Hey y'all, nice to be here. I didn't plan to get into the little Cubs, but I did.
I've always loved old tractors. Still have the 8N we had when I was a kid, and eventually wound up with my own house with a yard and some land. I was getting by with an MTD riding mower for the yard until one day, a guy at work mentioned he had "some kind of old Cub tractor" he wanted to sell. Well, being a tractor guy, and an IH guy, I soon found myself looking at a 154 LoBoy that "runs great". Somewhere along the lines it got painted John Deere green and yellow, but it found it's way to my house. I fought it for a while, wouldn't run cold, threw the mower belt, tires leaked, all the problems that would've had me ready to scrap most other machines. For some reason, though, I just liked the goofy little thing. Slow, underpowered, ugly, and took more time to fix than to use, I liked it. I got it running to last one season, then planned to strip it down and repaint it. Well, low and behold, the last mowing of the year it quit moving. Ran well, just wouldn't move. I pushed it into the shop, and instead of repainting it over the winter, I would up redoing the transmission. Got it back together a month or two ago, and have been mowing with it this year.
While hunting for parts for my other tractor ('60s era IH 424), I met a gentleman that runs a shop and sells parts that had an old LoBoy sitting out in the grass. A customer brought it to him, got a repair quote, and didn't want to fix it. The machine had sat there for quite a while, so I got the gentleman's phone number and called him. I left a message, hoping to buy it for a parts machine for my 154. We talked, and couldn't come together on a price. A few weeks later he called me back, and we were able to make a deal.
So today after work, I jumped in the truck and went to get it. Unlike the 154, the 185 is painted the correct colors, but had to be pushed onto the flatbed. It looks alright, I'm hoping to get it to run this weekend.
Anyway, I just wanted to say hello. It's nice to see some other folks enjoy these little old tractors.
-Blake
Hello from middle Tennessee
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Hello from middle Tennessee
by 56FordGuy » Sat Apr 24, 2010 12:01 am
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Re: Hello from middle Tennessee
by phildidit » Sat Apr 24, 2010 5:44 am
welcome to the forum, there is a vast aray of knowledge here. lotss of good people and lots of cubfests. one of them will be in tenn. in audgust i believe. 
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Re: Hello from middle Tennessee
by Bob McCarty » Sat Apr 24, 2010 7:33 am
Hi Blake, Welcome to the Forum. If you have any questions or problems you can't handle, but sure and ask. Ypu'll find a lot of Cub lovers here.
Bob
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we need to think differently."
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Re: Hello from middle Tennessee
by beaconlight » Sat Apr 24, 2010 9:36 am
Hey Glad to have you with us.
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WELCOME
by Charles (49) Mo » Sat Apr 24, 2010 9:53 am
Great bunch of guys and gals are here to help you.
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Re: Hello from middle Tennessee
by josys36 » Sat Apr 24, 2010 2:56 pm
Glad to have you aboard. There are a few of us here from TN. You will find a great group of people here!
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Re: Hello from middle Tennessee
by Rudi » Sat Apr 24, 2010 6:24 pm
Blake:
I enjoyed your story on getting addicted to Cubs. The estate style or Numbered Series are an interesting beastie .. having some things in common with their cousins the cultivision style and with their tinier cousins the Cadets. They are all Cubs and therefore highly addictive.
I have some of the manuals for the Numbered Series Cubs, not a lot, but some and there is at least one manual for each of the 3 models of Lo-Boys.
Follow the links below...
I enjoyed your story on getting addicted to Cubs. The estate style or Numbered Series are an interesting beastie .. having some things in common with their cousins the cultivision style and with their tinier cousins the Cadets. They are all Cubs and therefore highly addictive.
I have some of the manuals for the Numbered Series Cubs, not a lot, but some and there is at least one manual for each of the 3 models of Lo-Boys.
Follow the links below...
to the Farmallcub.com
Forum Family. And you have come to the right place for all things Cub related. If you click on the Site Rules, Regulations, & Important Information, it will point you to
the Welcome Wagon wherein you will find links to many useful sites and topics. One of which is the Cub Manual Server. Enjoy!.
Confusion breeds Discussion which breeds Knowledge which breeds Confidence which breeds Friendship
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Re: Hello from middle Tennessee
by dgrapes59 » Sat Apr 24, 2010 8:28 pm
Blake,
Welcome to the Forum!
Good luck getting the new one running!
Welcome to the Forum!
Good luck getting the new one running!
David
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Re: Hello from middle Tennessee
by 56FordGuy » Sat Apr 24, 2010 8:34 pm
Thanks for the welcome, y'all. I pushed the 185 into the shop today, might be able to work on it this coming week. Glad to hear about the August event, I travel a lot for work and might be able to get over there.
Looking forward to hanging around and learning something.
Looking forward to hanging around and learning something.
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Re: Hello from middle Tennessee
by Mike in Louisiana » Tue Apr 27, 2010 8:37 pm
Blake,
Welcome to the forum I know you will like it here. At the top of the page click on Map and you can see who id close to you.
Welcome to the forum I know you will like it here. At the top of the page click on Map and you can see who id close to you.
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and a lot of that comes from bad judgment. Will Rogers
Good judgment comes from experience,
and a lot of that comes from bad judgment. Will Rogers
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Re: Hello from middle Tennessee
by Bill Hudson » Tue Apr 27, 2010 9:24 pm
Welcome, Blake. Enjoy the ride.
Bill
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Re: Hello from middle Tennessee
by Dale Shaw » Fri Jun 25, 2010 2:20 pm
Blake, Welcome.
You are a hop skip and jump from me here in Crossville, TN.
Come on over to the Mid TN cubfest and meet some other cub enthusiasts. August 20-21
Dale
You are a hop skip and jump from me here in Crossville, TN.
Come on over to the Mid TN cubfest and meet some other cub enthusiasts. August 20-21
Dale
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Today's generation is so used to getting everything IN a box, they can't think OUTSIDE the box
TN Cub Rescue- Out of the Hedgerows and Barns, and back into the Fields and Gardens where they belong.
Today's generation is so used to getting everything IN a box, they can't think OUTSIDE the box
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