Been looking for a Cub Cadet, bought the 1st one I looked at.

[Bushman]

This winter I started to lose interest in my Case Ingersoll 446. It has the Onan B43M engine and I had to do some major work on the unit this winter. I guess I just got sick of it and started looking a Cub Cadets and liked what I saw.

I lucked out when I found a month old newspaper with a classified ad in it of 2 Cub Cadets for sale. When I called the Gent, he still had the tractors and happened to live just down the road from me. The tractors were in great shape, I could tell they were loved and always stored inside. It was cold and the tractors had not been kept on a charger so I agreed to come back on a warmer day to hear them run.

Yesterday the sun was out and after a month of lurking Craigslist for tractors in my area decided to see the old fellow down the road to see his Cubs again with a pocket full of cash.

In his garage he had a 1450 and a 125 and they were both clean as a whistle. The 1450 is a Quietline and I have been doing alot of research about them so I checked the engine mounts and was pleasantly suprised to find them intact and in good shape. We hooked the charger up and when that tractor started I was shocked to hear how quiet it was. There was not the puff of smoke or the usual loud muffler noises I have been accustomed to hearing with other tractors with the same engine.

We agreed on a price and I drove the 1450 home. It came with a 42" mower deck. The 125 did not have headlights or a hydro lift so it was not something I was interested in.

Snow removal is going to be one of the tasks this 1450 is going to do so now I am in the market for a blower for it. Will a 451 blower go on the 1450 or is it just the QA42A. I am really excited about running this Cub Cadet and appreciate the quality of these older tractors.