My 1st Cub Cadet was an Original given to me for free . I was helping a Buddy with his drywall business the 1st week I retired from the US Army. His customer had an Original sitting out Back which they mowed there Back yard with about 3 to 4 times a year and was now Hiring Landscapers. So I asked about it and he gave it to me. It stays In storage. Came very close to selling it to a MTD/Cub territory Man . Because another friend told him I would probably take $300 for it.
I hadn't even thought about selling it at the time.
But On another Note, I grew Up next door to Late Donald Stevenson. He was The IH Cab cadet test engineer. I can remember last Narrow frame series In Pre Production, I was about 3 or 4 at the time. So I saw the Last Narrow frame series Before anyone else when it was Just painted, But No decals of what Became a 107 & 106. Got to sit on them as I couldn't reach the Pedals. So I wasn't allow to drive them around Both had electric lift on them . Not something Mr Stevenson was very thrilled with. He preferred the Hydraulic lift himself.
My second Cub was a 1970 106. Purchased from a Late Neighbors Widow from where I grew Up in 2003 with a 42inch deck, Peco 5HP Bagger, QA36A thrower and a Bolens Frame weight and a Homemade folding wooded Cart. It Looked like an IH Cart. That Cub is still working. I remember as a Kid of about 6 when he Bought it. I was always so Jealous, because all we Had was a MTD Made Firestone 5HP Pull start rider 1 speed forward and 1 speed Reverse. So, it went to bed In the winter, and we used a Toro 2Cylce snow blower on our Gravel driveway.
While the Original was the 1st Cub Purchased the 106 is Probably the one I would never sell . It's going to Probably be used for Tilling from now on with an IH Number 2 Tiller, I bought Fall 2021
