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Saw this Cub Cadet on my travels today…

As I’ve always got so much time free and so many projects, the ideas as usual keep going round in my head. I’ve plans for quite a few designs and here is the next one that’s in design…. The little 400 is waiting for a hood and a paint job, in the meantime it might be getting an upgrade. hot on the heels of Ewan’s 704, I’ve a simpler idea to add 4 wheel drive to yet another Wheel Horse 😂 out comes the parts bucket, and the scrap pile is set to with an angle grinder, a welder and lathe! first stop a peerless transaxle diff with a sprocket added Then making a bearing carrier Shiny axle case Hub bearing and the start of the steering knuckle A finished swivel and UJ carrier, need to crack on with the other side!

Been some years since this has been built . I want to say 13-14 years ago @VinsRJ started this build . Every-time I walk past it in my garage it always amazes me the details on this machine .

Couple pics of the 1973 8 HP 4 speed we've been working on with its owner @Natejc_98 Should be ready for a test drive!

My 867 after a lengthy restoration.

If Cecil Pond saw that he would say the same thing he said when he saw my C-121 that I restored. “That tractor wasn’t that nice when it left the factory!” He said that with a smile which in turn made me smile for approximately two weeks straight 😁

Hmm... some serious lip snycing going on there. Dodge even used "The Little Old Lady from Pasadina" in their promotional ads. Good harmony there... And who can for get the string of "Beach Blanket" B movies? Eric von Zipper as the head of the motorcycle gang "The Ratz"....

July 20, 1963, Jan and Dean’s song “Surf City,” reaches the top of the U.S. pop charts. Its immortal opening lyric “Two girls for every boy!” was a claim that wasn’t actually supported by the facts, but it helped create a popular image of California as a paradise of sun and sand and endless summers. To anyone with just a passing familiarity with 1960s pop music, “Surf City” might easily be mistaken for a Beach Boys record, though in fact, the Beach Boys had yet to have a #1 of their own when Jan and Dean scored theirs on this day in 1963. Still, “Surf City” owes its existence directly to the Beach Boys and their resident genius Brian Wilson. High-school classmates Jan Berry and Dean Torrence earned a pair of minor hits while still in their teens, including one — “Baby Talk” (#10 1959)— that Beach Boy Mike Love would later credit as an inspiration for his group’s 1961 debut single, “Surfin’.” But by 1962, the direction of influence between the two groups had shifted. Jan and Dean’s doo-*** flavored sound was passing out of fashion, and when the duo met the Beach Boys while appearing on the same bill at a Los Angeles record hop, they heard the sound that would reinvigorate their career. They became good friends with the Beach Boys and with Brian Wilson in particular, and when they asked Wilson if they could record one of his songs, he declined to give Jan and Dean their first choice, the then-unrecorded “Surfin’ Safari,” but he did give them the instrumental track and opening line to “Surf City.” In a year that also saw the debut of the Annette Funicello-Frankie Avalon Beach Party movie franchise, “Surf City” became the first chart-topping surf song ever. Jan and Dean would go on to have four more significant surf hits in their career:: “Honolulu Lulu” (#11, 1963); “Drag City” (#10, 1963); “Dead Man’s Curve” (#8, 1964); and “The Little Old Lady (From Pasadena)” (#3, 1964).

This time im going to bondo it and @Vinylguy is helping me out with getting me a new one. Can’t thank you enough terry your a great guy.

My buddy Aaron hooked me up with a nice big battery and an inverter to run light duty shore power. It’ll go up in the nose, and maybe even have room for a winch to hook up. I’d love to be able to pull dead stuff in, rather than push it!

We got enough done on it in order to take it for a test drive. We've been pecking away at it any time we could. My nephew Paul has been helping me with this one and apparently a little underwhelmed when it took off. The right rear tire is skidding when braking so we'll need to take a look in there and make some adjustments before full throttle in 3rd gear. And that Teccy engine has got to go.

He is giving it to his Grand Daughter. @Achto said he would be the guy’s granddaughter for that!

I've been hanging my grease gun in a spot that's low on the wall and keep an old rag under it. Best compromise I guess. I’m having a good chuckle here at the inherent contradiction of wanting grease to penetrate once applied to a bearing or joint but NOT to seep out of the grease gun! Same applies to trying to constrain penetrant decanted into tiny bottles with needle nozzles or with threaded caps 😁

That sensor works like a Manitowoc Ice Machine water level sensor. As long as water is touching both probes the board it's connected to senses water conductivity and knows there's enough water. When the level drops the conductivity stops and the board trips a relay that turns on the water supply. Probably 24 volts

Box just be pretty heavy! Nose looks sunk in to the ground!

still counts indoors…😁

This new trailer has the rear spoiler. It covers the rear door by quite a few inches, and @Achto turned me on to the advantage of shedding water vs allowing it to run past the seal.

