Cub Cadet

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.

Starting to look the part now, just got to do a little more tweaking on the lift mechanism and then paint it.

Good weather for painting so the frame and the sides got a coat of paint after being primed yesterday.

My thoughts exactly, black frame with white sides it is then!

The box finally tips and lifts twice as high First of all we made the lift arms that would do all of the lifting and also multiply the lift off the ground. Then we made the tipping mechanism, once the box is on the ground you can disengage the mechanism using a handle and then by lifting the box it can be emptied. Some tidying up of edges and welds will be done and then it is ready for paint. I am going to paint the mechanism yellow but I am unsure whether to paint the whole box IH white like the bonnet, or all black, or the frame black and the sides white. Any ideas will be appreciated!

Happy Birthday Nigel!

We went to the great Yorkshire show today and since you all like photos here are some that I took. Here is a board that displays comments made to the Newby hall tractor fest Facebook page, @pmackellow your famous!

On Friday we made the lift mechanism that attaches the box to the tractor. Here are some pics I put the floor in for a photo and a test drive, after taking it into our field and onto the rough ground I discovered that it didn't lift quite high enough for the terrain I would be driving over so some modifications had to be made. I made the bottom lift arms longer and by welding onto the sides of the old ones it made the box align with the bracket on the tractor. At least I know my drilling is straight, the holes are for the height adjustment. This is as far as I have got, the string imitates the link arms and we are also trying to work out a way for the box to tip.

I got most of the frame work done yesterday and started to fabricate the sides. First I cut the back and then the sides I hope my dad doesn't notice I've stolen some of his gate

Whatever wood it is it looks nice and has a good finish, I'm hoping to get another coat of oil on mine today.

No the wood I used is called Sapele which is a tropical hardwood, I think that your wood looks too dark to be ash since ash is a very light coloured wood but who knows

Finally started on this project again, I have now made the base of the box and hope to get the rest of the metal cut by the end of the week. I am really pleased with how the wood looks with a coat of oil.

Great find! I love these earlier horses, looks like a great project.

Sure wish mine was in that condition! Very nice

Thanks Charlie!

Well it's about 99.9% finished, the fenders and a few other bits have now been bolted on ready for tomorrow's show so here are a few photos. The original number plate has now been put back on.

Thanks guys, I'm really pleased with what it's turned out like.

Cheers

Cheers guys!

After using up all of the stock of yellow paint from my local ag merchant they ordered some more from another one of their stores, two days later it arrived and it was a different brand of paint somewhere along the line the paint code got lost so in desperation we made a 60 mile round trip (thanks mum) to another ag merchant and I finally got the paint meaning the last parts could be painted . I made a new gasket for the transmission. The wiring has now been finished and the lights work The bonnet got its final coat of paint and my IH wheel weights arrived (thanks @Charlie Smith) And here it is, nearly finished just a few little bits left to bolt on but it starts and runs like new! I'm very happy

They are not the best but they are a lot better than they were, it's a bit of a rush to get it finished for the first show but I can always repaint parts later that I'm not happy with