[AT] now garden tractor

[Stephen Offiler]

Something the size of a CC with a loader on it might be useful for tasks
like mucking horse stalls....

SO


On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 3:20 PM Spencer Yost <spencer at rdfarms.com> wrote:

> 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:
>
> 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)
>
>
> On February 28, 2019 at 11:01 PM Spencer Yost <spencer at rdfarms.com>
> wrote:
>
> <snip>
> 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 :-)
>
>
>
> Spencer Yost
>
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