New from Ill-inois...
The title having to do with the state budget issues, which does mess with me in my job as a fleet mechanic for them...
I have been messing with small engines since I was 12 or 13, now "late" 40's.. have had lots of Sears Roper ("Suburbans" etc) tractors, a couple Deeres, throw a way box store ones etc over the years and always wanted a Cub cadet since I got to use a 127 at my cousin's house growing up, and my neighbor had a 109 or 129 all the while I grew up down the road from them...Dad was too "cheap" to buy a good machine, "they all cut grass, why are those so expensive"? basically if he couldn't get it from Sears we didn't have it.
I now have a 129, a 1200, and a 1650 that is "parts" (no engine, other stuff missing too) my son has just finished a nut and bolt overhaul of an Original, and my buddy's 1200 and 1250 that will also be mine when he is "done" with them, that I have to maintain. These last 2 have been in his family since new back in 1977.
in the last few months thy have been multiplying like rabbits.
I need a couple of good decks, a lift rod for a QA42A snow blower, and at least 1, 3 point setup. and that is just for starters.
being able to figure out IH's model and serial number system on attachments like decks would also be a big help.
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