Archive through February 10, 2019

[mgwin]

David, Charlie,

No seat time here. Rained three days in a row, imagine that!

Calling for hard winds the next two days, then back to more rain.

 

[cstouffer]

Kraig, i really appreciate the photos man! This is awesome and definitely helps me with my quest. the box that your pictured with, does said person still have it?? Any way of getting some sort of dimensions on the box and a rough idea how big the graphix are? i dont want to impose, but i am looking to have a local outfit reproduce some boxes to sell. plus i am getting an original that i want to restore and have a crate for it, i thought that would be a cool addition for mine or someone elses restoration. Thanks again, Corey

 

[kmcconaughey]

Corey, I already have sent an email to Art inquiring about the box to try to get dimensions.

 

[snicklas]

Just a curiosity question about the crate/box.

Were the originals the only ones that were crated and shipped like this? I’ve seen pictures of Quietlines on the metal shipping racks that were stacked 3 high, and had the wheels mounted.

 

[dschwandt]

Took the 882 right down the middle of the street yesterday morning in a about 9" of snow with the blade straight ahead and at full throttle.


It's a smoker, no doubt about that!
Anazing what these little tractors will push.

 

[kmcconaughey]

Scott, somewhere I have photos of the cardboard for a 1x2 shipping box. If I can find it I'll post it. Not sure when they changed to the 3 high stacked metal shipping crate (I posted that photo a week or so back)

 

[rrschmitt]

Kraig/Corey,

Cub Cadets built by IH at the Louisville Works were always shipped in wood framed, cardboard covered crates/boxes right up to the end, similar to what's shown in the pictures Kraig posted. My #1 782 is one of the last 2000 built at Louisville and it came this way and I unpacked it and set it up. I believe that was the preferred shipping method MTD used for sometime after the sale of the Cub line.

Pictures of the triple-stacked steel shipping fixtures must of been some sort trial fixture IH was looking at to lower shipping costs. Fortunately, that scary looking setup was never used to ship Cub Cadets to dealers.

 

[kmcconaughey]

Ron, thanks for the shipping crate info!

Corey, Art has informed me that he will be working on getting some additional info on the cardboard, hopefully sometime this weekend.

 

[digger]

Here's a cool video that shows start to packing up.
CLICK HERE

 

[jbratton]

Digger,
I liked that video! Thanks for posting!