#7 Trailer
 

Hi
I am new to this site
My Father and I have owned and used Cub Cadets since the mid 1960's. We also have a tandem #7 IH trailer that we haul them on...He bought it used in 1970...Anybody out there have any info on it? When and how long it was built?

Thanks so much

:Welcome2: Hope to see some pics of your trailer.

In the most recent issue, Nov/Dec 12, Lawn and Garden Tractor Mag, Scott Urschel did an article about the #5 and #7 carts. He found a model 2000 trailer (replaced the #7) and is gonna restore it.

I would love it see a Pic of it.

#7 Trailer
 

Ok...Ill try to get some pics of it soon
It's the handiest trailer we have...5' wide by 10' long..tiltbed...4.80x4x8 tires..so its low to the ground...we have used it over the last 40 years for everything from moving furniture to hauling the cub cadets and equipment back and forth to the garden...maybe a few hayrides and whatnot...It still has the original 5 x 10 x 1" thick wooden floor...It's one solid piece of plywood. I guess IH had it custom manufactured? I would love to find a brochure or parts manual on it...Also some production figures and years. Whoever designed it put alot of thought into it. I have only ever seen one other one. I did see the article on the model 2000. Thats what got my interest going on the #7.

Thanks for any info!

:Welcome2:

Pics would be awesome!:beerchug:

I agree! :beerchug:

#7 trailer pictures
 

Hey guys,

I dug up two pics on the #7 trailer...these are all i have at the moment...the trailer is stuck under the shed behind a non running tractor at the moment. I will get it out soon and take some good detailed pictures.

My dad bought the stake pockets from the IH dealer and built the sides in 1970 shortly after he bought the trailer. They come off easily. The frame of the trailer still has the original paint. I am guessing it is IH industrial yellow? Seems to be a little different than the Cadet yellow. It has always been registered with the DMV as a 1962 year model. Does anyone know the year range and production figures? I know the Model 2000 replaced it in the 1970's.

Thanks for any info or comments you may have

Jay

My trailer almost looks like that. Think I need to paint it yellow. :biggrin2:

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/b...D/DSC02939.jpg

Jay :Welcome2:

That's a good sized trailer! Thanks for the pics!

Both are real nice trailers. First time I had seen those type of units!
Thanks for posting the pictures for us!
Regards,
Chris

Wow I had no idea that it would be that big.

Nice trailer!:beerchug:

#7 trailer
 

Its 5 feet wide by 10 feet long...Perfect for to haul a cub cadet with an implement on the back. Has a tilt bed with a hydraulic damper cylinder to keep it from slamming down. My dad used it for many years to haul his cadets around to everyones garden in town. He had about 20 people that he kept their garden turned, layed out planted and cultivated. He never really liked the brinly setup so he devised an adapter to bolt the Sears/Roper 3 point hitch on a Cub Cadet. He still has about 10 peices of equipment that we still use to tend a garden and do household chores. The Sears 3 point stuff works awesome behind a cadet. Alot easier to fine tune than the Brinly hitch and equipment. I know over the years he has used that stuff behind a 70, 100, 124, 125, 1450 and a 782. That little trailer has hauled a Cub Cadet many miles over the last 40 plus years. The local IH dealer had a #7 that they used to pick up and deliver cadets with. It is the only other one that I have ever seen. Would love to find any original IH literature on it

Thanks
Jay

Cool trailer! Thanks for showing it to us.

nice trailer:beerchug:

Jay send Myron Bounds a PM or email thru the site he should have info for you.

http://www.onlycubcadets.net/forum/member.php?u=9

#7 trailer info
 

Ok thanks Duke! Everybody asks me where I got my trailer and then they don't believe me when I tell them it's a 60's model International Harvester! Standard response is.."they didn't make trailers!"
I will send Myron a msg

Jay

Very Cool Trailer
 

Jay, Thats one cool trailer. I would have said the same thing, they didn't make a trailer. Glad you posted this, now I will be looking for one. Wondering if you could post some pics of the sears hitch set up. Never seen it sitting on a cub.


luke

sears 3 point on a cub cadet
 

Luke,

Thanks for the comments on the trailer...Myron B has verified that it is an authentic #7...he was kind enough to offer me some info and copies of an original brochure..
I will try to gather some pics of the Sears setup on the cadet. It is a real joy to garden with...dad always liked the ruggedness of the cub cadet with the versitility of the sears true farm tractor type 3 point...so he made the best of both worlds fit together

We have a 125 with a manual sears lift...a 1450 and a 782 with hydraulic lifts..

Jay

Jay that's awesome!

Myron has the sears lift on his 122 that works very well for him. It's a great setup and with a little work it could be attached to the hydraulic lift.:beerchug:

IH made a whole lot of things many people don't know about. Its really amazing how much IH stuff there is!

