[Rotarygod]

Greetings everyone!

The name is John, I just bought my first house with about an acre of property on it and have suddenly come to realize a trimmer just won't Cut it...I quickly realized I was going to need a tractor. When my father passed last july I took on his craftsman 46 incher but it needs a lot of work so I am going to sell it cheap to get it gone because my friend who has a nice little collection of mostly ford tractors offered up for free a cub model 147 with IIRC a 50 inch deck.
Hence why I am here. I found Rob_M's build thread on his 147 with front loader and realized I need that in my life. So I am going to take on that 147 (it also needs work and I'll be posting a help thread in the appropriate section after I search and see what I can see)

The 147 once fixed up will serve as a mower and also to tend to my RC car tracks to move dirt for jumps and drag and grate the track as well as some brush clearing.

I have a fairly extensive automotive mechanical background, including engine swaps, turbo builds and ground up restorations and especially love rotary engines and RX7's (hence the username) and I have been fabricating for about 26 years.

I was really in the camp of a lawn tractor is a lawn tractor but after my buddy described the hydrostatic drive and then borrowing a newer cub to mow my yard I was pretty hooked. I had only ever driven belt and clutch drive mowers before... I already feel like a mower snob. These cubs are pretty awesome!

Anyway, I look forward to digesting a ton of info and to start off my 147 build very soon!

Thanks for having me!