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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>A hundred years ago I would fork out the stalls into the aisle and then run a John Deere, green no less, 70 skid steer and pick up the whole lot in a few scoops. It was a very efficient. Wasn’t much bigger than a garden tractor either. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Bradford<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> AT <at-bounces@lists.antique-tractor.com> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Stephen Offiler<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 01, 2019 12:38 PM<br><b>To:</b> Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group <at@lists.antique-tractor.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [AT] now garden tractor<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Something the size of a CC with a loader on it might be useful for tasks like mucking horse stalls....<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>SO<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 3:20 PM Spencer Yost <<a href="mailto:spencer@rdfarms.com">spencer@rdfarms.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>The bucket is huge. I am pretty anxious to play with it actually<br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div id="gmail-m_5550595222810552356AppleMailSignature"><p class=MsoNormal>Spencer Yost<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Mar 1, 2019, at 11:01 AM, HERBERT METZ <<a href="mailto:metz-h.b@comcast.net" target="_blank">metz-h.b@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>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)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>On February 28, 2019 at 11:01 PM Spencer Yost <<a href="mailto:spencer@rdfarms.com" target="_blank">spencer@rdfarms.com</a>> wrote: <br><br><snip><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>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 :-)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div id="gmail-m_5550595222810552356ox-0c4c742b71-AppleMailSignature"><p class=MsoNormal>Spencer Yost<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>AT mailing list<br><a href="mailto:AT@lists.antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">AT@lists.antique-tractor.com</a><br><a href="http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>AT mailing list<br><a href="mailto:AT@lists.antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">AT@lists.antique-tractor.com</a><br><a href="http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></body></html>