introduction
Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 1:09 pm
Greetings to all here.
I've been a forum reader for a while, found loads of information. Its a great resource. My cap is tipped to those who have contributed.
My Cub belonged to my dad who bought it and its implements new in 1974. He had a series of Cubs from 1950 onward. The '74 was used mostly as a logging tractor and for gardening after he retired.
It was used but well taken care of.
When he passed away it served my younger sister and her husband to keep the fields mowed on our home place. When they upgraded to a newer tractor the Cub languished for several years in its garage.
I retired from ~35 years of going to sea (US flag vessels, tankers, tugs, trawlers and bulk carriers) about 18 months ago and after last winter here in Maine, I decided my little three acre lot here in Waterboro could use some mechanical help. My brother-in-law was gracious enough to deliver the Cub here in November.
Today the Cub resides in my garage alongside my 31 Ford Victoria and 51 Enfield motorbike, about 85 miles from where It was sold in 1974.
Hopefully it will get some cosmetic help in the spring. It still is in its original paint and it is a little thin in places. I'm waiting
for enough snow to give it a little exercise.
Happy Holidays to All
Jim Richardson
I've been a forum reader for a while, found loads of information. Its a great resource. My cap is tipped to those who have contributed.
My Cub belonged to my dad who bought it and its implements new in 1974. He had a series of Cubs from 1950 onward. The '74 was used mostly as a logging tractor and for gardening after he retired.
It was used but well taken care of.
When he passed away it served my younger sister and her husband to keep the fields mowed on our home place. When they upgraded to a newer tractor the Cub languished for several years in its garage.
I retired from ~35 years of going to sea (US flag vessels, tankers, tugs, trawlers and bulk carriers) about 18 months ago and after last winter here in Maine, I decided my little three acre lot here in Waterboro could use some mechanical help. My brother-in-law was gracious enough to deliver the Cub here in November.
Today the Cub resides in my garage alongside my 31 Ford Victoria and 51 Enfield motorbike, about 85 miles from where It was sold in 1974.
Hopefully it will get some cosmetic help in the spring. It still is in its original paint and it is a little thin in places. I'm waiting
for enough snow to give it a little exercise.
Happy Holidays to All
Jim Richardson