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08-11-2009, 02:19 PM
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Newcomer with 4 CC's so far..lol..
Hi everybody... I am a fairly recent convert to Cub Cadets..Always been into tractors , gone thru the required redbelly Ford phase, into hundred series, then graduated to an IH 454...Never had enough grass to mow until I moved to central Texas from Upstate NY.. then started out with a Murray Hydrostatic that I beat on a regular basis...I picked up several other MTD/Noma mowers , and on a run thru Iowa I decided to join the big boys and I bought a sweet 1200 at a tractor show for about 3 times what I had just spent fixing the steering on the dang NOMA. Holy cow, what a machine it proved out to be! Absolutely no comparison to the junk I have been fighting for years...
Move forward one year, I am trying to clean out the old place in upstate NY, and somone has a 1250 Hydro on the for sale board at the laundry... parts machine...lol. I got it anyway, and have been steadily getting it to function..It was amazing what motor mounts and new rag joints did for the vibration issues.. Hydro still whines at times, I did change the filter and fluid... Found a neighbor with a partially stripped 1250 for $20 which has been handy for little stuff.. Also picked up a 147 with a seized motor and a good 38 inch deck.. I can see I am already hopelessly addicted.. Now I will need to sell my Simplicity collection to pay for more CUB stuff.. Until I got the hydro going, the Commando 8 Wheel horse was what I used to drag trailers around the yard, the 1250 is far superior altho traction is an issue. Perhaps it is time for some ag tires...Are narrow better than wider? I have both the 8 and 7 inch rims to use.. I'm in the process of rebuilding a 44 inch deck so I can do some mowing with it, had to send parts off it to my buddy in Texas to fix a broken idler setup he had on the 1200..But thanks to Ebay I have most of what it needed on the way. Anyhow I'm glad to finally be registered here..
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Quietlines and narrow frames, mostly projects but I mow with a 1200 and have a 122 set up for pulls. Wandering the country bringing towers to wind farms everywhere, and bringing yellow stuff home to Texas. Also into flatfender jeeps. 
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08-11-2009, 02:38 PM
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 I guess one could not appreciate heaven until experiencing hell. And one will never know what a piece of junk their shiny new riding lawn mower is until they get on an IH Cub Cadet garden tractor. Welcome to the forum Sir.
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08-11-2009, 04:16 PM
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Rpalmer
 that is absolutly funny man and very,very well said,Id like to use that as my signature!!First sirWELCOMEGlad to have you here among thoes who absolutly understand what your talking about! Take care jason  
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08-11-2009, 06:22 PM
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We have 3 Cubs and 3 non Cub's, plus 8 walk-behinds, all older then 1974. Cub's are Great machines.
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Mike Murphy Mike & Jen's Old Engines Original OCC Member #23 Cub Cadets: 102, 128(X2), Model 1 tiller, Model 1A Sweeper, QA-42A Snow blower, 38" CI end mower deck, QA 42" mower deck, Brinly cultivator, Brinly 10" plow, sleeve hitch adaptor
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08-16-2009, 11:59 PM
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Well let me tell you I know where U are coming from.
I have a 106 I mow my grass with. That machine replaced a 3 year old Snapper zero turn mower. I paid $4200 for the Snapper. $150 6 aspirin and a sediment bowl for 11 bucks for the 106. The old timer cuts a nice carpet no digging up the turf on the turns and on the hillside. The guy next door with the high priced Gravely asked me if I was nuts. I told him not anymore.:biggrin2.gif: ole 147
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08-17-2009, 01:07 AM
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