Dual Cub Cadet Looks Factory-Built

Dual Cub Cadet Looks Factory-Built TRACTORS Made-It-Myself 90-10-97 When people tell Darryl Schmidt they didn't know Cub Cadet made a dual wheel, articulated model, he feels satisfied that the 3 1/2 years he spent working on his custom tractor was worth the effort. "The single most challenging part was connecting the front and real axles together so that the speeds were in perfect synchronization," says the Alexandria, Minn., man. He used rear axles from two of the (1970's) Cub Cadets he had picked up over the years. He used the articulation principles from the International Harvester Steiger-built model 4366. "I found a gearbox by Hub City Manufacturing to transfer the power to the rear axle. The ported hydro on the rear half provides the hydraulics for steering, and I reversed the swash plate in the front hydro to allow the ground speed ratios to match. I powered it with the stock Kohler engine from an old 1650 Cub Cadet," Schmidt explains. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Darryl Schmidt, 9111 State Hwy. 29 S., Alexandria, Minn. 56308 (ph 320 760-4138; dylschmidt@gctel.net).

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