I have an 20 year old cub cadet that I’m about to retire. This week I will order a new one. But I always wanted one of the original models. This is a great video since it is nice to see how things were built with such excellent quality in American factories with pride.I’m still hopeful that somewhere there is an original cub cadet tractor sitting in a old barn waiting for me to find it.

I would like to find an abandoned trailer full of those in the boxes.

Logged thousands of miles on that little critter. I was an expert operator by age 11. Wore it flat out. Great machines

I'm restoring a 1968 model 124 with a 48" deck can't wait for my wife to try it out this summer, love that old stuff! :-)

1969 Cub Cadet 73 bought off original owner 25 years ago have used it ever since to mow many acres of lawn. She told be as I was leaving that day, "They Don't Make them like that no more" Boy was that an understatement 💛

Love seeing these old videos. My 70s 1450 Cub Cadet is still going strong today.

My uncle had one of those original Cub Cadets from the early 60s. That thing was built like a tank.

I learned to "drive" on a 1961 'original!' The bluegrass music in this video is appropriate, considering the tractors were built in Kentucky!

I still have my I974 108 I mow with it every Summer!

too bad we cant buy any tractors made that good today great video

I would never own a newer cub cadet, when international had control over the cub cadet name they were unstoppable, my 149 is 45 years old and is still running strong.

@danbasta3677

6 жыл бұрын

Ron Kline Agree with you. The MTD junk out there is giving the Cub Cadet name a bad rap. International Harvester Cub Cadet tractors are the very best tractors in the world.

@apismellifera1000

4 жыл бұрын

I know I have a 74 129 hydrostatic and I restored it 3 years ago and it still runs strong and I mow the yard with it often. This past September I bought a 71 IH Cub Lo-Boy that is in really good shape

I have a 61 Original , Still runs and mows to this day! I have the fenders on it also.

I own two cubs right I have a 1974 IH Cub Cadet 129 and this past September I bought a 1971 IH Cub Lo-Boy 154 and it is in really good shape. Motor was bored .30 over and rebuilt and has lots of new stuff on it. I like to get a 61 original some day

I might get a cub cadet one day and just use it like Rhett does driving around at shows

this is the coolest orig vid on you tube! i,

Would of loved to put those amazing tractors together

Restoring cub cadet 128. My first Cub Cadet!!!

That's right K-161 7 hp Kohler engines for the first Originals,70,71,72 & 73 CC's...K-181 8 hp for the 86 and AQS 8 hp for the rare 800. I love the vintage pics of the Loiusville Works assembly line! Funny how they mounted the rims/tires coming off the line then took them back off to ship to dealers. RIP Ralph Stanley :(

those reel mowers really throw the clippings

Great video! I doubt I would have showed pics of MTD cubs. MTD has ruined the cub cadet name. I have 10 cubs from 1964 to 1979. My 122's are 50yrs old and still working today. MTD will never build anything to last that long

@gunsandatvs8703

6 жыл бұрын

Dan Frazier that is true I know several people who have new cubs they are junk

@Hammerjockeyrepair

5 жыл бұрын

the 122 is my favorite of all time! That was my atv from 8 years to 16 years old!!! I would leave it full throttle, and dump the clutch in first, burn the tires for 5 feet, shift from first to second to third without the clutch popping wheelies and chirping the tires every gear!!! Now that Im 30 I wish I wasnt a stupid 16 year old and sold it.

@albion2742

5 жыл бұрын

@@gunsandatvs8703 I wouldn't say they are junk, but they are only lawn mowers now. and are comparable to all the other makers riding mowers, its a shame they dont make something we could put a plow or other farm gear on.They do make one that can lock the rear wheel drive . .

@miguelsalami

4 жыл бұрын

AMEN BROTHER I THINK WE CAN SAY THAT ABOUT ALOT OF THINGS NOWADAYS.

@ayp1938

3 жыл бұрын

@@albion2742 nah they are pure junk ive worked on a few around 10 years old they start to fall apart very cheap pos machine, i got 2 ih cubs and they are nearing 50 years old and are fine

The art deco look of old tractors is far better than the more modern look of new tractors. A modern manufacturer who goes back to an art deco design will get a lot of sales.

@raccoon681

6 жыл бұрын

but they won't because that would mean making them out of something other then cheap plastic

@mikecubes1642

5 жыл бұрын

if they go back to making quality machines they will get more sales

@miguelsalami

4 жыл бұрын

It's not about looks my 73 has Steel gears not nylon & plastic transmissions Lol THANKYOU MTD we know you have the parts.

