Here's my cub, its a 1968 cub Cadet 72. I bought it from a man who was building it into a puller for his young daughter. He said it has a copperhead gasket on it, and also has new 26x12x12 tires with new rims. The day of the pull he weighted it down and hauled it to the fair grounds. When it was her turn to pull she was to scared to so it never got pulled. I bought it with no intentions of ever pulling it, just play around with it and move trailers around the house and shop. While I was off for Christmas break I got it all apart and re-painted it gloss black (was gloss black when I bought it but was scratched bad). I added the tractor muffler. I always wanted a tricycle front end on a garden tractor, but never had the time to build one. So I had one custom made and ordered it. After a little cutting, and drilling a few holes, me and my dad got it installed. I'm pretty satisfied with the looks. Reminds me of a 66 series International tractor. It also steers good and is not sloppy. Only sloop is the play in the cub steering. Now on to the pictures!
The night I brought it home.
After adding the new muffler.
Fresh paint!
The kit arrived.
Putting everything in place.
Everything bolted into place to move around.
And how it is as of today. When I got home from work I put everything back on it. Front wheels are now painted as well as the grill. I'm also ordering a new headlight bezel sticker as I type this. I'm pretty proud of my cub.
My cubs far from restored, The body and paint are slick but I still plan on working it like its made to do. I've had John Deere, Ford, Massey Ferguson, MTD, and many other brands of garden tractors and this is by far the strongest , best pulling garden tractor I've ever had. I guess because its all shaft drive instead of belt like most others. Hope everybody enjoys the pics