How To Clean a Tractor

I have had over 20 machines and the wife has never let me have a new one yet!! Just kidding about the wife, I prefer the old ones, so, that is what I get. My method is to: 1) PICK A LOW HUMIDITY DAY!! This is critical so the moisture will dry quickly. 2) Depending on the dirt/grease level apply an...

The Lift Bracket for the 1861

Shortly after acquiring the 1861 Cub Cadet I started to prep it for a new paint job. One of the things I noticed was the black plastic mower height indicator on the right side of the frame. On previous Cub Cadets’ that I had owned this location had been occupied by a bracket that actuated attachments...

Did I Break any Rules of Nature??

So my neighbor (the previous owner) has a 1861 Cub Cadet that his wife used for a motorized wheelchair for several years. Their grandson took the deck off and lost many of the parts, including the gauge wheels. The plastic hood and grill are gone from the grandchildren getting too close to fences and trees...

SwingHitch

I have a tractor that is equipped with a CAT”0″ three point hitch. I use the hitch to pull a manually operated dump cart. One day I realized the dump cart would “self dump” if raised slightly higher. My quest was on to develop a hitch I could use that would extend the 8 to 18 inch...

CAD Tr Model 6

When starting this machine I felt the most I would use a woodsplitter would be 5 days a year, if it was going to take up space it had to do something on some of those other 360 days!! What could it do? I searched the web. No help. Woodsplitters SPLIT WOOD!! I watched Youtube videos, nothing different,...

The 1000 Comes Home

I decided to get a snow plow tractor to complement the capabilities my 584 International. Several weeks of Craig’s List shopping and nothing in my wish list category. Then the Cub Cadet 1000 showed up. She looks like a rag bag, but, the engine , transmission, clutch and tires are perfect. I have a 42...