[AT] OT(?) Cub Cadet 1812 Hydro question

Larry Goss rlgoss at insightbb.com
Thu Jun 4 14:51:13 PDT 2009


Look carefully at the new Kohler engines, too, John.  Steer clear of the COURAGE engines from Kohler.  It's one thing to have plastic external parts on an engine, but IMHO putting plastic internal parts in one is carrying things too far.  I'm not talking about things like the governor gear, but rather the camshaft!

To my knowledge, there isn't a single manufacturer currently using any sealer on mower tires.  So I bought a quart of it at Harbor Freight a number of years ago and routinely break the seal on any flat tire and apply sealer before returning it as "fixed".  If I didn't do that, I would be deluged with return business to air up the same tires over and over.

Larry
 

----- Original Message -----
From: John Wilkens <jwilkens at eoni.com>
Date: Thursday, June 4, 2009 14:08
Subject: Re: [AT] OT(?) Cub Cadet 1812 Hydro question
To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>

> Steve, after using our zero-turn Cub Cadet for several years my 
> wife 
> and I wouldn't consider anything but a zero-turn machine--even 
> if 
> they are a little more expensive!  We have to mow around a 
> lot of 
> trees and other obstructions and this mower is effortless to 
> steer 
> (two fingers) and about as fast as you'd ever want to go.  
> Still, I 
> wish we had purchased a Toro in stead of the MTD-made Cub 
> Cadet.  Look 'em over real close.  The concept is 
> great but the 
> engineers that designed the overall Cub Cadet machine must have 
> been 
> in a big hurry.  The Cub has a Briggs engine  :(  
> that has given 
> several fixable problems (fuel pump, magneto and carb adjustment 
> that 
> I just can't seem to get right).  The Toro I saw has a 
> Kohler 
> engine  :) .  The Cub tilt up seat won't stay up 
> because it hits the 
> engine.  Three of the tires have gone flat because of poor 
> rim 
> sealing (had to add sealer).  Not sure but I think the Toro 
> has 
> bigger rear tires.  You have to take the vacuum fuel pump 
> loose to 
> get the battery out.     .......but 
> zero-
> turn.....great!             John W.      My mower is a Cub Cadet RZT 17.
> 
> 
> 
> At 06:42 AM 06/04/2009, you wrote:
> >Hi John:
> >
> >What model is your Cub Cadet Zero-Turn?  Reason I ask is 
> because I'm
> >thinking about one right now, specifically, a CC Enforcer 
> 44.   One of
> >my reasons for starting this thread originally was because I was
> >needing to fix up my old CC garden tractor to decide if it cuts fast
> >enough to keep, or if I need to let it go and spend some bucks 
> on the
> >ZTR.  Now I'm a bit wary of the hydro...
> >
> >Steve O.
> >
> >On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 10:55 PM, John Wilkens 
> <jwilkens at eoni.com> wrote:
> > > I got in on this string late but thought i'd throw in a 
> little tidbit
> > > on hydrostatic drives.  My cub cadet has dual hydro 
> motors on each
> > > rear wheel for the zero-radius turning (really like it!), 
> but I have
> > > experienced one problem.  I got to working it pretty 
> hard last week
> > > and experienced an increasingly loud growl (not the 
> blades).  It got
> > > worse and finally just wouldn't go.  The motors are 
> sealed.  The
> > > problem was the hydraulic oil in the sealed units got so hat it
> > > started cavitating--fomed up).  I let it sit for a day 
> to cool off
> > > and it was fine.  The mechanics had never experienced 
> it before.  I
> > > like the concept of zero-turn but if I had it to do over I'd 
> by a
> > > Toro zero mower.   JOhn W.
> > >
> >
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