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05-27-2015, 01:11 AM
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New 129 Owner
Hello,
I joined this place last year when I bought my first Cub Cadet, a new RTZ-S 54 KW and it has been just an amazing mowing machine. However I seem to have a lot of heavy duty towing and wanted something I could put a snow/dirt blade on, and was told the transmissions in those tractors are not able to handle that kind of stuff. Fast forward a year later and I see a craigslist ad here in Cincinnat for a solid running Cub Cadet 129, which I knew nothing about but it was cheap and looked up to the task of towing. I called the guy and he owned a mower service and said he doesen't deal in old stuff and wanted it gone, it ran good but no mower deck. Not to bore you but I had a Craftsman lt1000 non running I got from an auction and I offered to him, he said to bring it. He only wanted 200.00 for the Cub Cadet, gave me 100.00 for the broken Craftsman and even gave me a brand new battery..Cub Cadet 129 and new battery out the door for 100.00. Now I got home and started reading about Cub Cadet 129's and found out I had bought much more than a basic lawn mower, I had no idea. This lead me back to Craigslist and an 3 1/2 hour one way road trip to Indiana to pick up a OEM blade and snow chains from a super nice older farmer for another 115.00. Also I got to see his collection of several mint Cub Cadets including a few originals that looked right off the factory floor, and a rare pull start version as well as some awesome restored IH Cub Tractors and a old all electric model. This only fueled a new need and want to restore the great running 129 I now have. Not that I need a new addiction in my life  but it seems to me that finding all the attachments that I now want might be a very long scavenger hunt, so any helpful hints would be appreciated.
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05-31-2015, 05:11 AM
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First Repair
So I got dirty for the first time with my newly acquired 129, the lights did not work. Switch was bad so I grabbed a toggle switch from Lowes and installed it and working lights front and rear..yay...
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05-31-2015, 11:21 AM
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 The 129 was a very popular cub cadet for IH, so if you need additional parts, they are plentiful. Congratulations on finding some really great deals and getting a 129. It will handle your towing needs and with a snow blade it will get you cleared out fast enough that you will look around and be doing your neighbors' just to try to get more seat time.....that is if you like being in the snow. Looking forward to seeing more of your posts in the future, Cub Cadet 123
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Still don't know what I'm doing in OHIO?.....If you find me, then please point me back toward INDIANA.
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