Scrap yard IH 123
 

I went to work this morning before farm work, before work. And at the scrap yard I spied the 123. I'am leaning heavy on getting it next week. All the sheetmetal is good with no rust. No seat, no mower deck. The rims and tires are still good with little rust. I would like to say the hydro unit and rear end is complete and still working. But I was shocked to see what the PO had come up with for a motor. Dont know what kind of motor it is, but it is toast. And to top it off, they had cut the frame on the right side of the tractor to make this silly motor fit. A real downer, man! But the gas tank and sediment bowl is still there and the stearing unit is good as well as the front axel unit. No carb., I'am leaving the junk motor there and will get this "roller" even cheaper yet. So basicly I'am getting it for parts, The fact its a 123, and to maybe help a fellow cubby out, as I dont run the hydro. I know later on, I can make something very usefull out of it.....maybe a IH cub cadet 123 generator! Wish i had picts., most likely going to save it. What do you all think? Next week regardless if I get it, I will get some picts. up! Thanks, John

johncub7172,
If the price is right i would get it. Like you said, if nothing else it would be good for parts :ThumbsUp:

Well, here it is! My IH Cub Cadet 123. Traded my old .22 for it today. The motor is a Wisconson engine that looks to be toast. The frame had been cut to fit this motor:angry: It is gonna be a parts tractor, which some of the parts I'll fix and paint to maybe sell later on.

The serial# is 212423. Any how, it was saved from the crusher.

Looks like Hack the Butcher worked on it.

Glad you saved it from the crusher, John. :beerchug:

That looks very easy to save. The frame isn't bad at all, could have been a lot worse..


Nice find! :beerchug:

It will still be very usefull to me. The frame is hacked pretty good on the other side, which I'am gonna post more picts. of tommrow which should support what I'am saying. So I could only think that it was some little boy's tractor who had no clue what he was doing, but just seeing what he could come up with what he had. There is just no other way to figure. So the gears turn in my head, hydros should make for a better tiller tractor than the gear. I grap up ANY thing IH Cub Cadet!

I once had a 71 that someone had put that exact same engine into.

Couple of good frames for sale for a 123 on E-bay and at least one of the sellers will ship!! If you part it out and if the tower is in good shape, then pm me.....someone cut into mine to access the throttle--rather than pull the battery out, go figure!!! Great find!!

Cub Cadet 123