Cub Cadet Original Prototype ?

[J-Mech]

Originally Posted by Cub Cadet 123

Interesting to see that serial tag on the driver's LHS by the footrest...….Why would that be put on the machine that was Frankenstein'd up, when it wasn't originally there. The pulley out the front was set up to work on something. It would be neat to see what attachments were used on that machine.

Cub Cadet 123

I too would like to know what that tag says.....
The pulley out the front is the start rope pulley.


Guys, look again....that isn't the grille shell or the hood from an O. I really don't know what this thing is..... but the only thing IH is the front frame and the dash tower. That's it. (The right hand foot rest, the lift lever and the deck mounting brackets are too....) It does still have a starter button, even though it has a rope start engine.

[cooperino]

Originally Posted by J-Mech

I too would like to know what that tag says.....
The pulley out the front is the start rope pulley.

Saw the rope start after I had looked at the auction description. In there it says its a hand crank engine.. Got excited and went and looked at picture again.. Nope. just a roper

My first push mower had a hand crank on top. you flipped a lever over then it slid out for more leverage and it had a knob that spun while you turned.. It would whack your hand one good time once it fired like the release mechanism was slow to release or something. Damn.. Can almost feel that now just thinking of it lol

[cooperino]

Originally Posted by cooperino

Saw the rope start after I had looked at the auction description. In there it says its a hand crank engine.. Got excited and went and looked at picture again.. Nope. just a roper

My first push mower had a hand crank on top. you flipped a lever over then it slid out for more leverage and it had a knob that spun while you turned.. It would whack your hand one good time once it fired like the release mechanism was slow to release or something. Damn.. Can almost feel that now just thinking of it lol

Like I said.. It was a really long time ago lol.. I went and looked at pics. Now I remember how it was suppose to work. You cranked the handle then you hit a release for it to crank the engine. My handle would spin a little when released "not suppose to do that" and would catch my hand when it came around..

Here's a pic.. Anyone else ever own one of these? It was a Montgomery Ward

[john hall]

Originally Posted by cooperino

Like I said.. It was a really long time ago lol.. I went and looked at pics. Now I remember how it was suppose to work. You cranked the handle then you hit a release for it to crank the engine. My handle would spin a little when released "not suppose to do that" and would catch my hand when it came around..

Here's a pic.. Anyone else ever own one of these? It was a Montgomery Ward

I've got a push mower with that starter and I am pretty sure an NOS Briggs air shroud with the spring starter assembly.

[cooperino]

Originally Posted by Lanceskene

Grill looks like its from an Allis Chalmers B-10

It does look quite a bit like that. The OP pic one is not angled like the B-10 but does look very very close to being same

[bllwnkl]

Originally Posted by cooperino

Like I said.. It was a really long time ago lol.. I went and looked at pics. Now I remember how it was suppose to work. You cranked the handle then you hit a release for it to crank the engine. My handle would spin a little when released "not suppose to do that" and would catch my hand when it came around..

Here's a pic.. Anyone else ever own one of these? It was a Montgomery Ward

I remember my dad having one of those. Don't remember what make it was but I cranked it many times! IIRC you unfolded it to expose the handle that you hold to spin it. Spinning it wound the spring, then like you said, you pushed a button to release the wound spring that turned the engine over! Thanks for the memories!

[jbrewer]

Originally Posted by bllwnkl

I remember my dad having one of those. Don't remember what make it was but I cranked it many times! IIRC you unfolded it to expose the handle that you hold to spin it. Spinning it wound the spring, then like you said, you pushed a button to release the wound spring that turned the engine over! Thanks for the memories!

I remember them as well. I don't recall them as being particularly useful. I preferred the rope start that you slipnotted over the mower handles after use.

[bllwnkl]

Originally Posted by jbrewer

I remember them as well. I don't recall them as being particularly useful. I preferred the rope start that you slipnotted over the mower handles after use.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure ours wore out and ended up with a pulley and rope!

[drglinski]

I'm voting franken tractor. Someone likely hacked it together with whatever they had laying around extra, etc. totally weird looking.