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Originally Posted by Wild Bill

Actually, part of the deal when IH sold off the L&G division, was for Cub Cadet Corp. to make tractors and implements for IH dealers to sell.

The yellow and white CCC built tractors, are the same as the red IH tractors...the yellow and white tractors were sold in 'Cub Cadet' dealers, with CCC emblems, and the red tractors were sold at 'International Harvester' dealers, with IH emblems.

Roland's tractor is 'correct'. CCC/IH dealers didn't want '784' decals, so they kept the 782 decals.

IH dealers sold the manual lift 682, the hydraulic lift 782, and hydraulic lift -front hydraulic ports '784s', but they wore the 782 decals, and 782D tractors (along with the other GT models) The 782 models have 782 on the serial number plate, the 782s with the front hydraulic ports have 784 on the serial number plate.

At the start of CCC, the CC dealers sold yellow and white Cub Cadets with the same model numbers on them as the red IH badged tractors had, except for the diesel, it was given the model number 882D (along with the other GT models)

Then in 1985, CC dealers sold the manual lift 1710, the hydraulic lift 1711, and the hydraulic lift-hydraulic front ports as the model 1712. (along with the other GT models) The 1712 model also has 784 on the serial number plate, like the red 782/784 has.

I remember as a child going with my grandfather to the International dealer he bought his Cub Cadet at in Greenview IL. I remember very clearly that they had both red Cubs IH's and white and yellow Cub CCC's for sale at the same dealer. One of the reasons I remember so well is because my grandfather got a yellow CCC Cub Cadet and when I saw the red Cub IH's I thought they were the cats meow because IH was my favorite farm tractors as a child.

This was sometime between 1985 and 1986.