Not done much on the Cub lately, unfortunately. However, I have picked up some new rear tyres and another K161 engine. Admittedly it is seized but it has been barn stored and looks fairly straight so I can use parts off of it all being well. Has anyone else put 23-8.50 x 12 tyres on a cub before? I mocked it up and I quite like it, not sure what to put on the front though...
What do you guys think?
Tom
That's lucky finding a K161, I haven't seen one for sale before, tri rib tyres look good in my opinion, I had ag tyres and tri ribs on my Wheel Horse and I thought it looked good
It's certainly interesting, we will have to watch out for anymore. Correct me if I'm wrong but you have a wheel horse plough don't you? Does that fit your Cub? I ask as the clevis part seems quite wide to me, too wide for a brinly plough.
Tom
Sorry about the bad angles, the plough is buried but it does fit the CC hitch, here are some pictures.
Been busy fixing my steering wheel today, here are some pictures.
I used some black epoxy putty which worked really well.
After a polish you can barely tell it's there
All painted and fitted back on ready for next week.
I have added a temporary replacement grill to the front since the old one had completely rusted away and I painted a new number plate as the old one had been painted over.
Ready to be loaded up tomorrow for Newby hall tractor fest
Well the person that I know that did it said that it bolted straight in, unfortunately I don't have one but I've being looking on that auction site and there was one on the other day that sold, I'd just keep looking on there if I were you or ask around, someone may have one kicking around
Is it a 7hp kohler engine if it is then you probably won't find another one easily, I know someone that has a cub cadet 70 that swapped a 7hp kohler with an 8hp, could that be a solution?
It will be a while until I can see if it fits as I have removed my hitch on the cub but I will measure the clevis on the plough and see if it would fit the CC lift.
I've always wondered why CC called that hitch a 3-pt when it's obvious that it isn't.
Maybe it was the marketing weasels that came up with that to make it sound more like a 'big' tractor.
An engineer certainly would have never made that claim/mistake.
Cub Cadet didn't make the lift that I put pictures on of, the part that they called the 3-pt hitch is the casting that features in the brochure below, this came with my tractor. The pictures that Alain posted is what the Cub Cadet and Brinly 3-pt hitch was like.
I love all the literature you have, very interesting with lots of useful information. I'd love some of those implements!
It was factory, but I think it was Auto Culto made to fit on Cubs, but not a hitch that IH or Cub Cadet specifically made. The hitch was sold in order for you to use (and buy) Auto Culto implements that would attach to the Cub and Universally to possibly many other tractors as well. They probably had the same deal that Allied and Brinly had in the states and therefore, yes factory, but not IH, that however is splitting hairs at this point. It does seem that the mounting point for the springs needs to be moved back and attached to the seat mount rather than attached to a rod across the seat brace. Notice the factory IH wheel weights in the picture, you cant see all of them, but they were the same for many years, I still believe yours may be older Bolens weights, but I could be wrong. What I do not understand is how the Universal Auto Culto says it is a three point, when there are only two points to lift, by the holes in the lift straps. I just don't see where the center lift would hook too the implement in order to actually lift an implement, because with out the center piece it isn't a 3 point implement lift, nor could 3 point implements attach to it and 2 point attachments would be difficult to lift without a 3rd point of lift. It is what revolutionized farming, the Ford three point system. I'm no expert on Cub or Auto Culto, but it would be very interesting to see how the lift worked (I know the thing worked, lol) and what type of implements it used. Does the brochure you have show any other details/pictures? The brinly lift would have hooked into the bracket with the three holes at the lower bottom of the tractor, a U shaped bracket with a sleeve hitch mount, the hole on the top lift would have had two straps attached to the bottom lift and used to raise the implement. The bolts would tighten the implement to the the back of the hitch. the Cub original rear bottom lift was different and used a single spring to the back of the seat brace for an assist, as in the photo, you can barely see the spring at the top.
I understand what you are saying, I suppose that's why mine and Toms has the clevis part attached to it.
This is the brochure, notice they are cub cadet matched equipment, not cub cadet made
This is the only part in the brochure that shows the lift in action, it's not very clear
Only four of the seven photos showed up for me. Model 70s are hard to find, is it a recoil or electric start? The springs on the rear hitch are not factory, but the rest of the hitch may very well be. I thought the wheel weights may be early Bolens weights, but it is possible that E. Rowe which built the weights for Bolens and many other tractors, also supplied weights to Cub dealers overseas, that may have looked like Bolens weights, but were intended for Cubs, very hard to say. I do have photos of model 70 and 100 weights that were sold here in the US. and even that is speculation unless one knows the original purchaser.
I've sorted out the photos now, it is an electric start and the springs are factory as they are in the brochure that came with the tractor from the dealer, this is from the brochure.
Very nice Cub Ewan, you're also lucky to get all the manuals with it! Are you going to restore it or leave it?
Tom
I'm no Cub expert as I am new to them but I'm pretty sure the springs are factory as they were an option, from what I've read anyway. Apparently spring assist was an option to obviously help lift heavier implements.
Tom
Hi Tom, it is very rusty in places so a lot of new tin work has to be welded in so I will be restoring it.
Unfortunately last week I sold my Wheel Horse with the plough, it wasn't a wheel horse plough but I modified it to fit the clevis hitch, to me it looks like it would have fit the Cub but I'll see whether my dad's plough will fit it.
I wondered if it was something made and fitted over here aswell as I have looked all over the Internet and can't find one like it anywhere, at least I'm sure it isn't a homemade thing anymore
As some of you may have seen as my dad posted some pictures. I picked up a cub cadet 70 the other day with all the original manuals and number plates, here's the pictures of when it arrived.
My fully restored Wheel Horse C-121 had to go to pay for my new project.
These are the manuals that came with it and also the leaflets from the dealer in Cleckhuddersfax.
I picked up a cub cadet 70 the other week with the same hitch on the back, I was beginning to think it was homemade because no one on the cub cadet forum had ever seen one,
thanks Norman 
Model 70s are hard to find, is it a recoil or electric start? The springs on the rear hitch are not factory, but the rest of the hitch may very well be. I thought the wheel weights may be early Bolens weights, but it is possible that E. Rowe which built the weights for Bolens and many other tractors, also supplied weights to Cub dealers overseas, that may have looked like Bolens weights, but were intended for Cubs, very hard to say. I do have photos of model 70 and 100 weights that were sold here in the US. and even that is speculation unless one knows the original purchaser.
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That's lucky finding a K161, I haven't seen one for sale before, tri rib tyres look good in my opinion, I had ag tyres and tri ribs on my Wheel Horse and I thought it looked good