Winter looks like it is going to be wrapping up. Temps are going up, my grass is turning green and I'm starting to think about yard and garden work.
Zippy, Stan and Jay have kept us entertained with their winter projects, but not everyone has a nice warm shop to work in all winter. So, what plans do you have with your machines as the cold dread of winter breaks? Just service and put them to work? Or do you have projects that will start in the warmer season?
It's been a long slow winter and I'm just trying to get things livened up. Summer is coming!
I'm planning to meet up with Lance and do some swapping. He has a 1650 he picked up for me, and I'm going to go pick something up for him in the near future. I want to get the 1650 here so I can get it ready. Plan is to make in my mowing machine for this summer. If anyone remembers, he found me a 1650 that we thought was just going to be an engine donor for either exchange (with my rebuild program) or an engine for future projects. Price was cheap, so it was getting picked up either way. Turns out, that it was a nearly brand new tractor that had like 200 hours on the clock or less (can't remember now) and came with a brand new never used 50" deck! Paint still on the blades! Which was perfect because I was in dyer need of a new deck. My 50" deck was shot. Like wore thin and the bearings going out. It had been welded to the point there wasn't anything left to weld, and it just keeps cracking out. Not rotted really..... just wore out. Lots of grass run through it. I've been wanting to get a dedicated mowing tractor as I want to keep the cab on the 1811 permanently. Too much work to take it on and off, and it's a pain to store when it isn't on. Anyway, the 1650 has obviously sat more than anything and is just in need of general maintenance items. Carb cleaning, fluid change, tires may need tubed and a new battery. It does have a small hole rotted in the hood, as it's last owner left it sitting outside under a 2nd story deck as a storage spot for several years. Water and just debris sat on the hood and it rotted a hole in it. Too bad as it was so low houred.
So.... anyone else have any warm weather Cub plans?
Zippy, Stan and Jay have kept us entertained with their winter projects, but not everyone has a nice warm shop to work in all winter. So, what plans do you have with your machines as the cold dread of winter breaks? Just service and put them to work? Or do you have projects that will start in the warmer season?
It's been a long slow winter and I'm just trying to get things livened up. Summer is coming!
I'm planning to meet up with Lance and do some swapping. He has a 1650 he picked up for me, and I'm going to go pick something up for him in the near future. I want to get the 1650 here so I can get it ready. Plan is to make in my mowing machine for this summer. If anyone remembers, he found me a 1650 that we thought was just going to be an engine donor for either exchange (with my rebuild program) or an engine for future projects. Price was cheap, so it was getting picked up either way. Turns out, that it was a nearly brand new tractor that had like 200 hours on the clock or less (can't remember now) and came with a brand new never used 50" deck! Paint still on the blades! Which was perfect because I was in dyer need of a new deck. My 50" deck was shot. Like wore thin and the bearings going out. It had been welded to the point there wasn't anything left to weld, and it just keeps cracking out. Not rotted really..... just wore out. Lots of grass run through it. I've been wanting to get a dedicated mowing tractor as I want to keep the cab on the 1811 permanently. Too much work to take it on and off, and it's a pain to store when it isn't on. Anyway, the 1650 has obviously sat more than anything and is just in need of general maintenance items. Carb cleaning, fluid change, tires may need tubed and a new battery. It does have a small hole rotted in the hood, as it's last owner left it sitting outside under a 2nd story deck as a storage spot for several years. Water and just debris sat on the hood and it rotted a hole in it. Too bad as it was so low houred.
So.... anyone else have any warm weather Cub plans?
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