Archive through March 05, 2008

[dtanner]

KEN; Before you get chance that was a couple beer breaks in between.

JIM

 

[bbrigham]

Don...your teasin me, you don't know what I would give to have a garage to play....I mean work in.

 

[tsmoker]

Charlie,

I'm still pretty new here but I would be happy to help out with the new web page if I can.

 

[tbenak]

Imagine my surprise when I received a phone call from a co-worker tonight that said he was loading up an old cub cadet to take to the local scrap metal yard and wanted to know if I would want to look at it before he disposed of it. It was four miles away and I was almost there before we hung up the phone. It's a 126 with a nice mower deck good seat & tires and headlights that work. I can't quit smiling! He even said he would deliver. Pictures to follow in a day or two.

 

[bbrigham]

ThomasB...it don't get any better n that

 

[kmcconaughey]

Thomas, nice save!

 

[klejeune]

I found another alternative to the throttle shaft bushings. I found some aluminum cable stops that are the perfect OD, but the ID needs drilled out to 1/4". Usually the thickness is 1/4", but one in the box was 1/8" already.

 

[jbliler]

Keith, I need to catch up with you on that fix I have two that need it.

 

[tprechtel]

On Tues-Wed we had a snow ice storm through here, left us with about about 2 inches of a hard packed snow ice combo, nasty stuff. Tried to plow it off yesterday, but the blade just floated on top. Well I tired of that and tried to adjust the rusty wear pads up out of the way, that did'nt work so I had to cut them off with the torch, desperate times call for desperate measures. It worked, now she'll plow some ice.

Tom

 

[kmcconaughey]

Tom, looks like you have a weight of some sort on the back of your 126, how about a detail photo of that please?

 

[tprechtel]

Kraig,

Here are a couple of pics of my homemade weight setup. Its a big piece of angle iron I had laying around the shop with some big chunks of leftover steel for weight sitting in there. I know I need to get it painted, winter was here too fast this season and I did'nt get it done. That combined with my 190 lbs seems to be more than enough to push a little snow.

Tom

 

[kmcconaughey]

Tom, nice!

 

[klejeune]

Tom,
You need to clean out your shop. There is some green stuff growing in the corner...

Nice weight bracket though.

Keith

 

[trentschler]

Alright guys, need some advice. Need to mow 2 acres this summer. Should I get another cub, or would a farmall cub do the trick? Is live PTO that much of a pain?

 

[kweaver]

Tom - NO they are NOT a pain , it is the best to have. A Cub tractor doesn't have live PTO. A Lowboy 154 may have I'm not sure with it being belt driven ... I don't think they are either.

Live PTO means that the PTO runs even with the clutch depressed, cubs run from the drive shaft through the trans.

 

[mgonitzke]

Tom R.-

I mow our 2-acre yard every summer with various Cub Cadets. I've used one of about everything to do the job. I'd just get Cub Cadet with a 48" or 50" deck.

 

[lfrelich]

I've seen some Nelson noise suppresion mufflers, pn 59365C1 on various sites. Has anyone tried to fit one to a 129? Are there any other quieter options for a 129?

 

[mmiller]

BACK FROM THE DEAD!

This 147 sat in the PO's yard with a broken rod for at least 10 years. Now with a donor K321 from a 149 and much work on frozen linkages and relief valves, she lives again.

Even the lights work! Still have to fix the electric lift...I've got tilling to do this Spring.

 

[mhomrighausen]

Michael M. Fantastic job. Thank You for rescuing that poor little Cub.

 

[rporter]

Way ta go Michael M.