[cooperino]

Okay, I am pretty excited about this one.

It has been a few months since my last cub purchase. When I saw this one today I could not get the trailer hooked up fast enough.

It was listed on craigslist for 200$ firm and the seller was the widow of the original owner. I got a lot of details from her about the history of the machine which was used on their 1.5 acre estate for grass cutting and snow plowing.

He purchased the unit new with Deck, plow, chains, and yes 2 sets of wheel weights. One set on inside of rims and other on outside of rims.

She told me it has not run since his passing 2 years ago but was used by him one week prior to his passing.

I checked the oil when i got there. Full and clean. The gas tank was clean and dry as a bone. Fuel valve was closed. I pulled the glass bowl and gave it a rinse with some fresh gas. Filled up the fuel tank and hooked up some jumper cables. The tractor coughed once and then started up. I opened up the choke and she puuurrred like a kitten. A few minutes later I was driving it onto my trailer. I am giving it a quick bath now but here it is with original dirt still in place. This might also be the cleanest deck I have ever gotten with a tractor. Very very solid.