I pull with a 61 Original. But the MTD cubs except for the early ones I will not own. Right now I have a 122, and two Model 73's. I love the old Cubs and sold my MTD and use a 73 to do my yard.

@ad356

7 жыл бұрын

mtd=junk. welcome to strongsville is there advertisements LOL. IH made these things strong, MTD ruined the brand and made it cheap disposable crap like everything else made in the last 20 some years. the last good garden tractors were the JD 300 and 400 series, and the last of the wheelhorse which pretty much ended in the mid-late 90's. i wonder if ingersol still makes a product, they used to be case and were decent too. i have a cub cadet original (1961) and a 1948 farmall cub.

@danbasta3677

6 жыл бұрын

andrew donohue You did alright in your writing, except ya had to mention juvinile delequient. I'm pure International Harvester Cub Cadet tractor, however don't crack up over juvinile deliquient tractors, that's what i call john deere tractors, juvinole delequient, or, green boogers. Let me tell ya a story here. A guy goes and checks out two tractors, one juvenile deliquient tractor, L.A. and a Farmall Cub tractor. Now this is a true story here. Guy buys the juvinile deliquient tractor. Then he goes and tells another fellow what he bought. The other fellow ssid, Why didn't you come to me, i could have given you better advice which of the two is the better tractor. They loaded both tractors, pound for pound with heavy bolders, the juvenile deliquient tractor did nothing but spin, while the Farmall Cub tractor pulled out of there like a scared gorilla. What's that tell ya about the good ole Farmall Cub tractors as opposed to juvinile deliquient tractors.

great video, the old black and white photos from the assembly line are great. Too bad no photos of the welders building the parts.

@kenwillis8487

8 ай бұрын

You won’t find a lot of old pictures of welding, the cameras couldn’t close the shutter fast enough so they looked overexposed, unless you had a very expensive film production quality camera!

Very nice and informative video.

Very cool!!

Just picked up a original was told It had no spark got it home bypassed the key switch gave it a puff of starting fluid fired right up

@notavailable7578

3 жыл бұрын

How do you bypass the key switch?

really nice vid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Enjoyed your video. I dont want to be critical but you left out 2 major options for these litle work horse's. The Danco 2 speed and the M&W 3 speed auxiliary gear boxes are a very important addition if you are going to work these machines seriously. Keep up the good work!

@farmall51

3 ай бұрын

I think at the time I didn't have any photos of those items.

@jeffekkel5870

3 ай бұрын

@@farmall51 We have one of each in our cadet collection, that's how I was aware of them. Our cadet collection is somewhere north of 50 plus many of the attachments.

too bad mtd bought them and ruined the brand!

to bad the new cub cadet will not be hear in 50 years nice video

@danbasta3677

6 жыл бұрын

quincy962 MTD junk. Agree. The International Harvester Cub Cadet tractors are the very BEST tractors out there, none better! And i also own 2 Power King tractors along with a International Harvester Cub Cadet tractor 982 with a 50 inch mower deck. That tractor mowes beautifully, eats grass like it's nothin and many years of trouble free service. And folks, I wash and wax my tractors to, like to not only keep them running in top condition, like to keep them clean and well maintained.

I miss my Model 71.

thats true although i dont know if the k181 was optional or if all of them used the k181 later on. i have worked on both

The first Originals used a 7hp Kohler then later on They changed to the 8hp engines. Now that's according to what Ken Updikes books say and my online info says . Thanks.

@miguelsalami

4 жыл бұрын

You are right and when the 7hp or 8hp gave it up you could bolt a K301 12hp in their place & have all kinds of power.

cool i hope u find 1. i think the originals used a 8hp k181 tho

i want the new one at the end it looks like it would kick the grass's ass

I have 70 and I didn't see it when it said there are now two

Back when a cub was a good tractor before mtd got there hands on it

I have a 63 n64 wheelhorse

Hate to tell you this but i had a '78 cadet. Could'nt find parts for the pto clutch so i traded it for a jd212. Big mistake. Nice slideshow video.

@zacharycoslic1274

6 жыл бұрын

jasonmushersee jd garden tractors are good too.

Where would I find the numbers on my model 71 international cub cadet

@farmall51

6 жыл бұрын

I think under the seat

@andytheguy5076

6 жыл бұрын

@@farmall51 on the seat or the spring or the cover or is it on the transmission?

Chinese engines from cub cadet

I thought they were 6v.

cant even belive they showed that mtd pile of pooooo... was a sad day for sure when mtd bought them.