Cub Cadets Fitted With Deere "Sidecar"

Cub Cadets Fitted With Deere Sidecar FARM HOME Lawn Mowers 31h 38 I built it so my wife could ride along with me at farm shows says Robert Williams Alger Ohio who mounted a Deere sidecar û the back half of an old Deere riding mower û onto one side of an old Cub Cadet garden tractor He started with a 1970 Deere 56 riding mower and a 1967 Farmall 122 Cub Cadet He removed the riding mower s front axle and rear-mounted engine keeping the rear axle seat and operator s platform An angle iron frame that welds to one side of the sidecar bolts onto the Cub Cadet The sidecar pivots up or down on a pair of pins that attach to brackets mounted on the Cub Cadet s frame Another bracket supports an umbrella that shades both the driver and rider I m a member of the International Harvester Collectors Club and often go to their shows so people often ask me why I ve got Deere equipment hooked up to an IH tractor I tell them that s what Deere machines are good for û hanging onto IH equipment Williams Cub Cadet has a totally different look That s because back in 1972 his sons entered the Cub Cadet in tractor pulls They replaced the original wide front end with a narrow front end and added weights to hold the front end down They installed a big exhaust stack on one side and painted the tractor red and gray After the boys grew up the tractor sat in a shed for 20 years until I added the sidecar he says Williams also modified another Cub Cadet by adding the back half of a pull-type garden cart on back and he replaced the original seat with one that s wide enough for 2 people My wife and I ride it around a lot at shows I tell them I ve got a good wife so I ve got to let people see her says Williams He cut off the cart s wheels and rear axle and bolted it to the back of the Cub Cadet He lengthened the Cub s driveshaft and connected it to the add-on axle He redid the fenders and he also replaced the cart s wheels with ones that match the Cub Cadet The back part of the rig is hinged so it can be raised to expose the tractor s battery Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Robert Williams 8842 SR 235 Alger Ohio 45812 ph 419 757-5303

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