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Thanks for the heads up. It is a good idea to get the parts as high as you can in order to see all you can. My problem is I am using a spray and not HVLP....yet. It does a good job though. If I spray overhead the pick-up is in and out of the paint which interupts the spray. I only prepare what I'll be needing for that spray session. I also have about 40 - 20' sticks of 1" angle I saved from the dumpster and plan to build a nice trellis for future paint projects. It will be head high and I should have the HVLP set-up by then.
Hope school is going well....Wayne
Thanks for the heads up. It is a good idea to get the parts as high as you can in order to see all you can. My problem is I am using a spray and not HVLP....yet. It does a good job though. If I spray overhead the pick-up is in and out of the paint which interupts the spray. I only prepare what I'll be needing for that spray session. I also have about 40 - 20' sticks of 1" angle I saved from the dumpster and plan to build a nice trellis for future paint projects. It will be head high and I should have the HVLP set-up by then.
Hope school is going well....Wayne
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Productive day yesterday... worked on cleaning up the shop, and finished mounting all of the upgrade components under the seat. Took the fenders off to finish welding in the strip that needed to be inserted to accommodate the larger battery..
Next, on to the ROPS frame bracket, as it needs to go on the tractor now, while the fenders are off... During the beginning of the rebuld, I had to plug the trans mount holes on the frame, and then re-drill, due to the fact that the trans was loose and hence wallowed out the holes. I redrilled, but evendently, they were a hair off as the new bolts would not line up. A little "adjustment" with a carbide bur took care of it, and is now together...
TIM, BRIAN - re Duals used for traction or floatation. Having been around full size farm equipment since I was a Kid, I'd have to say they do BOTH, increase floatation AND increase traction.
Back in the day when duals were just used for tillage I had the chance to use the same tractor & implements with and without duals. Sometimes I'd actually have to use a lower gear with duals to pull the same implement because slippage was reduced so much, but my actual ground speed was the same and in some places faster than without duals.
With todays really high HP tractors, even with duals & frt wheel assist in difficult conditions, loose or wet ground conditions tractors can not put all their HP to the ground. A good example is tractors pulling huge grain carts out of corn fields.
Cub Cadets even though they are really low HP tractors also suffer from having way more HP than they can put to the ground. Adding wheel weights help but adding a dual on the land wheel when plowing actually makes a bigger difference than 100# of weights on the land wheel. It was real common back in the days when fields were plowed to run a dual on the land wheel. The tire, wheel, & hub only added 300-400# but traction increased like 600+# were added.
There was a nice article in Heritage Iron several months ago about tractor dual wheel manufacturers and as they advertised years ago, when pulling hard in soft ground conditions tractors slipped so much they were ALWAYS trying to dig themselves out of a pair of ruts!
Back in the day when duals were just used for tillage I had the chance to use the same tractor & implements with and without duals. Sometimes I'd actually have to use a lower gear with duals to pull the same implement because slippage was reduced so much, but my actual ground speed was the same and in some places faster than without duals.
With todays really high HP tractors, even with duals & frt wheel assist in difficult conditions, loose or wet ground conditions tractors can not put all their HP to the ground. A good example is tractors pulling huge grain carts out of corn fields.
Cub Cadets even though they are really low HP tractors also suffer from having way more HP than they can put to the ground. Adding wheel weights help but adding a dual on the land wheel when plowing actually makes a bigger difference than 100# of weights on the land wheel. It was real common back in the days when fields were plowed to run a dual on the land wheel. The tire, wheel, & hub only added 300-400# but traction increased like 600+# were added.
There was a nice article in Heritage Iron several months ago about tractor dual wheel manufacturers and as they advertised years ago, when pulling hard in soft ground conditions tractors slipped so much they were ALWAYS trying to dig themselves out of a pair of ruts!
Scott T., ROPS!?, ummm, were gonna need more photos.
Kraig,
Sometimes you just have to go crazy!
Sometimes you just have to go crazy!
Donnie T.
We can tell.
We can tell.
Charlie, I recognize that as replacements for the part you recently broke on your 149. What exactly is that? Did Dan make those or Aaron or?
