My new 125
 

I saw this on CL and had to go get it. My 122 is crumbling and won’t run anymore, among other things. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a 125 for sale, it runs good and the deck is solid but needs bearings somewhere. It’s in real nice shape, my inspector approves of it. .

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Excellent. Good looking tractor. I am pretty fond of mine.
Glad you got a second opinion

Ken

Nice score!
:IH Trusted Hand:

Nice find!

My favorite! Now you have a place to put the blower on.

Nice find.

:beerchug:

Exactly right Lew! :biggrin2:

You made a good choice! Nice buy!

Looks real nice!

Another good find! It's probably a good thing I don't live in Cub country.

But I think The Inspector looks concerned, :bigthink: either about the trailer or the tie down job.

Nice looking 125,looks in great shape.Any other accessories?Did you get a fair price?I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoy mine.

Yeah the trailer is on its last legs. We lost some parts this trip. It’s brought home a lot of Cubs and I’m looking for another trailer. The tie down job is solid, I have a wench on the front and it’s bolted to steel. So I hook the front to the cable and it ain’t going anywhere, and draw the back tight with a ratchet strap.

Just the deck with it, I gave $150 for it.

Boy I hear that, I could spend all my fun money Lickety Split.
What a great way to spend it though.

Ken

Is that "wench" you have "bolted" to the front, a Blonde brunette or redhead?
Do you stop often to give her a drink of water and ensure she is comfortable? :biggrin2:

George, I knew someone would take the bait of my mispelling of "winch". :biggrin2:

I'm looking at the QA42A to adjust it for the Narrow Frame, I see how all that works, but I don't understand the upper lift arms. The upper pin that goes through the mounting brackets on the snow thrower side is welded in there and the uppers traps pin on the outsides. It seems to me like that shouldn't be welded so you can pull it out and put those upper straps on the inside for the narrow frame. I've not pulled down any information on how to adjust it yet, but I just glanced at it and I see a potential problem here, or are there different upper arms for the narrow frame? If so that seems counter to being "adjustable" if I have to source different upper straps. I can take a picture of what I mean if my description isn't making much sense.

According to the book a QA36A or 42A is designed to operate on a tractor with a serial number of 400,001 or higher. It can be used with a tractor with a lower serial number with an adapter package. A 125 certainly has a number lower than 400,001. I have never seen what that package contains.

Interesting, I wonder what the adapter package is? It looks like it'll hook right up, my only concern is with those top straps. I have 285365.

This looks applicable... https://www.onlycubcadets.net/forum/...ead.php?t=2311

From a member on a different forum:
By the way, the "Adapter Package" is listed in the CPE-2 Parts Catalog, but it's specified for tractors Serial no. 65,458-400,000 and the contents are basically a lift rod and bracket to bolt to the manual lift arm

Ok thanks. That makes sense. I don’t have a bracket on the lift handle like I had on my 122. I just sold the 122 yesterday and I wish I would have kept that. I have a few lift rods around here of different lengths.

If I had a narrow frame with a quick attach on it I’d play around to see how it might fit but I don’t.

It happens that I do, so I’ll mess with it at some point. It’s in the 90’s and no snow in the forecast.

I had one on a 147, you need the Manual for the blower to install it.

Nice! I had one last year that I gifted to some newlyweds after going through it. Really nice model. Good luck with it.