I woke my 126 from its hibernation and went for a ride.

The past few days, I have been raking the gravel out of the yard and flower beds that was plowed in over the winter. I used my 1450 to push it off to the other side of the driveway for now. I may spread it over the weekend if it is nice.

Strange to see GA get more snow than southern NY.. But you can have it LOL :biggrin2:

I've given up on any snow this season in south east Pennsylvania. So, removed the chains, rear weights and snow plow with frame. To celebrate, I went for a ride as my 1864 had not been started since Thanksgiving. A little choke, a few seconds cranking and it started.

Yesterday I took the 1863 to the car wash and blasted last years crap off of it. When I got home I removed the filter cover, filter, and washed out the prefilter in soapy water. I put the plastic housing cover in an old kitty litter pan and cleaned it up. Today with everything dry I oiled the prefilter and put it all back together, well all except the knob for the filter cover. I looked all over the garage and finely went and walk over the yard where I threw the water out of the litter pan. I found it after 10 or 15 minutes. Nobody can out do me on foolish ways to loose things.
Cannon

New (to me) 1811
 

Bought My 1st CC yesterday, a Hydro 1811 not sure on the year (Date code is E198G ) Came with mower deck (unattached) and a push blade (Read Snow plow) attached.
Todays chores included removing the blade attaching thw mower and then getting the lawn cut.

There are a few items that need some attention,
Mower deck mounting bracket has had 1 of the front mounting arms cut off (Ill make a new 1 and get that fixed) and the decals are coming off. Other than that, I ran it for just over 2 hours today and she ran like a champ. Now to find a set of disks, a plow, and a motorized tiller here in East TN

Kerry

I got the 1535 out and did the first mow of the season. I was surprised it was last started the week of Halloween and it still fired right up, didn't even need a jump! I also greased everything on it.

Here's some pics of what happened. Sorry getting dark will blow off tractor tomorrow.

Pulled the head,lapped the valves on the 1450 with a delicious lime-a-rita ( reason for the poor pic?) :beerchug:

I have been fixing up the driveway. The past few weeks I was raking the gravel back onto the driveway and plowed it into piles. Thursday and Friday I began spreading it. I used the 125 to spread it, then the 126 and rake to finish. The pictures aren’t the best because it was dark last night when I finished. I still have more to do, this is only about half.

I stirred up the pollen. Deck is turning Deere yellow.:bigeyes:

Grass cut!
 

Nothing cuts grass like a vintage Cub Cadet!

I aerated the yard with my 125.

2nd time mowing the lawn this year. :beerchug:

Sam, beautiful country, what a fantastic view you have.

Spent 4 hours tilling my garden!

Sheared the pin on part #35 sprocket (#1 Tiller), though.

I put the deck on my 1450 and cut grass for the first time tonight.

It's been about 4 years since my last post due to family/work responsibilities and I recently retired after 44 years...

Many thanks to all of you who have been great instructors and advisors of which I've learned much. Special shout-out to Sam Mac, R Bedell, yeeter, jaynjeep, JMotuzick (brought back the 682 from Maryland), Cecil, TheSaturnV, and J-Mech.

I've been clearing the wooded area in our backyard the past week and removing thorn bushes, poison ivy, vines, rock, and trees smaller than 8" in diameter...with 2/3 of an acre to go... the 682 & the #4 have been my brush/leaf/firewood haulers.

The 1912 didn't really do any work this day, except carry me through a muddy area to the creek area. We are clearing out along the creek down in my front yard.

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The best part is my 7 year old daughter made a fishing rod out of a stick, some thread, and a bent sewing pin and said she was going to catch a fish... I said there are no fish and you won't catch anything with that pin. Well, she proved me wrong. She caught a 4" creek chub. :bigthink:

I bought her a fishing rod and hooks and left her have at it, and she hasn't caught anything since. So, the homemade stuff works better? :biggrin2:

As I parked my RZT after a quick spin on Monday, I did what I always do - I lowered the deck to the floor of my shed. But it dawned on me that I'm pulling on the lift assist spring when I put the deck down right? I've always stored my deck down because I have young kids and having it on the ground seemed better than having it elevated and them climbing all over it.

Am I going to wear out my spring faster by storing the deck all the way down? When you guys park, where do you set the deck?

Not sure it will wear it out any faster. I think of it this way tho. Springs only break while under tension. Garage door springs never break when the door is up.

Agreed. I think I'm going to make a change to how I park.

Tension springs may break in tension but compression springs (like the valve springs in auto engines) break in compression (no tension applied) and I suppose torsion springs by torsion. Except springs are subject to fatigue failure after so many load/unload cycles and I think fracture/separation can occur during the sudden unloading of a spring. My thoughts FWIW.

Weather they are compressed or stretched... Any movement of this type of spring other than its relaxed state is likely when it will break. Compression is just the opposite force of tension. Still... there is force.

Nothing. I was too busy with the Ford's. :ThumbsUp:

Went to end of the driveway to get the trash can. Taking my three helpers made it a bit more complicated.

New front hubs and wheels for my Cub
 

I reworked the front spindles on my 3185 and installed 4on4 trailer hubs. Then bought custom 8" front rims. I like the look and the extra front end strength.

Bill

Planting Grass
 

I used the GTX2100 and 6284 to do a bit of yard work. The loader on the 6284 moved the dirt. The grader behind the GTX2100 leveled the ground.

Still earning its keep. Gettin’ the yard mowed (1 acre) before the rain moves in on Memorial Day.

I pulled the herd outside to get some fresh air while I was sweeping their bay out. Ignore the red one, it snuck into the picture. It’s going to be getting a new home soon, possibly tomorrow.

Nice looking herd.

Pulled the tiller off the 123 and put the deck on on to help the 1782 with grass duty.:beerchug:

Nice to see your still around Ben.:beerchug:

Brought the new Cub home!

What model is that? Does that use a driveshaft? Nice looking!

Congrats on your new tractor! Hope it serves you well.

It’s an XT3 GS and it does still use a driveshaft. I had to get something to give my 1810 a break and fix some issues that I’ve been putting off for a while.

Nice cubs, guys!

I added Stewart Warner oil gauges to both of my Cubs- a 1985 1711 and 1986 1811. The install was pretty straightforward. On the 1811, the brass adapter fitting snapped off in the block. I drilled it out and tapped for 1/8"NPT. I added an adapter so that the low pressure switch/idiot light was retained in addition to the new gauge. The Kohler M18 in my 1811 has 1900 plus hours on it. I run Rotella SAE30 oil. After 20 minutes at 80 degrees ambient temp, the oil pressure is almost 60 psi indicated at full throttle while mowing. This should have been standard equipment on all Cubs with a pressurized oiling system.

Very nice! :beerchug: