Hi,
Glad to be part of the group. I've been looking for a good (old) garden tractor to take care of odd jobs like snow removal and trailer pulling. After a couple of months of looking at craigslist postings of almost every garden and lawn tractor made I started to gravitate towards the Cub Cadets. After spending time on this forum I sprung for this nice condition 1650 I found on my local Craigslist. It has the dual hydro controls and a mower deck. It runs pretty well, but I think it will need the modified engine mount treatment. The hydro levers are stuck but after scouring the posts here it sounds like some PB Blaster and some gentle hammer taps on the hydro block might fix the problem. Other than that, if I can just find a QA42A snowthrower I should be set for winter.