Scott
Speaking of productive day...I also cleaned up the garage yesterday. Surprising how much dust can collect. Next I prepped my 800 and 122 for their final coats of yellow (which I hope to finsh by the weekend) and today I have plans to clean up around the outside and assemble the freshly painted black Kohler engine for the 800.
I will post some pictures soon (I always forget by days end...tired).
Hey everyone... I am looking for suggestions on what I should restore next. I try to do two at a time so any suggestions on the next two? Here are the choices (the ones I can easily get to without moving to many tractors): 72, 73, "O", 108 or 128
Speaking of productive day...I also cleaned up the garage yesterday. Surprising how much dust can collect. Next I prepped my 800 and 122 for their final coats of yellow (which I hope to finsh by the weekend) and today I have plans to clean up around the outside and assemble the freshly painted black Kohler engine for the 800.
I will post some pictures soon (I always forget by days end...tired).
Hey everyone... I am looking for suggestions on what I should restore next. I try to do two at a time so any suggestions on the next two? Here are the choices (the ones I can easily get to without moving to many tractors): 72, 73, "O", 108 or 128
J
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Charlie, what are those? they kind of remind me of the 1x2,1x4 rear pto engagement levers, but id think that what they are...
Tim C., not sure of the date the hydraulic lift was introduced but it was after the 70/100 was introduced.
Tom, yep 7 years this spring. You still have this Cub?
Kraig & Josh,
It's the hydraulic valve handle link PN/ IH-548037-R1 that's such a PITA to fix when it goes south or that freakin little pin breaks.
Especially when you have a cab on the tractor.
Dan did'um for me.
It's the hydraulic valve handle link PN/ IH-548037-R1 that's such a PITA to fix when it goes south or that freakin little pin breaks.
Especially when you have a cab on the tractor.
Dan did'um for me.
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Kraig,
It's a figment of my imagination at this point, the bracket is the foundation... I have a line on a ROPS hoop from a SCAG tractor, I may get that and modify it to fit... I was thinking of this setup, I do not recall whose this is...
It's a figment of my imagination at this point, the bracket is the foundation... I have a line on a ROPS hoop from a SCAG tractor, I may get that and modify it to fit... I was thinking of this setup, I do not recall whose this is...
Scott T., that's an old, old photo! I forget who it belonged to.
This is what I've been doing the last few days. I use old wheels just to move them around. The 800 has the rear PTO. The photos (taken at lunch time) show the cubs in a semi sanded state. I will finish wet sanding tonight and spray when the weather allows (Friday or Saturday). Each part was painted before assembly. Some of the other missing yellow parts will be attached before the final 3 or 4 coats of urethane enamel are applied. I get my paint custom computer matched using a part that has never seen the light of day (example: bottom of seat spring). Once matched the formula is save on the suppliers computer. Every gallon (or quart) is a match every time.
I tell my wife that the yellow on everything is gold dust!
I tell my wife that the yellow on everything is gold dust!
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Mike,
Looks good!! I have the same gold dust on my floor... some of that dust and $5 will buy me 4 roast beef sammiches at Arby's....
I am trying to get mine on 4 wheels so I can get back to the honey-doo list for a while...
Looks good!! I have the same gold dust on my floor... some of that dust and $5 will buy me 4 roast beef sammiches at Arby's....
Mike LaMar
I see you are well on your way with the paint on those two tractors.be proud , they are looking good.
I will start to take apart my 1961 Original on Monday,I don`t fret like I use to about taking Cubs apart. It is a lot of work to paint them , all the mechanical thing have been repaired and well I do need something to do now that my latest tractor is up and moving on its own steam.
Charlie yes my first try at turning dirt.I thought the furrows looked pretty good, They did not want to lay over as much as I wanted but I will do a better job next time. the sod was real thick and I think that was my problem. later Don T
I see you are well on your way with the paint on those two tractors.be proud , they are looking good.
I will start to take apart my 1961 Original on Monday,I don`t fret like I use to about taking Cubs apart. It is a lot of work to paint them , all the mechanical thing have been repaired and well I do need something to do now that my latest tractor is up and moving on its own steam.
Charlie yes my first try at turning dirt.I thought the furrows looked pretty good, They did not want to lay over as much as I wanted but I will do a better job next time. the sod was real thick and I think that was my problem. later Don T
