Kids have a built in radar knowing where the fun is.
What are you currently working on??
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Very true. My wife and I have completely different parenting styles. She is mom 24/7. I'm only the hard dad when I need to be. Otherwise I'm still a kid. They mostly hang out with me.
I'm the goofy guy you'll see out at the mall clowning around with his kids like a nut and my wife is yelling at all of us. Or I'll be playing video games with the kids. She forgot how to have fun at some point in her life.
They look like cool tractors! It might be a pretty close color by accident---LOL! Thanks for the picture, Jim!
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Yeah that's what I always think, because it has happened before, John---LOL! Probably going to have to make a scrap yard run one of these days though. The next day I will need something in it I'm sure!
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done that!!!.
Not having any luck locating another sub frame for my Cub Cadet front blade.
Yesterday, brother and I went to a local steel and fabrication shop.
Brought home $140. 00 worth of steel plate and angle iron. Didn't seem like we got much!
I got all the pieces cut and should weld up another sub-frame tomorrow.
Yesterday, brother and I went to a local steel and fabrication shop.
Brought home $140. 00 worth of steel plate and angle iron. Didn't seem like we got much!
I got all the pieces cut and should weld up another sub-frame tomorrow.
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Same here Rick I get sticker shock when the guys total up my bill at the local fab shop. They are good to me selling their scrap but the new stuff is different. Like several mentioned I need to get some more supplies for my winter projects. Looks like a factory frame coming along, nice!
I have never seen what the Cub subframe looked like Rick! My MF8E has a Cub blade like yours, but someone built the subframe well over 30 years ago. I've had the tractor that long. I did do some extensive mods to it a couple years ago but still the same basic setup.
It's good you have an original to duplicate! That will save a lot of headaches over just building from scratch.
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Got the sub frame assembled yesterday. Spent today sneaking up on dimensions for the mounting holes just right. The tractor this will go on sits 3" higher than normal. Two of the mounting holes had to stay at the same position, the other four would be different dimensions. I undercut the rear slots that mount under the frame to a 3/4" round bar. Then as I test fit I'd take a little more off until it had an exact fit with no slop. After I was happy with the fitment it got painted with an extra rattle can of yellow paint. It is hanging in the workshop bathroom to dry overnight. This weekend I should reattach the blade and try it out.
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The other thing I did today was repair and repaint a sign for a local cemetery. It had fallen off its post and gotten a little deformed.
I worked over the wrought iron , taped off the lettering and painted everything gloss black. Tomorrow I'll take some long lag screws and reinstall it.
I volunteered to do what I could but they really need a new sign. I'll see if I can get that pushed through at their next meeting.
I worked over the wrought iron , taped off the lettering and painted everything gloss black. Tomorrow I'll take some long lag screws and reinstall it.
I volunteered to do what I could but they really need a new sign. I'll see if I can get that pushed through at their next meeting.
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5 hours today spent changing the hydro oil in the Cub 1862. It needed it more than I thought. Back cover gasket was bonded to the rear end and the cover. Split most of the gasket getting the cover off. 2hours or better just getting all the old gasket off the rear end and the cover. Inside bottom of the cover had a film on it that felt like wax. Kind of like a thin film. Never seen that before. Bottom of the case had gray sludge about 1/16" thick. No metal as a magnet picked up nothing. Parts brush and hand sprayer with a 1/2 gal of diesel fuel to clean that all out. The wash the inside all down good and let it drain. 7 qts of HyTran brought it up to with in 1/8" of the full mark. Will check it after I run it a while and will probably add another pint. Lifts faster and power steering works better already at fast idle. Plan to mow a bit with it tomorrow. Going to like this tractor a lot, especially with the power steering.
I have 3 ariens and a new Holland. (the NH is actually the same machine except for paint)
Of the 4, only one has power steering. And 2 are GT 19's and of them all only one GT19 has power steering. And I noticed the difference with the PS especially with the snow blower on the front.
