[fer100]

Well after getting rid of all 7 of my tractors and everything else about 3-4 years ago I thought I was cured. I tried not to go back and was doing ok with my meds Ha Ha. But a year ago My father in law passed away. lets start from the beginning in 1988 I met my wife and her parents. I came across a Cub Cadet 100 with a mower deck, plow, snow blower, trailer told my father in law he said he wanted it and gave me the money to get it! Got it all for a good price. Once I got the tractor to him(he lives in Canada) It needed steering and later found out the main shaft in the transmission was bent. My father in law and I bonded over this tractor over the last 27 years he and I worked on and this is why I got the FEVER. Well my mother in law wanted to sell it but it kept blowing the spark plug out(needs new head). Told her that and she said she was going to give it away. When I heard that I told her she could not do that, that I was attached to that tractor and reminds me of dad and that's why I've been delaying fixing it for her and I would fight her over It . I would always tell dad that when he died I was going to place his name on it, It's now called "GERALD ". SO I'AM BACK and starting up again. Wish me Luck! This time the wife and kids aren't fighting me it means as much to them as it does to me. Have many stories to tell about this tractor and my father in law. He only had a 6 grade education and worked all his life as a mechanic. At the end of his life he had very bad hands and arms but still use his tractor till about a year before his death! When he couldn't use a part of the tractor he created parts for it. His parts warehouse was the local Dump if he could find it he made it. He kept it running till a year before his death. As I remember the times I will post it to many memories flooding in right now! Rich