Clean 169....

[john hall]

Originally Posted by Oak

That is where they came from the factory John.

Never knew that! Learned something.

[mjsoldcub]

I don't know what to do really...one guy is interested, and he has money but I've worked on his saws and he does not take good care of them....just weird compared to today..I mean unless you're gonna spend 10k$.....my dad was in a pinch 12 yrs or so ago and had to mow, (he has 5 acres of grass!!) Anyways he spend 4k$ on a Greene piece of shit that the tires have literally fallen off of.. I think it's a g100?? Anyways it was a good deal at the time and the thing although looking like a garden tractor, (except for being belt driven) is a complete pile of cast aluminum and nylon bushings and just stamped crap...he takes great care in maintenance also...needless to say it's not even a quarter of what these machines were as far as shear ruggedness.....he has since bought a scag cheetah......but it's just crazy.....anyways I didn't veer far from original, just tried to improve upon....in fact other than the quiet line hydraulic lift setup and motor build, its just a ton of hours, some different materials and some improvements of known weakpoints ..I mean it has all threaded stainless zerks and custom bronze and steel bushings with machined grease channels and really good parts...alot of brass and stainless well you know, just alot of detail....but like your thing says Mr oak, this ain't no hobby!!!!!

Anyways thanks again guys, just wondered what to do...maybe I'll make another hear of shows, sink a plow in the ground with it and see what happens this winter...he did offer me close to what some had said...

Anyways thank you all for the imput...hope you had a good mother's day weekend....back to grind
Mike

[finsruskw]

Ya gotta love these little machines and it's very obvious that you do!!
I'm just finishing up a 104 that was a POS as well as the 126 I did last year, and I'm surely upside down in both!
They will make their debut at RPRU in Des Moines next month.
You should wander over to the Hawkeye state and bring that beauty along!!
Outstanding to say the least!!
Congrats!!

[olds45512]

If you have a guy interested and he's willing to pay any of the prices listed then you should sell it to him, I think it's gonna take a special person to spend that kind of coin so I wouldn't turn away anyone with cash.

[finsruskw]

Well then we must all be some sort of "special" to spend the kind of coin it takes to restore on of these little guys correctly!!
We need a avatar or whatever thay are called) on here for "upside-down"!!

[olds45512]

Originally Posted by finsruskw

Well then we must all be some sort of "special" to spend the kind of coin it takes to restore on of these little guys correctly!!
We need a avatar 9or whatever thay are called) on here for "upside-down"!!

We might be some kind of special but I also know that nobody here is going to pony up 2k or more for a 169 no matter how nice it is, I was just suggesting he not turn down willing money because he doesn't agree with how the guy may care for it. My grandmother breed dogs for a short period of time and anytime someone would come to buy a puppy she would always find some excuse to not sell them one, in her mind nobody was good enough to own one of her dogs which is why she had 14 of them and they basically ran the house. My point is, don't turn money hoping someone else will come along because you may get stuck with it.

[Baccarat]

Mike

That is too nice of a machine for what I would want. I am looking for more of a working piece of equipment.

I read that you live near a cub scrapyard. Where in Wi. are you located? I live in Waukesha and am rebuilding a 95E. I might be interested in driving to that scrapyard to see if they have anything I might need and/or want.

Thanks
Mike

[Terry C]

Originally Posted by olds45512

We might be some kind of special but I also know that nobody here is going to pony up 2k or more for a 169 no matter how nice it is, I was just suggesting he not turn down willing money because he doesn't agree with how the guy may care for it. My grandmother breed dogs for a short period of time and anytime someone would come to buy a puppy she would always find some excuse to not sell them one, in her mind nobody was good enough to own one of her dogs which is why she had 14 of them and they basically ran the house. My point is, don't turn money hoping someone else will come along because you may get stuck with it.

Nobody here maybe but I'll bet a collector of IH would. Big tractor guys have the money. If a person doesn't need the money from selling it,and if you know the person abuses their stuff I don't have a problem waiting.

[Oak]

Originally Posted by Baccarat

Mike

That is too nice of a machine for what I would want. I am looking for more of a working piece of equipment.

I read that you live near a cub scrapyard. Where in Wi. are you located? I live in Waukesha and am rebuilding a 95E. I might be interested in driving to that scrapyard to see if they have anything I might need and/or want.

Thanks
Mike

he ain't gonna tell you where his honey hole is...that's how we are.

[mjsoldcub]

It's in Jefferson county but I would have to introduce you...he is SUPER nice as it's private property but it's not far from a scary movie.....always appears out of a junkpile in some greasy coveralls, looks like a huge Viking, but couldn't be nicer to deal with...be literally has 10-15 acres of everything you can imagine.....5' high, and he loves a trade....he has all makes, (except for a bolens ht-23 I want) ....even stuff from Europe...like fully hydraulic articulated diesels from the 80s...built like tanks...one is a holder and some from Spain....I bet he has over 700 garden tractors!!!! Trailers big tractors, trucks, chainsaws, I mean I can't even begin...he scraped 2.5 tons of trimmers!!!!! You know what 2.5tons of weedeaters looks like!!!!!???
.pm me if you're interested to go.....

I agree Tim...it's not that SO much...just hard to part with something you out so much time into....if I did it to sell it would be one thing....

He has every size and make of small diesel... Lombardinis, Kubota yanmars, hatz dieters....air compressors, tires....it's just crazy....Everytime I go I get in trouble cuz I come home with a LOAD.....