“Made It Myself” Cub Cadet 4-WD

“Made It Myself” Cub Cadet 4-WD AG WORLD Harold Dejong a retired construction worker admits modifying a Cub Cadet with 4-WD was stepping out of his comfort zone And he’s still adding finishing touches to make the body look like a miniature version of a 5088 IH tractor     “A friend from Waterloo Iowa Norman Bruggeman made one and that’s what got me inspired He told me I could do it ” says Dejong     He started with the frame of an 1864 Cub Cadet and the rear end of a 782 Cub     “The 782 is older but made of cast iron so it can take the abuse and be a tougher rear end ” Dejong says He took two old Kohler Command engines to a mechanic to create one good engine to power the Cub and worked with a machine shop for the driveshaft knuckles control cable and othr parts     Between talking to Bruggeman who sent lots of photos being patient and much “thinking” time he spent the past couple of winters working on it     Dejong plans to take it to Cub events The tractor has more power to put on display especially for plowing events He hopes to line up a group of home-built 4-WD’s to display at an upcoming show     Though the process has been long and challenging Dejong is pleased with the most recent addition to his 20-piece Cub Cadet collection     “I had time I got the bug to build something like that and 4-WD makes it pretty special ” he says     Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Harold Dejong 4044 120th St Little Rock Iowa 51243 ph 712 541-1490; hjdejong@mtcnet net

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