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03-10-2014, 06:24 PM
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Every Cub Haulers Nightmare
Hello everyone this will be a pretty long story so get your popcorn.
 Warning long post! I went down to Iowa go get a 169 that I had bought from IACubCadet and prior to that we had maintenanced the truck but we never looked at the fuel pump or filter since we bought it in 2012. It is a 1990 Chevrolet Cheyenne and it has always been reliable. We have brought it out of state many times. But this was unique. It ran flawlessly all the way down from the Cities. Once we picked it up, It made it about 40-50 miles away from IACC's house. We were driving along peacefully and it spuddered once. My Grandpa and I looked at each other. We went a couple more miles and it spuddered again but a little longer. We continued another mile or two and I felt the truck stop and saw that we were slowing down significantly, partly due to the fact the the front is a big sail. We didn't coast for long. Once we stopped we tried starting it again and all of a sudden the entire truck started to shake and make the classic car brake down noise like you hear in the movies, and after that it stopped, that was it, no more life. We waited 2 hours in the cold for a tow and fortunately a cop had put his lights on behind us so we didn't waste our battery on the hazards and invited us into his squad car were it was warm. The worthless roadside assistance never called the tow so the cop had to. Everyone in town knew each other and the cop had known the tow guy. The tow guy confirmed our suspicion, it was the fuel pump. We ended up staying in a Super 8 in Waverly IA. In the morning we had to go back down south to Waterloo to get a Uhaul truck and another 1 hour 45 minutes south to get a trailer in Marshalltown, and then come back up the pick the truck up with the tractor still in back. It was quite the adventure for a 169. But it is our dream tractor and it is ours now. I'll take more pictures this weekend when I have time to go and take them. We haven't even bothered unloading the tractor yet. I only have 3 pictures as of now. All in all it was a good trip and would do it again when I can rely on the truck again. If you read through all of this, thank you. 
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     Grandpa's 1961 "O" w/ mowing deck, 169, 149, 147, 1000, 125 w/creeper and 3pt, 1250 w/ 44A deck, 1650, Frankenstien 1250, Great Grandpas 1968 Cadet 125 w/original QA-36, CCC 1711, Model 2 tiller, QA-42 and a QA-42A Snowthrower, Cozy cab May not be as much as others, but we're still building our fleet! There are more to come! Connor 
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