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Old 09-05-2010, 11:29 AM
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Hello everyone. A short bio of me... My late grandfather bought a new Cub Cadet 1450 Hydrostat in '76. Growing up on a farm in Eastern Nebraska I used to tinker with that thing all the time when I was younger. I even made a small blade for the front of it (which is completely impractical). The K321 needs rebuilt which is why I registered on this forum... It has a snow blower so I'd hate to see it go. Despite being told by two small engine shops that it was more trouble than it was worth... I've spent more time tinkering with this little engine... modern engines are awesome! Set the timing and check the plug gap and that's it! No other adjustments whatsoever!

I am an ASE certified technician that was working for one of the big three when they went bankrupt (you have a 50/50 chance of guessing which one). Since there is too high of overhead, too little pay, and too hard of work, I decided to start farming. After harvest I will probably start trucking until next planting season... My hobbies include drag racing (although the drag strip that I used to race at has been closed for 5+ years), Linux (I like Ubuntu), and playing Thrash Metal. I also spend a lot of time on the interwebz. I've been a member of The Rice Haters Club for 7 1/2 years, and I have around 13,000 posts... I also have about 3/4 of a degree in Computer Science (software engineer), but decided that I really don't want a high stress job that will page me at 3AM to fix a program.

That's about it!

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Old 09-05-2010, 06:30 PM
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Old 09-05-2010, 07:39 PM
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Got any pictures of the 1450?
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Old 09-05-2010, 07:54 PM
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giddyup306,

You tell anyone who says that an IH Cub Cadet "was more trouble than it was worth" that they don't know something-or-other from apple butter.

Sounds like things are kinda tight for you right now (very much like many of us here) but if you were to put $1000.00 into that 1450 you would have a machine that will work circles around any new $4000.00 tractor that you can buy today and still last another 40 years. Anyone who says that an IH built Cub Cadet is more trouble than it's worth is sadly mistaken.
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Old 09-05-2010, 10:04 PM
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Hello everyone. A short bio of me... My late grandfather bought a new Cub Cadet 1450 Hydrostat in '76. Growing up on a farm in Eastern Nebraska I used to tinker with that thing all the time when I was younger. I even made a small blade for the front of it (which is completely impractical). The K321 needs rebuilt which is why I registered on this forum... It has a snow blower so I'd hate to see it go. Despite being told by two small engine shops that it was more trouble than it was worth... I've spent more time tinkering with this little engine... modern engines are awesome! Set the timing and check the plug gap and that's it! No other adjustments whatsoever!

I am an ASE certified technician that was working for one of the big three when they went bankrupt (you have a 50/50 chance of guessing which one). Since there is too high of overhead, too little pay, and too hard of work, I decided to start farming. After harvest I will probably start trucking until next planting season... My hobbies include drag racing (although the drag strip that I used to race at has been closed for 5+ years), Linux (I like Ubuntu), and playing Thrash Metal. I also spend a lot of time on the interwebz. I've been a member of The Rice Haters Club for 7 1/2 years, and I have around 13,000 posts... I also have about 3/4 of a degree in Computer Science (software engineer), but decided that I really don't want a high stress job that will page me at 3AM to fix a program.

That's about it!

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Kind of sounds like me except I am a software engineer, wish I was farming and driving instead and don't listen to thrash metal too much.
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they are simply strong, well built machines . All machinery wears out, but if they were that much trouble, would so many of us own so many of these troublesome machines? are we all a glutton for punishment? keep it , fix it . and make your neigbors jealous too . So far, my favorite pic on this forum is in the link called 'lets see your cubs' . go to the last page and look for the red cub with the gang disk . Absolutely beautiful.
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