And I do notice the difference with the mower decks mounted. But my wife has run all 4 at one point or another with the mower deck mounted. And strangely she says she doesn't notice anything different between them, while mowing between one with PS and the 3 without. I wasn't gonna say anything about the difference between them to her but after having her run the one with PS a couple of times, and then the next time I put her on one without, and she didn't complain, so I had to ask her if she noticed anything different than the other one, and she even said she didn't. Which surprised me. But if she doesn't notice I'm not gonna push the issue.
I've had that machine 4-5 years and til this spring I never took the blower off/ but I needed to use it with a mower deck this year, so I had to take the blower off.
Power steering is over rated on a GT unless you run something front heavy, like a snow blower or a bucket.
Of the 4, only one has power steering. And 2 are GT 19's and of them all only one GT19 has power steering. And I noticed the difference with the PS especially with the snow blower on the front.
And I do notice the difference with the mower decks mounted. But my wife has run all 4 at one point or another with the mower deck mounted. And strangely she says she doesn't notice anything different between them, while mowing between one with PS and the 3 without. I wasn't gonna say anything about the difference between them to her but after having her run the one with PS a couple of times, and then the next time I put her on one without, and she didn't complain, so I had to ask her if she noticed anything different than the other one, and she even said she didn't. Which surprised me. But if she doesn't notice I'm not gonna push the issue.
I've had that machine 4-5 years and til this spring I never took the blower off/ but I needed to use it with a mower deck this year, so I had to take the blower off.
Power steering is over rated on a GT unless you run something front heavy, like a snow blower or a bucket.
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I disagree completely. If you have bad shoulders and have one had free to turn the wheel when mowing for 2+hours power steering is big help. But that depends on how good your power steering is working. Snowblower on the front was never an issue with turning. Just lift the blower a bit and the tractor turns just fine. Snow blower is usually only a once or twice a season use machine.
Yesterday I reinstalled the sign for the cemetery and painted the post it was mounted on.
Then on the way home I spotted a guy putting up a yard sale sign. so I checked it out. The only thing he had that interested me was a box of aerosol paint, Mostly Rustoleum. Also had two cans of Scotch Guard, a bottle of Goo-Gone, and an unopened Bondo Repair kit. Started checking out if any were full. Turns out 14 of 23 were unused. Asked how much for the boxful, He said $5. Then he threw in some stars the wife was looking at. I ended up giving him $10 and still felt like I robbed him. In the picture the 14 cans to the back of the box are unused. I dropped the Bondo off at my brothers place. The wife confiscated the scotch Guard, Goo-Gone and a can of silver glitter paint.
Then I finished putting the sub frame under the tractor it will be used on.
Then on the way home I spotted a guy putting up a yard sale sign. so I checked it out. The only thing he had that interested me was a box of aerosol paint, Mostly Rustoleum. Also had two cans of Scotch Guard, a bottle of Goo-Gone, and an unopened Bondo Repair kit. Started checking out if any were full. Turns out 14 of 23 were unused. Asked how much for the boxful, He said $5. Then he threw in some stars the wife was looking at. I ended up giving him $10 and still felt like I robbed him. In the picture the 14 cans to the back of the box are unused. I dropped the Bondo off at my brothers place. The wife confiscated the scotch Guard, Goo-Gone and a can of silver glitter paint.
Then I finished putting the sub frame under the tractor it will be used on.
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Today I fabricated a bracket to attach the lift rod from the blade to the tractor. My Cub Cadet 782 had a bracket on it but the other tractor only had a pointer to show the mowing height. It should have had the optional bracket shown as #15 in the drawing. I took some dimensions from the 782 and started piecing together a replacement. After some cutting, drilling and welding I came up with something that works. After a test run it and the lift rod got a coat of primer and red paint. they are hanging up to dry and will get reinstalled tomorrow.
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Scrubbed the whole house top to bottom for my youngest daughter's birthday party. Then in 2 hours it was wrecked. Now I'm sitting here dreading doing it all over again...