Tractor For Sale For Sale: October 1964 International Harvester Cub Cadet 100 Lawn & Garden Tractor

[awoloch]

For Sale: October 1964 International Harvester Cub Cadet 100 Lawn & Garden Tractor with 3-spindle 42-inch mower deck. Always stored indoors since I bought it used in 1989. On 12/16/2021, professional mechanical restoration work completed by senior mechanic (Jerry) at Craig's Power Equipment LLC. Installed many new NOS parts - mostly sourced from Charlie Proctor's Cub Cadet Specialties plus a few other places. Copies of Operator, Service, and Parts Manuals included. Price: $3,000 cash and you pick it up in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

This 05/27/2023 classified ad supersedes and replaces all previous ones on this tractor.

 

[awoloch]

For Sale "As Is".

 

[Bud Weiserstein]

For Sale: October 1964 International Harvester Cub Cadet 100 Lawn & Garden Tractor with 3-spindle 42-inch mower deck. Always stored indoors since I bought it used in 1989. On 12/16/2021, professional mechanical restoration work completed by senior mechanic (Jerry) at Craig's Power Equipment LLC. Installed many new NOS parts - mostly sourced from Charlie Proctor's Cub Cadet Specialties plus a few other places. Copies of Operator, Service, and Parts Manuals included. Price: $5,000 cash and you pick it up in Colorado Springs, Colorado. View attachment 152745This 05/27/2023 classified ad supersedes and replaces all previous ones on this tractor.View attachment 152745View attachment 152746

Was it uncommon to have a PTO on these 100s?

 

[-CӞ]

Was it uncommon to have a PTO on these 100s?

i would say so, and my understanding is that there are hardly any implements out there (never were, even back then) that they’re compatible with.

 

[awoloch]

I have been told by far more experienced members of this forum that the rear PTO on my Cub Cadet 100 is a rare feature.

 

[dschwandt]

Rare, yes
Useful other that bragging rights, no
I have one as well.
Could figure out a way to run an ice cream freezer though I suppose!!
I have seen setups like that at shows.

 

[awoloch]

I wonder what IHC's corporate plans were for these Cub Cadet rear PTOs in the mid 1960s and why things maybe did not go so well as they had planned? Good or bad design? Low demand in the market at that time? Too expensive? Trouble with in-house manufacturing or implement suppliers who were supposed to make useful tools for it? Obsoleted by something else? Some other reason(s)?

 

[PACub100]

It'd be my assumption that they thought they could create an extensive attachment line consisting of rear mounted items for homeowners. I bet had they been 15-20 years prior, this would have been huge. I'm assuming that by mid 60's and getting into the 70's, the need just wasn't there as more people were heading more towards suburban living, therefore the main use of these was for basic yardwork and snow removal.

From what I've heard, the long belt could be troublesome for the rear mounted tillers (which I believe is the main attachment that this rear PTO would be very useful). I could see possibly a cement mixer, larger chipper / shredder, perhaps a spreader...but not too many other things that would provide a need enough to justify the implementation and development of multiple rear mount, rear PTO driven attachments.

 

[awoloch]

Very interesting. Thank you for sharing your thoughts about this!

 

[mgwin]

Rear PTO options?
One of these and a belt, and you could run a lot of stuff. It would just run a little slow though.

 

[kmcconaughey]

A local farmer that I worked for (back in the late 1970’s) had a Cub Cadet model 72 with the rear PTO, he used it to run his hay bail elevator. He moved the PTO shaft to the opposite side of the elevator so that it would turn the correct direction. I checked with him in the late 1990’s to see if he still had it and if so, would he be interested in selling it. Unfortunately he had already sold it.

 

[awoloch]

Thank you for your very interesting comments Marty and Kraig!

Marty, how would one of those devices in your photos mount/connect to the rear PTO of my IHC Cub Cadet 100?

Does that plate located directly above the rear PTO have anything to do with this?

 

[rrschmitt]

The 540 RPM PTO adaptor is removed and the belt pulley assembly housing slides on the mating splines and bolts to the rear of the main transmission housing.

Since the Cub Cadet's transmission was based on the Farmall Cub's transmission, IH offered the PTO as a dealer installed option on Cub Cadets since it was a popular option on the Farmall Cub's, but never mind it turned the opposite direction from a normal PTO. Its most common use on the farm was running grain augers or hay elevators as noted above. None of IH's attachment suppliers for Cub Cadets designed attachments to work with the PTO.

Good luck selling it. I think you have one too many zeros in your price.

 

[mgwin]

Anthony,
The plate above the pto in your pic is not factory. Not sure what it was used for.

 

[awoloch]

Ron, thank you for your historical comments.

Are you suggesting only a $500 sale price for a running IHC Cub Cadet 100 with all the repair work and new or rebuilt parts that have gone into it so far? Please see the attached itemized repair bill.

 

[lpalma]

$500 is a way bit too less, I would start at $2500 and go from there, BTW rear PTOs alone sell between, $300 to $500 in my area.

 

[mgwin]

If the belt pulley assembly is turning the wrong way, why not rotate it 180 degrees? Then it will be turning the right way.

 

[-CӞ]

Ron, thank you for your historical comments.

Are you suggesting only a $500 sale price for a running IHC Cub Cadet 100 with all the repair work and new or rebuilt parts that have gone into it so far? Please see the attached itemized repair bill.

An iHCC 100 in good working order is likely worth well north of $500, but the cost of parts & labor do not necessarily add dollar-for-dollar value to a machine, even for functional collectibles.

My observations suggest that parts & labor expenses are nearly unrecoverable by sale of the machine. They do, however, help make a case for the machine’s market value/fair offers to be in the mid-to-upper end of said market value’s range.

$5,000 for this iHCC 100 is an unreasonable expectation and will likely not lead to a sale.

What similar machines have recently sold for, in a given area, is the best indicator of what a fair market value might be. Not asking prices, but sale prices.

Best of luck!
-C3

 

[Bud Weiserstein]

$500 is a way bit too less, I would start at $2500 and go from there, BTW rear PTOs alone sell between, $300 to $500 in my area.
I would agree with $2500, but only if you find a guy who’s just “gotta have it” Unfortunately, you will never recoup the parts and labor to a break even. This is true with just about every collectible vehicle out there and I say this out of love and experience.

 

[awoloch]

Thank you for your comments Marty, Chris and Bud.

A couple of nice things about this October 1964 IHC Cub Cadet 100 tractor are it was stored indoors and was not butchered by anyone during its nearly 59 year old life. It still has the original paint and decals. It would be a good candidate for full restoration.