Well, good and bad news
 

OK guys, I know most of you know by now, I HAD a john deere 216. Well, I found a guy in KY who loves the green things and he had a cub 109. We swapped pics and I was excited to go get it. So I left work, came home hooked the trailer up, and struck off thinking I'm getting a 109 for a JD (talk about no sleep since 1030pm Friday nite). Judging by the pics it was a sweet little tractor. But when I got there, he had it tore down to the frame (bummer) was making a puller out of it. I got the hydro rearend, a straight shift rear-end, all the sheet metal, starter generator, & a opposed twin. I was a little upset that he gave away the Kohler and the deck and stripped everything i can use off it. But got some good parts for frames. I drove 3.5hrs one way, so 7hrs total for a parts frame basically. All good though.

That stinks that he tore it apart Brandon!:bash2:
Glad you got the 109 though and you probably saved it from the crusher.:beer2:

you said you got an opposed twin? That could be worth the trip alone if it's the right motor, glad you saved it either way though!

well it does suck its tore down to nothing but im probaly gonna put parts on ebay here soon *has a brand new dash plate with the plastic still on it* the twin cylinder turns the right way for a cub im thinking about fixing my 108 for my nephew

So then, what your saying is that he showed you a picture of a complete IH Cub Cadet 109? Then when you got there it was a missing basket case? So then why did you trade if the tractor did not match the picture?

I would have not made the deal if that was the case, and kept the green tractor, providing we know what condition the green tractor was in? A lot of unknown variables left out it this jibberish story,.......

sorry, I don't know to congrat you on the story swap, or boo you for being foolish.

well johncub...the deere was in dyer need of help...the motor needed to be overhauled, the rear end was going down, and the varitor was going down along with other problems...either way it goes i can fix up a tractor for my nephew to ride...

Ya gotta love people that do that kinda stuff! Glad you got some usable parts!

yeah got 2 good rearends, a motor i can figure something out with it

Sorry to hear that, Brandon.

its still worth it to me. he had said he started tearing it down but i didnt know he had it down that far...but oh well the deere was gonna cost way too much just cuz of its name to fix