To sell or not to sell... That is the question

[edc_1110]

I recently posted my 1970 Cub Cadet 73 on craig's list, due to the fact that I need the cash to buy a new Cub gt2100 that I fell in love with the other day at my local dealership. My wheel horse 520h has been dying a slow death for the last couple of summers and I've grown weary of fixing it. So I sold it... I still need plenty of money to purchase the new tractor I want so my Dad told me I could sell the old cub to help out. I didnt know what to ask for so I listed it at $500. I got a responce from a fella that has had a few of Cubs over the years and after listning to some advise from him I responded with this email. I was taken back by my memories and thought it was a good introduction for me to post on this thread... So here ya go...


Donny, first off.... I thank you so much for the response I'm really going into this blind and you have finally shed some light on things. I figured the price was high, I've seen them sell for $400 completely restored. I guess in a way I really don't want to sell it, mainly due to sentimental value. This mower was the first thing I ever drove. It was my grandfathers tractor, who passed many years ago, he sold it to my Dad in the late 70's when He moved to Minnesota I really never saw him after that. I was about 7 years old when I started mowing grass for my dad who worked on the road for Conrail and wasn't home much. I used to have a wooden block strapped to the clutch pedal so I could reach it. When I wasn't mowing with it, I just drove it around, up to my fort in the woods, down to the creek to go fishing and out our 1/2 mile lane to get the mail. It's also how I learned to back up a trailer. Once my Dad told me that for a whole day that I could only drive it in reverse. With the trailer hooked up! So I did, all day long. By the end of that day I was backing that trailer up full speed the whole way from the mail box to the shooting range and then back to the house (that's a 1.5 mile round trip). I'm not sure what the horse power of the motor is. It was replaced before I was old enough to remember, but I do know its way bigger than the 7 horse it came with. When I was not being watched I used to dump the clutch in 3rd gear and spin the tires for a good 5 feet or so! Later on I figured out that in gravel I could do donuts till I was dizzy, that was always good for showing off to my friends until one day while on my forth or fifth time around in front of my Buddy's none the less, I rolled it! I've never even told my Dad that story.

Well if your still reading this and haven't fallen asleep, I may just pull the thing off of Craig's list and restore it. My daughter saw it for the first time when I pulled it out of the barn the other day and thought it was the coolest thing in the world. She's almost 16 I bet by the time she's my age (almost 40) it will have gained some value, and maybe she will be typing the same kinda story to some other guy whom she never met........

Thanks again Donny, now Ive got some thinking to do....

Ed