I had to gussy up the 401 with a long overdue bath for today’s side shot Sunday.

Well, that's basically the same plan here except for the hills. My death grip is fairly solid

Have a Great Day

I ran a dedicated 12v wire from the junction box under the nose to the battery. The ground strap from the inverter to the trailer frame completed the circuit and now I have on board power supply! The group 31 deep cycle battery shouldn’t ever lose charge with such a simple load. The tow vehicle will recharge the system while driving. The battery also has its own singular e-track tabs to tie down to as well.

You may want to install one of these. You know, safety first.

Hopefully that has a minimal amount of wiring! All it needs is some bullet proof glass!

Funny thing is is I’ve had the dash decal for awhile, I just never got the decal put on because 2 weeks after the tractor was done we moved houses. So now I’m just getting to it.

Sean! I’m a proud girl dad also, and it hasn’t ever slowed us down!

YES HE IS.

That is his trailer camper… toy hauler style.

GT-1600 hauling wood out of the woods.

These little 420LSE models sure always have a way to find me.

Later determined to be excessive hot air emanating from the the occupants therein...

Yes sir, he’s learning to mow on this one. He absolutely loves it!

Just found this thread and realized I had this picture. This was pulling in the driveway after we made the trip to pick up the C160-8. My youngest son had to ride on the tractor down the driveway.

The electric clutch went out on my GT-14 and I had quite a bit of loader work I wanted to get done. I found a pulley that was about the same diameter and had a 1 1/8" bore to replace the clutch temporarily. That was about six or seven years ago, never replaced the clutch and everything works well without it.

Reasonably productive weekend here. Saturday we set out to look at two pieces of land. 28 acres with very limited access. No cars. Larger 4WD trucks or ATV only. Nice. Very nice... but the access is an issue. Another piece is 10 acres. Good road access but very hilly where the driveway needs to be. HUGE expense to have a road put in because of super rocky mountain terrain. After that we had a great dinner with friends. Sunday morning Trina got our friend @Natejc_98's tractor all together ..then set to firewood production. I got my Echo CS490 saw chain sharpened and reinstalled. Tested that on some red oak. Went great. This saw has now had the adjuster caps removed and a muffler modification done. Excellent difference. I've ordered an aftermarket air filter set up for it as well. After that I cut some beech wood to 14 ish length amd tossed it towards the splitter. Trina and her momma processed that and stacked it. This afternoon I went out to the forest looking for a Peavey. Trina found that. I found a cable and two chains. Win!

Thank you! Here are the Cadet and the ‘51 N - both family items. Lots of vintage power around! I have the original mower deck for the Cub, however the throw out bearing went on the clutch so, she’s parked for a bit. Kid likes to idle around in 1st gear. The ford has a Wagner loader I’m working on getting up and going. Steering box bearing just went on me though- so for now the Horse has run of the pasture!

Thank you. I did not know that’s what they were made for. If it doesn’t survive that’s where the next one will go.

The new regulator you bought was designed to be mounted in the air shroud of KT and magnums fins facing in. It is cooled by all the engine cooling air blowing by it. Yo may not have enough air flow in the raider location and it may over heat.

There, fixed it for you!

I use two 1/8" street ells as a universal joint on mine. I can get on some pretty tight zerks and still have a rigid pipe that helps to push it on the zerk.

You have to get that off the tag from the tractor before it could be identified properly. There are no decals showing and the engine is a replacement so there's no way of knowing exactly what you have.

You could have used it to make penetrating oil by adding acetone at 1:1

Momma says I can’t haul with it until it’s done!

I rolled out the entire door, cut it to (excessive) length, and rolled it back down. My glue pattern kind of duplicates the idea of an ag tire. I figured a diagonal grip to the wood would ensure maximum grip to a glued surface at any given time. Time will tell if that is a good idea. Like the trailer floor, I used the e-track box to roll out the bubbles and slack. A few passes center, left, right, repeat, and it seemed to flatten out well. I think the ramp worked out better than the trailer floor, but it needs to hold things by itself too. The floor will have e-track to secure it also.

414-8 with a 42” RD was the weapon of choice today. She never disappoints!

If you want it to last forever, build a ramp and run the tractor up so you can clean the deck completely after every mowing. Coat it with oil for long periods of storage.

If any of you guys are having deer issues, I offer free deer removal services that just involve a treestand and archery equipment All venison goes in the freezer or turns into very tasty sweet bologna!