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New cadet from Missouri checking in
Greetings everyone!
The name is John, I just bought my first house with about an acre of property on it and have suddenly come to realize a trimmer just won't Cut it...I quickly realized I was going to need a tractor. When my father passed last july I took on his craftsman 46 incher but it needs a lot of work so I am going to sell it cheap to get it gone because my friend who has a nice little collection of mostly ford tractors offered up for free a cub model 147 with IIRC a 50 inch deck. Hence why I am here. I found Rob_M's build thread on his 147 with front loader and realized I need that in my life. So I am going to take on that 147 (it also needs work and I'll be posting a help thread in the appropriate section after I search and see what I can see) The 147 once fixed up will serve as a mower and also to tend to my RC car tracks to move dirt for jumps and drag and grate the track as well as some brush clearing. I have a fairly extensive automotive mechanical background, including engine swaps, turbo builds and ground up restorations and especially love rotary engines and RX7's (hence the username) and I have been fabricating for about 26 years. I was really in the camp of a lawn tractor is a lawn tractor but after my buddy described the hydrostatic drive and then borrowing a newer cub to mow my yard I was pretty hooked. I had only ever driven belt and clutch drive mowers before... I already feel like a mower snob. These cubs are pretty awesome! Anyway, I look forward to digesting a ton of info and to start off my 147 build very soon! Thanks for having me! |
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Welcome to OCC....
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Roland Bedell CC Models: 100, 105, 1450, 782, (2) 784, & 2072 Buy: Made in the USA |
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Welcome from another Missouri member. Hard to beat a 147.
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Welcome to the madness,
you will need @ least 2 tractors, one for mowing and another for yard work etc. Don't worry, they will appear in your yard before you realize it. But it will prolly be the least expensive of your addictions/hobbies. Trust me. We have all BTDT. |
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Congrats on the new house and welcome to OCC.
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Welcome to OCC fellow Missourian what part of the state are you in southeast MO here.
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IH cub cadets 800x3,1000,1100,1200x2,1250DS,1450,1650DS, 71,122x2,123, 73x2,106,107,126x3,127,147x2,86x3,128,149, 169x2 ,Original, cadet 55, to name a few CCC machines 1282,1050,2072,1535,1440 |
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Welcome to OCC!
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125, 126, 147, 129, 149 x 2, 1450, 882, 1810, 1320, 1440, 2135, 2 129’s for parts/project, 1950 Farmall Cub 38" LT mower deck, 4 42" triangle mower decks, 2 44A mower decks, 2 50C mower decks, 42” GT deck, 3 42" snow/dirt blades, 42" landscape rake, #4 cart |
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Welcome to OCC!
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Allen Proud owner of my Original! My Grandpa's Cart Craftsman Lawn Sweeper Craftsman Plug Aerator |
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Watch, out, you'll start by looking for a parts machine with a ported pump and the next thing you know a corner of your yard will look like an IH dealership showroom, only rusty.
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Grumpy old 149/1A tiller, Trusty Rusty 106, & a Massey Ferguson 10 to work the garden, Tiny Snapper to mow the lawn. Slowly accumulating attachments and quickly driving the neighbors crazy on a half acre homestead. |
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Thanks everyone for the warm welcome. For the fellow Missourians I'm in the high ridge area near St Louis.
I need to get my trailer tomorrow from my buddy and while I have it (hopefully in the few hour gap between rain storms) I hope to pick up that cub. The trailer has been residing on essentially an island due to heavy local flooding. I totally get what you guys are saying about them multiplying but I truly am hoping to keep that to a minimum. I already have 15 cars here and that's a chore keeping them up. Luckily I bought sort of in the middle of nowhere, where no one really cares but even then it doesn't appear I run a junkyard either. My hopes were to build the loader and then tow behind the other accessories like a mower deck or a grater for the track. Most guys use a piece of chain link (cyclone) fence with a few logs on it for weight, so nothing super fancy. I'm currently still borrowing that newer cub for the mowing. I have my yard down to about 22 minutes if it's 12 or so inches high and that will drop a lot once much of it is dirt. I almost wonder if I'll even need a tractor for mowing once the tracks are done. I must say, I really wish I had the loader ready. I started on the tracks this week and have brought in 2 pickup loads of fill dirt for jumps. Both hand loaded and hand unloaded and I am beat. More update to come. |
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