I REALLY like my 1450

[bocephus1991]

I grew up on my 1200, been in the family since 81. It used to be quiet, but it's not so quiet now! With a straight pipe! Lol sounds angry lol my 1211 has always been quieter though. But I'm attached to the noisy beast.lol still my favorite!

[jaynjeep]

Originally Posted by Alvy

I never had any interest in a quiet line until I bought one and went through it. I like how IH reinvented the wide frame with them and some of the engineering that went into them with the side panels, electric Pto, ISO s etc. that being said, alrhough I love my 800 which is my only QL, it was a complete turd when I got it and became a money pit labor of love.

Anyway, I'd like to make a quiet line honestly. A custom Gear drive 16 horse, or 1600 if you will.

Alvy,

The 1600 idea has crossed my mind several times.. I think it would be a beast. Wonder why they never built a 1400 or 1600?

[olds45512]

Originally Posted by jaynjeep

Alvy,

The 1600 idea has crossed my mind several times.. I think it would be a beast. Wonder why they never built a 1400 or 1600?

i keep wanting to build a 168.

[jaynjeep]

Originally Posted by olds45512

i keep wanting to build a 168.

That would be a good one too I bet!

Hmm... I have a nice 128 tractor... now for the 16hp

[Bob95065]

I have a 1000 that I grew up on in Illinois. I used to work for a neighbor maintaining their 2 acre lot at their home. They had a son that died in a car accident and they had no other children. They treated me and my brother like family. They had a 122 and a 1000 that were both bought new. The 122 had a front blade and the 1000 had a 44" mower deck. We would mow with the 1000 and pull a Parker sweeper with the 122. We started there when we were in junior high and worked summers through high school. Weekends in college were spent there too. I spent my formative years on those tractors in the 1980s. The 122 was also used to clear the driveway which we thought was fun.

I was on the 122 once and it stopped running. The starter turned over fast and I knew it was bad. We towed it back with the 1000. It turns out that the rod shattered. They were going to scrap it but I talked them into letting me rebuild the engine. It was the first one I did by myself. Unfortunately one spring years later when I was in college the 122 wouldn't start and they sold it for a song. I wish I could find it today. They bought a crappy MTD riding mower because the deck on the 1000 was showing it's age.

They gave me the 1000 around the year 2000. My job took me to California in 1998 and I visited less and less often. I bought my first house and later got married. I didn't go back as much as I should have because my parents had given the 1000 to my youngest brother who is a threat to all machines he comes in contact with.

In 2013 we moved to a place on 2 acres just outside of Santa Cruz, CA. I had some things shipped out from Illinois and was underweight. The 1000 and 44" mower deck came to their new west coast home - they rode out here for free. I found a 1450 basket case that came with a box scraper and #2 tiller. When the 1000 came to me it wasn't running and had quite a bit of damage from abuse and neglect. A couple of weekends in the garage and some UPS deliveries got it running again. The clutch needs work and it blows more smoke than I remember but it's running. The seat isn't original. About 1988 a neighbor found a seat to replace the torn up original. He welded it to the brackets. I'll probably never replace it because it reminds me of Mr. Novak who put it on there. He was a retired boilermaker and could fix anything. He drove me crazy and I thought he hated me because he criticized me while I worked but when I went to college he gave me an envelope with some spending money in it. Later I carried his coffin at his funeral. He really influenced me as a young man and I think of him often, especially when I sit on that seat.

I got a rear hitch for the 1000 and use the scraper with it. The mower deck keeps the weeds down. Neighbors comment on my machines and enjoy seeing me use them. I don't think anyone knows the history behind my 1000 - really until now. When I work on it or use it I always think of Bob and Sherry Loncar. Bob died in 2012 and Sherry is in her last days. When I get on the 1000 I'm 16 again and I think of them as if it were yesterday.

Thanks for reading this.

Bob

[zippy1]

My dual stick 1650 is my one and only QL. Bought it and didn't even finish the season with the tractor and big 50"deck. So had the engine rebuilt, and added a set of Firestone tri ribs up front and good old Tru Powers and a three point sleeve hitch out back.
Then run into a 52" hydraulic swivel blade and I'm still grinnin every time that big pig gathers itself up and off the two of us go on another adventure...
This winter it's in need of some ACR work

[jaynjeep]

Originally Posted by Bob95065

I have a 1000 that I grew up on in Illinois. I used to work for a neighbor maintaining their 2 acre lot at their home. They had a son that died in a car accident and they had no other children. They treated me and my brother like family. They had a 122 and a 1000 that were both bought new. The 122 had a front blade and the 1000 had a 44" mower deck. We would mow with the 1000 and pull a Parker sweeper with the 122. We started there when we were in junior high and worked summers through high school. Weekends in college were spent there too. I spent my formative years on those tractors in the 1980s. The 122 was also used to clear the driveway which we thought was fun.

