Hello Again...

[Lanceskene]

Havent been here awhile after selling my 1862 but...

Been looking for a small K-series to repower my Bolens RaM and found this one sitting in an interesting cart... I think... its a Cub Original.. or was at some point in time, unfortunately its missing almost everything

I was in a hurry on my way to work so didnt have time to get much info, seller said he got it from a friend and has been using it to pull the kids tabbogan until the clutch started having issues, no other parts with it, he said the 8hp K runs well so I gave him $100.

Couldnt find a serial plate on it so the stamp on the frame is all I got, havent even unloaded it from the trailer yet

couple more pics on dropbox
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/v9cjse9qf..._o_MSaybWzzQea

[Yosemite Sam]

Welcome back,

Yup that's an "O" the serial number will be stamped into the right hand side of the gear reduction housing near the plug (gear reduction housing is between the frame and the transmission).

Originals are one of my favorites, even though nearly every part is different from it's relatives.

Step back a little and lets see the whole machine.

[ACecil]

Glad to have you back, and congrats on the O!

[Lanceskene]

thx.. think I'll nickname it a "Half an O"... or Cub Cadet 0.5... lol

didnt the dropbox link work for you Yosimite Sam??

as you can see by my meager post count... I didnt really care much for the 1862, nice enough machine did a great cut, but Im getting to be an old timer myself and I like old machines.

fyi.. I live on an old farmstead in Alberta, 25+ yrs as a metal fabricator, workin a mon-thurs night shift, always have too many projects on the go, active on several forums.

So now the question is what I do with a Half an 0? I have a couple extra larger K-series engines around, 10-14hp, I can build bodywork and fabricate lifts and mounts for attachments but dont really need anything specific at the moment... any suggestions?

No... I wont give it to you

[cubcadet]

Nice find.

[Berwil]

Congrats on finding the O!

I'd be interested to know the serial number when you get a chance. I don't see a hole for the creeper shifter. Not exactly sure what that means, does that make it an early one? I only looked cause someone else brought it up in an O post a while back.

Bill

[Lanceskene]

I got it out of trailer and cleaned it up a bit so theres a bunch more pics in the dropbox folder now.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/v9cjse9qf..._o_MSaybWzzQea

I dont know where the serial plate should be... but it doesnt appear to have one. There is plate on the left side just ahead of the axle but it doesnt look like an ID plate, theres a pic, It was advertised as a '61

[dgrapes59]

No serial plate, it is stamped as Yosemite Sam noted:

Yup that's an "O" the serial number will be stamped into the right hand side of the gear reduction housing near the plug (gear reduction housing is between the frame and the transmission).

May have paint in it and hard to see but it should be there.

Nice little rig,

[Alvy]

Looks good. I would say that it's more than half an O to me. I don't see why you couldn't find the missing parts and make it complete. I like it and think it would look great all back together.

Does anyone know the serial break when the dash towers had the groove cut in the right side?

[dbuck]

Other than the fact, that it does no have the correct engine for an O. That is a nice looking tractor, I will go along with Alvy and put it back together.