his, hers & ours" thing going. 3 boys (the 2 oldest, mine and the youngest a boy, ours, and 2 girls, hers, but we have all 5 of them here) and all 5 are both ours, not "yours and mine" Mom and Dad have a picture of me standing on the Tunnel Cover on one of Dad's Cubs when I was 2 or so, and we have repeated that picture with the 3 boys when they were about the same age. (The Boss and I had not met when the girls were that small)