I was on the 122 once and it stopped running. The starter turned over fast and I knew it was bad. We towed it back with the 1000. It turns out that the rod shattered. They were going to scrap it but I talked them into letting me rebuild the engine. It was the first one I did by myself. Unfortunately one spring years later when I was in college the 122 wouldn't start and they sold it for a song. I wish I could find it today. They bought a crappy MTD riding mower because the deck on the 1000 was showing it's age.

They gave me the 1000 around the year 2000. My job took me to California in 1998 and I visited less and less often. I bought my first house and later got married. I didn't go back as much as I should have because my parents had given the 1000 to my youngest brother who is a threat to all machines he comes in contact with.

In 2013 we moved to a place on 2 acres just outside of Santa Cruz, CA. I had some things shipped out from Illinois and was underweight. The 1000 and 44" mower deck came to their new west coast home - they rode out here for free. I found a 1450 basket case that came with a box scraper and #2 tiller. When the 1000 came to me it wasn't running and had quite a bit of damage from abuse and neglect. A couple of weekends in the garage and some UPS deliveries got it running again. The clutch needs work and it blows more smoke than I remember but it's running. The seat isn't original. About 1988 a neighbor found a seat to replace the torn up original. He welded it to the brackets. I'll probably never replace it because it reminds me of Mr. Novak who put it on there. He was a retired boilermaker and could fix anything. He drove me crazy and I thought he hated me because he criticized me while I worked but when I went to college he gave me an envelope with some spending money in it. Later I carried his coffin at his funeral. He really influenced me as a young man and I think of him often, especially when I sit on that seat.

I got a rear hitch for the 1000 and use the scraper with it. The mower deck keeps the weeds down. Neighbors comment on my machines and enjoy seeing me use them. I don't think anyone knows the history behind my 1000 - really until now. When I work on it or use it I always think of Bob and Sherry Loncar. Bob died in 2012 and Sherry is in her last days. When I get on the 1000 I'm 16 again and I think of them as if it were yesterday.

Thanks for reading this.

Bob

Bob,

That's a really neat story.. im glad you at least got the 1000..

I know what you mean about being a teenager again when you get on one.

That's what got me back into them several years ago!

[jeepchicken5000]

ive had a couple quiet lines myself, my dad says there the best looking cubs made, that being said he really likes his 1000 , paid 600 for it and have done very little to it. ive had a couple 1250 and a 1450 and while there nice tractors I just find the gear drives to be better in my opinion , depending on what kind of lawn you have though.

[john hall]

Originally Posted by Bob95065

The seat isn't original. About 1988 a neighbor found a seat to replace the torn up original. He welded it to the brackets. I'll probably never replace it because it reminds me of Mr. Novak who put it on there. He was a retired boilermaker and could fix anything. He drove me crazy and I thought he hated me because he criticized me while I worked but when I went to college he gave me an envelope with some spending money in it. Later I carried his coffin at his funeral. He really influenced me as a young man and I think of him often, especially when I sit on that seat.

I got a rear hitch for the 1000 and use the scraper with it. The mower deck keeps the weeds down. Neighbors comment on my machines and enjoy seeing me use them. I don't think anyone knows the history behind my 1000 - really until now. When I work on it or use it I always think of Bob and Sherry Loncar. Bob died in 2012 and Sherry is in her last days. When I get on the 1000 I'm 16 again and I think of them as if it were yesterday.

Thanks for reading this.

Bob

Great story! Don't blame you one bit about the seat. Good memories are far more important than having another Cadet pass inspection from the Correct Police. Anytime you buy/care for a "family" machine you have to make a choice about correcting previous "repairs". I think you made the right one here.

Similar situation for me was I bought a couple old engines off a long-time friend just before he passed away. He was a collector of Hit-and-Miss engines. His health was failing and he was in a nursing home. He had sold off his collection except for 2 IHC engines. He told his son-in-law to offer them to me before he put them up for sale. I gladly bought them. One of them still needed lots of work so I continued making improvements and buying replacement parts. The other one was the first engine he bought. It has a homemade ignition system, a 40 year old paint job, and a scaled down coolant system. Most importantly it has his name on the side of the cart he mounted it on, I doubt I will ever remove it.

[Bob95065]

I was just on the 1000 today. I scraped up bark from wood I split and I used it to drag out the log splitter to process some more. My wife stacks the wood and I split it. I thought of this post while I was out there and I was happy to see that you enjoyed the story.