My wife and I rent a small place with 4 acres. For our first year here we tried maintaining the property with a 42" riding mower which was very time consuming, we usually spent most of the weekend mowing and weed eating. Last month, while debating on whether to buy a new riding mower or an older tractor my wife came across an ad on Craigslist for a 1972 Cub Lo Boy 154. We were a little skeptical as to if it ran because it had such a low price, so my wife googles up the Cub, came across this forum, and reads up on the Lo Boy while we're waiting on a return call about the tractor. The man we spoke to cranked the Lo Boy right up and explained that his son had been working in the pasture and had tried to change the gears while the tractor was still moving.
For the price we hope we can get the tractor up and running. Without a doubt it is in rough shape and needs a little TLC but mostly the problems, that we can tell, are cosmetic...well besides the transmission. The Lo Boy is currently at the local Cub dealer getting the transmission fixed. My wife was confident that we could do the work ourselves (with help from this forum!) but since neither of us have any real prior experience (I've worked on mowers and weed eaters), I felt better letting somebody who has worked on these before handle this one. I will definitely be on to search the forums...and to ask a few questions I'm sure. We have already found so much helpful information and links to get the parts the Cub dealer couldn't, again thank you all so much for your time and all the helpful information!
