Cub Cadet

Just a little update, after months of driving the tractor at shows and on our land etc. I noticed that the seat is very uncomfortable on rough land and so I bought one of these seat covers. I am very pleased, very well made and very comfortable!

Happy birthday James!

Very cool find!

I would love to buy this, all the good tractors are always too far away 

2 hours ago, Thorn1979 said:

I know! I can't imagine this ever getting into shops nowadays. Cub Cadet, I wonder if the models my sister's dad used to make were the same ones from the magazines. I expect so. I just like the little thing, wish I could come up with a practical use for it to justify the space it takes up!

I would guess so as the Hobbies company made different products and advertised them in the magazines.

My grandma has one of these fret saws in her garage, my great uncle used to buy the Hobbies Magazines weekly and the Annuals, many of which are now in my possession as well as the model plans. He used to make model boats with it. 

Very cool piece of history you have there, nice to see it being restored 

http://www.unitytyreonline.co.uk/turf_small.html

I bought Duro HF257 tri ribs from here £15.60 each and mine came with tubes, i've used them on two tractors and highly recommend them.

This photo shows what they look like

2 hours ago, meadowfield said:

tis jcb yellow

 

 

Erm the yellow I used is JCB yellow 

1 hour ago, ranger said:

Cub Cadet yellow?

He better not be using my paint! 

5 hours ago, Stormin said:

 

 

Get one between you.

I think it would be a bit hard to find one 

Very nice! I want one!

Thats awesome!

During the summer I started making a 1/10th scale Cub Cadet, not sure it could be driven though.

Thanks all! Due to being at university now I don't have a lot of time for new projects but i'm sure there may be some updates at christmas! 

I once spilt transmission oil on some Yorkshire stone flags and boiling water, washing up liquid and a scrubbing brush worked for me. Good luck!

Earlier this week I got round to painting the wheel weights I bought off Charlie earlier this year, I have decided to put these wheel weights on because they are cub cadet ones, the ones that came with my tractor will be painted white so some one else in the family can use them on their tractor. 

On 8/26/2016 at 10:02 AM, Anglo Traction said:

Just read your whole thread Ewan. Exceptional work standard. Vast array of practical skills required/acquired in these projects. You can be rightly proud of your effort (bet your Dad is as well ). Tractor looks as good as new!........ What's next then ?.   

Thanks Richard! Next on the list is making a few different attachments for it including a water pump powered off the front pto, I'll have to put up a rebuild thread some time. Unfortunately some of these projects will have to wait until christmas as I am starting uni in late September  

On 22 August 2016 at 1:16 PM, HeadExam said:

The transport box is beautiful! Great job.

Thanks Alain, I've put a lot of time and effort into both the box and the tractor  

On 22 August 2016 at 1:29 PM, Triumph66 said:

Another top job Ewan!

On 22 August 2016 at 2:30 PM, Stormin said:

First class job.  I'd be afraid to use it.

Thanks guys, unfortunately the inside of the box already has a few scrapes. 

On 22 August 2016 at 3:21 PM, slf-uk said:

 

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ like he said. I can't imagine any of my tracs looking this good

 

Iain

Cheers Iain!

Here are some photos from recent shows with the finished transport box.

Jakes new tyres arrived last week so yesterday we went to my grandads and got them changed over. 

1 minute ago, Stormin said:

I hope he's paying you well, Ewan.  I don't know what your brothers would do without you.

He is, don't worry about that 

2 hours ago, Stormin said:

Very smart, Ewan.

Thanks, I'm pleased with it. 

Here's a few more photos. 

This is a spare bonnet we had lying around, at some point it had been cleaned up and painted so it was a quick job. 

The primed parts have been added since the dash tower on a C-125 is different. 

I'm not a fan of painting parts when bolted together but I know everything is rust free and Jake isn't bothered so long as the tractor looks tidy. 

Here is where I have got to, we have got some new tyres for the back and then I will be able to paint the rims all round. 

So a couple of weeks ago Finn forgot to take it out of gear when getting off to open a gate, consequently it took off straight into the gate and had an implication with one of the coach bolts sticking through...  This is the mess that it made. 

Next he was asking me to repair it for him so I started by using a fibre glass repair kit and then using a little bit of filler. 

After a bit of paint you can't tell it was there. 

Back in November last year my dad bought a large collection of WH implements and tractors, in the collection was a C-125 that my brother bought, he wasn't a fan of the hood and fender so he hired me to convert it into a C-121 and restore it for him. 

Here is what it looked like, it was in a restored condition and most of it has been sandblasted so it was an easy job for me to just sand down the paint and then repaint. 

After a bit more taking apart and cleaning the bulk had been painted and reassembled, this is the only picture I took of me painted chassis and gearbox. 

There will be more photos to follow later.