IH products
 

I agree,

It's unbeliveable what all IH made at one time. It was all good heavy duty stuff that was designed and built to last a lifetime!
I let a IH refrigerator go several years ago that my Grandparents bought new in 1955...still ran great!

To bad most Americans have forgotten how to build a quality USA made product is anymore!!

Jay

#7 IH Trailer
 

Jay does indeed have an IH #7 dual axle 2000 lb load rated trailer made from 1965 - 1972. I sent him a copy of an IH dealer brochure on highway trailers and a parts manual extract. The single axle Model 2000 (same 2000 lb load rated) replaced the Model 7 in 1973. I have one of these.

Myron B
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3d party manual lifts for '60's Cub Cadets.
 

Some indepth research will reveal Sears, Montgomery Ward & others made/sold manual lifts in the '60's for the popular Cub Cadets ( also incl. John Deere and other brands of the day). For the Cub Cadets, they were designed for the factory standard Cub Cadet (WITHOUT fenders). I have a Wards model which I had to modify the lift handle to accommodate the fenders on my 122 to use a rear blade. Works good.

Myron B
CCSupplyRoom

Can You show the papers
 

MyronB, Is it possible to see pictures of brocure on #7 trailer? I have done a google search and come up with nothing. Wondering how many of these were made? Who made them and were they sold under different name with someone else's name brand stamp on it. Example, Brinley attachments with sears tags on them. Maybe John Deere had same one Painted green. Most of the larger companys that sell garden tractors kinda follow each other and are supplied by same cmpany.

luke

Trailers
 

Hi Luke

Do not have that brochure scanned, but IH manufactured their own trailers. The IH Highway Trailer brochure indicates they did buy axles from an axle manufacturer but otherwise all manufacturing was all by the IH Industrial Division till near the end when they subcontracted out the assembly of some of the trailers and stopped manufacture of others. This was particularly true with the high volume consumer Model 1200s (successor to the Model 5). AFAIK, the Model 2000 (successor to the Model 7), and mostly used by dealers for deliveries, was not outsourced.

Myron B

#7 trailer info
 

Myron,

The brochure and parts breakdown are awesome!
You are the only person who was able to shed some light on the mysterious trailer! Your knowledge and help is greatly appreciated.
With your permission I would like to scan the info you sent me and post it on this site. I also plan to take some better pics of mine and post them

I had been looking for a while before someone told me to contact you about trailer info. You are the GURU!

I have never seen but one other Model 7 and it belonged to the local IH dealer here in Southeast GA. (Joiner International) No one seems to know what happened to it. Dad bought ours from the IH Dealer in Savannah GA. It was fairly new but had been in a slight accident and had the chassis knocked out from under the body. He bought the peices and brought it all home...straightened and repaired the chassis and put it all back together....that was in 1970...we have used it every since

Does anybody else own or know where any more model 7's are? Or anyone have any production numbers?

Thanks Myron and everyone else who commented or helped me!

Luke,

I will let you know when I get some more info or pics on here!

Thanks
Jay

Brochure scan
 

Hi Jay.... I certainly have no objection to the IH Dealer Brochure being scanned and posted... It might help some one else. Please include the fact that the #5, introduced in 1961, was replaced by the 1200 and the #7, introduced in 1965, was replaced by the 2000 in 1973.

Myron B
CCSupplyRoom

Trailer info
 

Myron

I think its neat that you have all three versions of the 1200..and the fact that they even made three versions...I'd love to see some pictures of all of your trailers on here.

Do you own a #5 or a #7? Or do you know of any around anywhere?

Thanks
Jay

IH Trailers
 

Jay... I've seen a#5 at a RedPower Roundup but have not seen a#7 AFAIK. Maybe some around this part of Texas but I sure haven't seen/recognized them. The Model 2000 is just a later single axle version of the dual axle Model 7 and I have a 2000. Both versions have the same 2000 lb load rating.

There's nothing in any literature that I am aware of that even hints at three versions of the 1200. As fate would have it, I blindly collected three Model 1200 trailers for my Cub Cadet collection. It was when I began restoring the 1200's that I began to notice differences and that resulted in a lot of head banging research before I got it clear: A) IH assembled fm IH parts; B) Contractor assembled from mostly but not all IH parts; C) Contractor assembled from Contractor sourced parts. The foregoing I discovered is, in fact, reflected in the parts manuals if you know what the meanings are. At this point, I can do a visual walk around and tell you which version the Model 1200 trailer is.

Any trailer is better than the one I have.....when I got my 147 I had to pick up a trailer from Uhaul. It worked, wasn't that expensive, but I wish I had one that I didn't have to rent. :biggrin2: