Cub Cadet

Happy Birthday to the two of you.  

Happy Birthday boy’s, hope you’re having a great time. 

Happy birthday boys 

Will come back with an update on this towards the winter. It has now been married up to a good example of the original mower it used to push around in the 1920s-
 

 
Needless to say in the meantime, it's being parked up on a display stand to earn it's keep at the Museum. I'm busy with miniature stuff at the moment.     

Wow, looks like its had a rough life! I look forward to seeing your process, we make the decals, if you require them, let us know. http://restorationdecals.co.uk/Westwood.htm Good luck! 

Managed to get it finished this afternoon, I’m quite pleased with it considering what I’m using to hand.

Found a few bits in stock from Johns, a 1/4 bit of plate , a length of 3/8 bar and a couple of old cam belt idler pulleys, ive used an old brake drum that happened to be the right size and had a nice lip on to bend to.
After a clean up with the grinder and spray with primer I transferred my blueprint on to it.
With a few clamps and lots of heat ive got this far.

Got a drawing of the steering wheel, just need to make some sort of jig to bend the 3/8 bar round.

Little bit of assembly work.

Its had a coat of red paint.

I doubt it Andrew as I haven’t got a steering wheel made yet.
And its all in bits. 

What You have is one third of the Wheelhorse implement package, Plough, Discs and Cultivator assemblies which all use the same mounting beam. I have the other two thirds, I'm missing the plough. Have a look in the Wheelhorse magazine 1981 on Red Square, it shows the setup.
The clevis part on the front can be fitted in either of two positions,  one way up it's square to the beam for the discs or cultivator, or turned over it is at the correct angle for ploughing use.
The furrow wheel looks to be an addition, it's not shown in the original pictures.

Its a Brinly plough which is good news, I’m pleased with that,  

Had a play with this 1980's MF 525 combine this afternoon. Not been run for around 10yrs at least and sitting with a flat tyre. Of course the flat had to be up against the wall and the combine leaning against it.

 
    I'm under there trying to blow the tyre up, with the compressor we brought down from the main farm. Luck was with us and the tyre inflated and stayed up.
   Next job was to see if it would start. New battery fitted and after some whirling, priming, fiddling and more whirling, the Perkins 3ltr something burst into life.
  So far so good. Now to move it. First we had to move the 1970's, I think it is, IH digger. That started with no problem. Always does with a squirt of Easy Start. It's always need  Easy Start as long as I can remember.
 

 
 Back to the combine and it refused to move. Left hand wheel made an effort, but the right hand one refused to budge. Brakes seized was the first thought. But it had been left with the brakes of. Now I know nothing about these things, but weighing up the axle and hubs etc I came to the conclusion, due to no centre differential, the hubs are hydraulic driven.
  Back at the main farm, I had a look at an operators manual. This proved my suspicion. The wheels are hydraulically driven. But there was no info on stripping them. So my friend is going to get in touch with an agricultural fitter he sometimes uses.
 

a few of you have seen my field - all over the place and full of reeds, thistles and nettles. A strimmer doesn't work and a wheel horse deck has no chance. So I have gone large.
 
A 1.45m flail - which really make the tractor sweat
 
 
 

 

 

 
 
don't have many pics as I was mowing!   took half a day to get through 2.5 acres of thick grass and a tank of diesel
 
 
picked up a trailer at the same time, that helps too!
 

 

 

 

Yeah Ive been on your site a few times, definitely going to order some, I picked it up today, it'd been sat in a barn 10 years with occasional use. i found out  the previous owner had put a motorbike exhaust on it and hand painted the bonnet so today i removed the exhaust engine etc getting it ready for a full teardown tomorrow

So I've just bought this old paleface W11 to restore. I know it runs ride and cuts, but the paintwork needs fixing and the steering wheel, wiring and deck have had some dodgy repairs in its time. Its going to be fully stripped down and restored to factory condition. I will video the project and post it to youtube and also upload photos on here as i go as i may need advice etc. Ive had a W8 paleface in the past, a T1800, a W6, an S600, a T1200 and I currently have an early D1200 with the T1200 branding and Lombardini engine so Im not new to these machines. Ill post the first update this weekend.

No, a US seller was selling the crankshaft bearings on ebay and he had listed the bearing number, with that and Richards help I ordered some off ebay. It was just easier for me, i've heard many good things about Meetens though.

Aye divnt a eny botha unerstandin tha Americon's atall, Nigel. But then I's nay suthuna.

Thanks Nigel. I’ve found someone who’s  got one and going to give me some measurements so i can make one.

Bought this the other day, thought it would look good displayed next to my Rowcrop.
Its a 1950 Triang Major.

A few pics from a rally held on 20/21st July at Masham Yorkshire

Had a bit of a mishap when mowing alongside the pond, outside our abode last week. There's a big willow tree that I pass under and I push the hanging strands to one side as I do so. These are practically touching the ground and this time I didn't quite get things right. Some strands tangled round the stack and snapped off the silencer/muffler. Just above the clamp.
 
 
   Went to a local tractor, quad, garden machinery outfit to see what they had. Only thing kind of suitable was a silencer/muffler for B&S 10 - 12hp engines.  Had to order it and I picked it up today.
  It was made to screw into the head, but as can be imagined, the stub in the Kohler head was not going to budge. A little bit of measuring told me the existing pipe O.D. just above the bend, was slightly bigger than the new silencers.
  So I cut the pipe just below the join and off to the farm workshop to borrow the ocy/acet and heat the end of the bent pipe up. Getting it red hot allowed me to screw the threaded end of the new silencer into it. Worked a treat and no welding was needed, as the fit was good and tight.
  Fitted to the engine and we're back in business.
 

 
OH! The willow has had a bit of a trim as well.
 

Thanks all for you help!
 
Engine has now been rebuilt with new bearings and had it running for the first time since i've had it! Very pleased, the delco starter gen is burnt out though so going to have to find a replacement 

Thanks all for you help!
 
Engine has now been rebuilt with new bearings and had it running for the first time since i've had it! Very pleased, the delco starter gen is burnt out though so going to have to find a replacement