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rciminieri
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- Robert V. Ciminieri III
Thanks for all the helpful info on the 1450/1650. Got all the info I needed to post on the want add side. Hope to be off to a new project soon!
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- Brian Branstetter
Those are some cool attachments. Is that middle one a rotary mower of some kind?
I do believe it's fence/post trimming mower.
I remember seeing a video years ago where the 2 little heads would wrap around post and pretty much trim all around in one pass.
I remember seeing a video years ago where the 2 little heads would wrap around post and pretty much trim all around in one pass.
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That poor Original on the fork lift has to be "maxed out" on a bunch of different levels!!!!! They got beat up and cracked frames mowing....can't imagine how it would hold up in that service, even with the strengthening members (it obviously has a substituted heavy front axle)........BTW, how do you STEER IT with a load on????????? Yikes!
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Steve B, Yah! I mostly agree with your observations on the IH Cub Cadet Original equipped with forklift. I feel this machine would be very practical around the home, farm, and place of business. For unloading the pick up truck, moving items to and fro with a 42" x 45" skid pallet would be darn near useful as our IH yard carts. Maybe if there was a larger diameter steering wheel installed, steering would be achieved much easier. That's about how all things related back in the early 60's were to steer.
Some good eye candy Charlie!
On another note, I'd like to report what happened these last two weeks. Here, in Ohio east, we had a good amount of snow fall. The very first snow accumulation of 3" or so, I went out to the garage to fire off my every trusty IH Cub Cadet 1450 equipped with IH 42" push blade.
Well, the 1450 started at the snap of your fingers, with full choke, on the first crank revolution! No kidding, even in the 5* weather temperature. After a period of warm up, I raised the hydraulic lift control lever, and the blade did not raise up. I always rest the push blade on thin wood to prevent the blade from sticking to the concrete floor, and thus knew the only part that can cause this is that small pin used in connection with the lift lever, and that "chain link" connecting to the single spool hydraulic control valve. The pin was broke in three pieces!
So, after removing all things in the way of access to where I needed to be, I went to my local Cub Cadet dealership to purchase the needed part. The sales clerk was nice to give me two pins free of charge! Awesome! Now by this point, I was obligated to work 60+ hours at my job. By just nit-picking away at the 1450 repairs, another week went by with my tractor down for repairs. I had to call up the snow plow guy by this point.
I finally figured out how to install the pin through the lift lever, and connect the "chain link" to the single spool. However, I bent the lift lever toward the back of the dash panel that retains the factory ignition switch. The lift lever was already bent when I removed it from the 1450. I straightened it out before reinstallation, but the results were the same in the end. I get all this put back together, my 1450 starts and operates the 42" blade as should!
The last delay, for my 1450 snow plowing miss-hap, comes from over thinking on my part. As I had the air filter housing removed from the Kohler carburetor, I decided that now might be a good time to try and do something about a stripped out screw hole in the carburetor that is one of three to mount the air filter housing to. The lower right screw cap hole was the bugger.
I was over concerned about this cap screw vibrating out, and getting sucked up in the intake valve of the K321AQS engine. I thought, a little dab, the slightest of smidgens, on the threads of the cap screw would be a good repair since the little dab was Loc Tite Red thread locker.
Well, long story short about my 1450 being down once more in the heat of battle, came when, after I reassembled the tractor, and let the loc tite cure a day. I went out to the garage to fire up my trusty IH Cub Cadet 1450 in the 2* weather temperature once more. I went to pull the choke, and it was froze open. Not wanting to damage and of the control linkage, I gave up there and went back inside my house.
So, last Saturday, I repaired the froze choke plate by transferring heat to the choke plate shaft with a screw driver, and torch. With the inexpensive help of WD-40, I now have a nice operating choke on my 1450. All back together, and running, operating like new, the weather temperature for the next 8 days in Ohio east, will be in the 40's! The days are getting longer, winter is on its way out in my parts. I will be ready when we get more snow this time!
I seen Charlie has a very nice up-grade for this pin-on type situation! The clamp-on lever will be a nice upgrade to my 1450 this year! I will be purchasing shortly!
My IH Cub Cadet 1450 is an awesome machine!
Some good eye candy Charlie!
On another note, I'd like to report what happened these last two weeks. Here, in Ohio east, we had a good amount of snow fall. The very first snow accumulation of 3" or so, I went out to the garage to fire off my every trusty IH Cub Cadet 1450 equipped with IH 42" push blade.
Well, the 1450 started at the snap of your fingers, with full choke, on the first crank revolution! No kidding, even in the 5* weather temperature. After a period of warm up, I raised the hydraulic lift control lever, and the blade did not raise up. I always rest the push blade on thin wood to prevent the blade from sticking to the concrete floor, and thus knew the only part that can cause this is that small pin used in connection with the lift lever, and that "chain link" connecting to the single spool hydraulic control valve. The pin was broke in three pieces!
So, after removing all things in the way of access to where I needed to be, I went to my local Cub Cadet dealership to purchase the needed part. The sales clerk was nice to give me two pins free of charge! Awesome! Now by this point, I was obligated to work 60+ hours at my job. By just nit-picking away at the 1450 repairs, another week went by with my tractor down for repairs. I had to call up the snow plow guy by this point.
I finally figured out how to install the pin through the lift lever, and connect the "chain link" to the single spool. However, I bent the lift lever toward the back of the dash panel that retains the factory ignition switch. The lift lever was already bent when I removed it from the 1450. I straightened it out before reinstallation, but the results were the same in the end. I get all this put back together, my 1450 starts and operates the 42" blade as should!
The last delay, for my 1450 snow plowing miss-hap, comes from over thinking on my part. As I had the air filter housing removed from the Kohler carburetor, I decided that now might be a good time to try and do something about a stripped out screw hole in the carburetor that is one of three to mount the air filter housing to. The lower right screw cap hole was the bugger.
I was over concerned about this cap screw vibrating out, and getting sucked up in the intake valve of the K321AQS engine. I thought, a little dab, the slightest of smidgens, on the threads of the cap screw would be a good repair since the little dab was Loc Tite Red thread locker.
Well, long story short about my 1450 being down once more in the heat of battle, came when, after I reassembled the tractor, and let the loc tite cure a day. I went out to the garage to fire up my trusty IH Cub Cadet 1450 in the 2* weather temperature once more. I went to pull the choke, and it was froze open. Not wanting to damage and of the control linkage, I gave up there and went back inside my house.
So, last Saturday, I repaired the froze choke plate by transferring heat to the choke plate shaft with a screw driver, and torch. With the inexpensive help of WD-40, I now have a nice operating choke on my 1450. All back together, and running, operating like new, the weather temperature for the next 8 days in Ohio east, will be in the 40's! The days are getting longer, winter is on its way out in my parts. I will be ready when we get more snow this time!
I seen Charlie has a very nice up-grade for this pin-on type situation! The clamp-on lever will be a nice upgrade to my 1450 this year! I will be purchasing shortly!
My IH Cub Cadet 1450 is an awesome machine!
Nic, because I have seen them on the internet thought it would be neat to make a set of them. I have a couple pieces of flat iron bent into brackets which bolts with the ty rod. So far it is coming good but what to use for material for the fenders.
Brady, how about this? MINI BIKE FENDERS
Thanks Kraig, but I like the traditional style tractor fenders more thinking about making them out of extra roofing tin. It is white and won't need to be painted. Tell me what you guys think and always open to new ideas.
