[AT] now garden tractor

[Spencer Yost]

Yes, a lot of these cub cadets were built. The loader I have was made by Johnson I believe - I have to look at it again. It is in very nice shape as it had been sandblasted and painted by the PO.   I will have to replace the hoses though.   No hydraulic fluid filter for the loader plumbing unfortunately. I would like to say I am going to add one but I doubt I’ll ever get around to it.

The bucket is huge. I am pretty anxious to play with it actually



Spencer Yost

> On Mar 1, 2019, at 11:01 AM, HERBERT METZ <metz-h.b at comcast.net> wrote:
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> Since Spencer's engine photo did not show the entire tractor I googled and found that Cub Cadets also offered a front end loader and a crawler. That was back when many lawn tractors enjoyed a good reputation; I have no idea of their production numbers but they were in big numbers where we lived (Midwest). Herb(GA)
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>> On February 28, 2019 at 11:01 PM Spencer Yost <spencer at rdfarms.com> wrote: 
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>> Back to tractors.   Speaking of which, it’s not a real tractor but it’s the Kohler engine of my mid 1960s Cub Cadet 123 that I rebuilt.  Putting on the final touches.  Found an nice machine shop in Statesville North Carolina that handled the machining for me.  I have to button up a beefier front axle(mounting, etc), because I found a loader for the 123 and the stock axle probably would not handle the rates load of the loader.  While I managed to find two sets of wheel weights and a set of new Ag R1  tires for the rear to help with traction and have them installed, I still have to mount the hydraulic pump and install a new wiring harness that I went ahead and splurged on.  Engine has some new paint, but the 123 is an older restoration; so making the paint too nice would make the engine stick out like a sore thumb :-)
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>> Spencer Yost
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