Cub Cadet Flies High Over Farm

Cub Cadet Flies High Over Farm FARM HOME Novelty Items It s pretty obvious that Jared Trone is a big fan of Cub Cadet tractors Drive by his rural Astoria Ill home and you can t miss the Cub Cadet balanced on top of a 30-ft pole     Jared was given the pole a former streetlight Since he and his father Tom pull with Cadets he thought it would be cool to mount one on the pole     Father and son worked together to reduce the weight of an Original Cub Cadet by removing some of the internal parts They bolted a plate on the bottom of the tractor after finding its balance point and welded on a round piece to hold the pole with a couple of bolts Jared s mother Pam painted it - top and bottom     The Trones poured a concrete slab using a star-shaped form a local man had made and cemented in four 1-in bolts to secure the plate to the bottom of the pole      The most challenging part was how to get it up there Pam says     Fortunately a local grain bin company Briney Brothers Construction LLC had just purchased a new crane They agreed to test the crane out raising the Trones pole      They had to put it up twice because the first time they had to figure out how to get the straps off Pam says On the second attempt they dropped the ropes through a clevis and a worker rode the crane cable to let it loose     The tractor moves a couple of feet in strong winds but everything seems to be secure Pam says It attracts plenty of comments      Most of them are How did you get that up there? Pam notes Others say Why would you ruin a good Cub Cadet?     Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Trone Family 808 N Timothy Lane Astoria Ill 61501 ph 309 329-2236; troneastor@aol com

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