Archive through February 24, 2010

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Anyone care to guess who this is and what he has/had to do with Cub Cadets!

 

[dfrisk]

CHARLIE - The ARCHIVE BUG get Ya? ;-) My SWAG on the pic? Guy's name is JOE, celebrating his 90th B-Day last summer. And He was one of the Orginal Test Engineers for IH's CC program!

 

[aaytay]

Charlie-
Is that the guy with the highly modified Cub you purchased a few years back?

<font size="-2">On a sidenote, I hope I live to be as old as Joe!</font>

 

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Dennis,
Yea it did! LOL

Art,
Different Joe.
That pic almost 3 years ago now.

 

[dtanner]

Art A

Wow that brought a smile on my face lol
(Is that the guy with the highly modified Cub you purchased a few years back? )

A highly modife Cub for a hightly modifed man!
Thanks Charlie you are the Man !
90 and no cane wow. later Don T

 

[kmcconaughey]

Art, Don, this is the "highly modified" Cub Cadet that Charlie bought from Joe Ackerman. Unfortunately Joe Ackerman passed away several years ago not long after Charlie bought the Cub Cadet from him.

This is Joe backing the Cub out of the shed for me to take photos of it to help him sell it.

Here's the Cub, custom seat, custom starter setup, custom steering gear, custom steering wheel, custom PTO engagement mechanism and custom exhaust tip.

 

[aschumacher]

Wow! I think 'Pickers" would have loved to go thru his shed. Especially the guy that collects oil cans.

 

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Kraig
A 123 , I don`t have one but Frank c does and that cub is not a bad start. got some nice features for sure. Does Charlie still have it?
I know when I`am not here someone will get a tractor for my wife and be a happy guy for sure. I sure he hated to have to sell that tractor that he built into what he needed. later Don

 

[kmcconaughey]

 

[kmcconaughey]

Don, Joe and his wife were selling their property and moving into a retirement home. I don't hink he lasted for more than a few weeks after moving out. I think what killed Joe, was having to sell his stuff.

 

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Don T.
I actually sold it.
Then bought it back for $100.00 less than I sold it for because someone told the guy that a WH was a better machine. So he wanted one of those instead.
THEN, about 3 months after that, he wanted to buy Ole Joe back.
I told him it would be $500.00 more than he paid the first time. LOL
So yes, I still have it.

 

[dross]

Charlie, Got any, better, pictures on that starter set-up? clutch engagment? just curious.

 

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Kraig
that the only thing that bothers me is some dum kid is going to destroy What was a gewl for me and Joe. I know how he felt,9 months in hospital will teach you or should something. Respect . Thanks for sharing

 

[dfrisk]

CHARLIE,KRAIG,ART,DON - That CC almost looks like a couple CC's my DAD had. Except His tiller was mounted on a (SHOCK!!) Stock 129 w/manual lift. Even the plastic grill was intact! Ohhhh NOT Stock, had a new Kohler Magnum 12 HP in it. It did have a metal tool box bolted to one fender.

Can't be DAD's shop/shed/barn either. I can see the floor, and stuff's hung on the wall rather neatly.

In studying Joe's 123 pic closer, I think Joe was just doing R&D work for IHC on the side. Bendix-style starter, hyd. lift, more comfy seat...He needs a radio! and Umbrella!

Dad even made it into RPM years ago, He attached a furrowing shovel on the back of His tiller on that 129 to plant potatoes & sweet corn.

 

[kmcconaughey]

Here's detail photos of some of Joe's mods. I forgot about the driveshaft and tiller belt adjusters.

 

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Dennis

Only the older have seen true experts at a cobble job and that don`t give what the mod did credit. We all have done. left our mark lol

I smell fresh paint here.
it is what it is

 

[dfrisk]

KRAIG - I think I see a (jd) part number on that u-joint on the hydro drive shaft. My Buddy's replaced that shaft in his jd #317 2 times since 1981. Then, come to think, I'm also on driveshaft #3 in the 72 in that same period of time, but I've got 50% more hours on it than his 317.

And I'm not sure what's up with the PTO clutch on the front of that 123 but I've got one JUST LIKE IT on the 70! Except My grill casting is missing a MUCH bigger chunk for clearance for the lever. And the prior owner of my 129 put that exact same steering wheel on it. Made it much easier to "palm the wheel from stop-to-stop" for a while, until the blister on my palm broke!

DON T. - I'm not saying anything bad here... DAD was a product of the Depression, NOTHING was ever thrown away, stuff that broke was fixed, normally a half-hour reworking & welding something together from scrap saved a trip to town and DOLLARS. And most times lasted longer than the factory parts. Just don't lose the "Special Instructions"! I grew up thinking EVERYONE did that!

I do like the looks of that steering gearbox, tierod, & steering arm! BEEFY!

 

[jmuncie]

What the story on…
1) The dual groove pulley on what appears to be a stock hydraulic unit?
2) The bolt together front pulley?
3) The starter? If it’s a Bendix type, where’s the charging system? The starter’s not always spinning, right?
4) The muffler location? It appears to be further forward than stock, and maybe it’s a bigger muffler than stock, because the grille casting is relieved to clear the muffler. How does the muffler location affect the voltage regulator mounting?

The key won’t be broken off in that location.

Was the previous owner an IH employee?

Jerry

 

[bjohnson]

Snow pic to share from Western MA. 24" total so far. Very impressed with my Cub!

 

[fcurrier]

Jerry: I thought that's a good key position, too. Remember your old wheels?