He Restored 1970's Cub Cadet Lawn Tractor

He Restored 1970's Cub Cadet Lawn Tractor TRACTORS Modifications 22-3-36 Here's an early 1970's Cub Cadet lawn tractor I liberated from the junk pile on my brother's farm in North Dakota. I brought it, along with some hydraulic components off some old Case swathers, out to southern California to put it to better use. I first overhauled the engine, installing new pistons and rings for about $35. Then I built a 28-in. wide bucket for the front of the tractor by cutting down a snowblower shield. I made a frame and arms out of old bed rails and mounted the bucket on the tractor. It operates with a pump off one of the old swathers mounted under the hood and driven off the original mower pulley. Four cylinders raise, lower and tilt the bucket. I also fixed up a rusted out garden rototiller to use with the tractor. I made a 3-pt. hitch to mount the tiller on. It consists of two lower arms fashioned out of a garage door .opener and a top link that bolts to the machine's Kohler 7 hp engine. A hydraulic cylinder off one of the swathers operates the 3-pt. I've pushed a lot of dirt and snow and tilled a lot of ground with the tractor, which has chains on the tires for adequate traction. Out-of-pocket expense was less than $100. (Glenn Ingulsrud, Box 132002, Big Bear Lake, Calif. 92315; ph 909 585-1674)

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