New from WI

Grandpa's Cub · #1 05-04-2010, 01:34 PM

Hey Guys,

I'm new here but I'm not a stranger to cub cadet's. I was given my grandfather's old 1972 129 Cub Cadet that has all the manuals, three point hitch, tiller, 48" deck, snow blower, and a aftermarket snow cab. Unfortunately the engine that was rebuilt fairly recently started knocking pretty bad about a year after the rebuild. I haven't tore into it to see what's going on.

I bought a cosmetically rough 1650 and was going to swap the 16HP engine and the hydro lift into the 129 and then I realized the more I changed it the less it would be my grandpa's tractor. So the new plan is to fix the motor mounts on the 1650 and use that as a work horse and restore the 129 to use to cut my grass.

I also am trying to get a hold of my other grandfather's cub cadet original (He bought it new in the early 60's). We used it by my grandmother's a few years after he passed away but it hasn't ran in probably 10 years or so. I think the starter portion of the generator finally gave out. For about 10 years before that there was a dead spot in it and if the tractor wouldn't turn over you'd have to reach to the starter and turn it by hand a bit to get it to work. I think there might be a snow blower and a deck lying around for it too if my uncle didn't take them in for scrap.

I don't ever remember driving the 129 when i was younger, but I was always using the original. He had a simplicity to cut the grass but it wasn't fast enough to use with the lawn sweeper. The cub had no problems with speed. He also had a ball mounted to the front of the tractor to ease parking trailers/boats. I also remember us pulling down his old broken down garage with the tractor. We pounded a few holes in the siding and wrapped a chain through around a bunch of the studs. Put the tractor in 1st gear and gave the garage a few tugs till it fell over, then we dragged it out to his burn pit and burned it. I'll never forget watching that little cub cadet pull the two car garage down and then drag it across the yard.

Take care,

GC

Mountain Heritage · #2 05-04-2010, 01:47 PM

JayBrd · #3 05-04-2010, 02:14 PM

GC,

and X2 on the

!

What part of WI are you located?????

ACecil · #4 05-04-2010, 03:01 PM

Glad to have you!

camarokidz28 · #5 05-04-2010, 03:19 PM

cubby · #6 05-05-2010, 01:50 AM

welcome, so where in wi you from. i live in green bay area and work on my cub in oconto area. i also have my grandads cub a 70, 72 and a friend just gve me a originale . love to here from cub in wi

Methos · #7 05-05-2010, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Grandpa's Cub

Hey Guys,

I'm new here but I'm not a stranger to cub cadet's. I was given my grandfather's old 1972 129 Cub Cadet that has all the manuals, three point hitch, tiller, 48" deck, snow blower, and a aftermarket snow cab. Unfortunately the engine that was rebuilt fairly recently started knocking pretty bad about a year after the rebuild. I haven't tore into it to see what's going on.

I bought a cosmetically rough 1650 and was going to swap the 16HP engine and the hydro lift into the 129 and then I realized the more I changed it the less it would be my grandpa's tractor. So the new plan is to fix the motor mounts on the 1650 and use that as a work horse and restore the 129 to use to cut my grass.

I also am trying to get a hold of my other grandfather's cub cadet original (He bought it new in the early 60's). We used it by my grandmother's a few years after he passed away but it hasn't ran in probably 10 years or so. I think the starter portion of the generator finally gave out. For about 10 years before that there was a dead spot in it and if the tractor wouldn't turn over you'd have to reach to the starter and turn it by hand a bit to get it to work. I think there might be a snow blower and a deck lying around for it too if my uncle didn't take them in for scrap.

I don't ever remember driving the 129 when i was younger, but I was always using the original. He had a simplicity to cut the grass but it wasn't fast enough to use with the lawn sweeper. The cub had no problems with speed. He also had a ball mounted to the front of the tractor to ease parking trailers/boats. I also remember us pulling down his old broken down garage with the tractor. We pounded a few holes in the siding and wrapped a chain through around a bunch of the studs. Put the tractor in 1st gear and gave the garage a few tugs till it fell over, then we dragged it out to his burn pit and burned it. I'll never forget watching that little cub cadet pull the two car garage down and then drag it across the yard.

Take care,

GC

Great background story! Please post pics when you can

Grandpa's Cub · #8 05-11-2010, 10:02 PM

Thanks for the warm welcomes. I'm located in southeastern, WI.

I'll get some pictures up when I can. I have to find my memory card reader first. So I was up by my parents this weekend and swung by my grandmother's place. I was wrong on the cub cadet. It's a model 70. This weekend was the first time i saw it in over 10 years. Anyways I also found two single bottom plows, a sleeve hitch, and a disc. I dragged the plow home that had the hitch on and the disc. I'm not sure what brand the plow is, it seems pretty narrow, almost as if it was from and old walk behind tractor. I might have to go back for the other disc because i think that was a 10". The disc needs some work.

Tonight I picked up an agri-fab box blade of craigslist I think I did pretty well for 55 dollars. The guy only used it for one project.