It struck again; the Cub bug. Been eyeballing a (somewhat) local deal that's been up for a while but hasn't sold; when will I learn there's usually a reason it hasn't sold!! The original listing was for an 1864, 54" deck, 42" blade, and 451 blower for $1000. Too rich for my blood, especially seeing as I don't even need it. A week later, and it's down to $900. So I take a shot and text the guy asking if he'll sell the blower separately. Bingo, he said yes (and at a good price at that). Then my curiosity gets the best of me; seeing how "little" he wanted for the blower, I ask about the rest. After a bit of back and forth, and finding a local Cub buddy of mine to unload everything but the blower on, we set up a time and place for me to buy everything based on the tentative condition of the tractor. So I load up my trailer and dog for the ride, and away I go.
I get there and after finally catching up with this guy, get a chance to see things. Deck is in fine shape, blade needs a wear edge but otherwise good, blower looks to have very little use (said he installed a new worm gear), but the tractor...phew. It's seen better days. Busted off grill/hood, couple bird sh!t weld jobs on the muffler, zip ties galore, wiring hanging off, but the engine fires up and doesn't smoke so that's a plus. I tell him it's worse than I thought and offer him less than we had talked about earlier on. He says he just wants it gone so takes what I offer. We load up, and away I go.
I only snapped a couple pics of the tractor for the hour it was in my possession but it's enough to see the condition of the machine. What I found interesting is the air cleaner. I've not seen a Command that has clips to hold it on rather than a center wing nut
Also grabbed a couple of the blower (and one of my driving buddy trying to sleep
). It's the first one I've ever had that has the rock guard and spring still intact on the chute, so that'll be neat to try out.
Anywho, enjoy the pics guys. If you'll excuse me, I'm off to the technical section to download the 451 manual and study up
