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Wanted to introduce myself. I am from Richmond, Ky. just south of Lexington home of the Kentucky Wildcats. I have owned several older cubs over the past few years, my first being a sweet refurbished 107 with a 42 inch deck. The next couple of Cubs I happened upon was a very nice original 147 and a nice original 149 and as my last true cub a 129. I enjoyed these excellent cubs greatly, but someone would always come along and some how come up with the cash and talk me out of my beloved Cubs. Well tomorrow I have the pleasure of going to pick up the cub that started my love for the little tractors. My grandmother is no longer able to take care of her lawn and is having it mowed by a service now, so she calls and tells me it's time I can come and get her 1973 128. She has owned it since 1974, purchasing it from the original owner. His reason for selling was due to a heart attack and was no longer able to do any kind of physical activity. I used to mow her yard when we visited and fell in love with the thing, and yes I would do what most kids would do to the gear driven cubs, I would make it pop the front wheels off the ground. Got my butt busted for that too... LOL...
She has had the local Cub dealer come out every spring since she purchased the mower and do a complete once over and tune up and replace anything that was worn out. I know for a fact a couple of exhaust valves have been replaced, along with a head, obviously new belts, blades, batteries, the normal consumables. It is fairly stock with only rear wheel weights on 6-12 rims with tractor treads as the only accessories. It has been a few years since I have seen the mower. Even the tires are original. It has never been left outside, always in the garage. I have been wrestling with weather I should do a complete redo, would be my first, or just fix what if anything is wrong with it, and keep on using it as I don't intend for it to be a museum piece. I think I would like to find a nice tiller for it and use it for garden purposes and pulling a trailer around the house for misc. work. I guess I'll wait to see how it looks and runs overall and will try to get some pictures posted tomorrow after we get back from the Cincinnati area with it. There is a great video on you tube with a guy that completely goes thru a 129. He does a great job of video and editing and is quite humorous. The title to start the videos is Cub Cadet Loader project 1. There are 25 videos in all. He gives some great tips on how to remove broken bolts, screws and other things. Take care and I look forward to looking much deeper into this site for help and information.

thanks
DWayne