Stretched-Out Cub Cadet Fitted With Wooden Bed

Stretched-Out Cub Cadet Fitted With Wooden Bed TRACTORS Conversions “I had a lot of fun building it ” says Rollan Schnitker who stretched out a late 1970’s Cub Cadet garden tractor added a wooden bed on back and a second seat “The Cub Cadet had been used for years to remove manure from a chicken house and was fitted with a pair of 5-ft front-mounted blades When the chicken house owner went out of business he gave the tractor to me I lengthened it by 18 in added the bed and made it a 2-seater ” says Schnitker “My wife and I enjoy driving it around town occasionally ” The 2-ft long 4-ft wide wooden bed is made from yellow pine The seat came off another Cub Cadet He stretched out the tractor by cutting off the rear end and welding in a new frame He also extended the driveshaft and brake linkage Just for looks he replaced the original tires with ones that are 2 in wider He also mounted a 1-ft wide wooden platform onto both sides of the tractor bolting them to the footrests Both platforms are screwed onto a larger wooden platform that supports the 2 seats Schnitker used 2 by 10’s to build the bed’s floor and 2 by 6’s to build the sides He made one more modification to the tractor “Cub Cadets are equipped with a starter-generator and are known for the generator going bad prematurely while the starter is still good So when the generator on my tractor went bad I replaced it with a car alternator It has a built-in regulator and was a lot less expensive than rebuilding the starter generator ” says Schnitker Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Rollan Schnitker 276 East Elm St Hoyleton Ill 62803 ph 618 493-6266

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