Snow 2012 – We Got Some – Time to Plow Now!!

Snow has eluded the country this season, pretty much – until NOW!! WOOT! We got 8 inches of snow!! I know, it didn’t happen without pictures, well here they are!! Click on any of the pictures below to enlarge. Sunday February 19th it started to snow early, and hard!! The day before it was 60...

SuperCub!! Super Capabilities!!

Had my camera and caught a photo of the real SuperCub!!  Click on picture to enlarge. Since it fly’s, it doesn’t need front tires. I heard it had rear tires only for ballast. It can even fly with the Haban sickle attached!!  Click on picture to enlarge.   Click on picture to enlarge. Super Cub...

Why

Right after the switch to 12 volt batteries, in the era of coils and points there were 2 basic ignition systems. For simplicity I will call them the GM and the Chrysler. (Ford was in there somewhere!!) I drove a road service truck in Pittsburgh and EVERY time it got to be high humidity (rain, morning dew...

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...