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Modified "Workhorse" Cub Cadet
By making a few modifications to an older Cub Cadet 1450 tractor, Wilfrid Fochs of Campbellsport, Wis., was able to convert it into a multiple purpose machine.
  "I use it for everything from hauling wood to cultivating my garden to plowing snow," says Fochs. "I bought the late 1950's tractor used with a hydraulic system on back. It was in bad shape so I restored it and then started thinking of ways to make it more useful."
  A homemade, 4-ft. wide angle iron bracket on back of the tractor supports a large wooden box that can be hydraulically tipped back to unload. The box measures 3 ft. wide and 30 in. long and has 2-ft. high sides. It has a tailgate on back.
  "I use the box a lot to haul firewood. It can haul up to half of a face cord," says Fochs. "Putting a lot of wood in the box takes weight off the front part of the tractor, which causes it to handle like it had power steering."
  He modified an old 2-row horse-drawn cultivator so he can mount it on back of the tractor. The cultivator can be equipped with teeth of various lengths. A pair of center-mounted teeth are used to break up the ground for general purpose tillage work.
  A large disc blade can be mounted on the same bracket that supports the cultivator and used to edge grass along flowerbeds and gardens. "I use a cast iron weight on back of the tractor when cultivating and edging flowerbeds to penetrate the ground," says Fochs.
  On front of the tractor he mounted a steel bracket equipped with a ball hitch. "I use the ball hitch to back up hay wagons into my shed," he says.
  Another front-mount bracket is used to support a 36-in. wide blade that's used to clear snow off his driveway. "I pull on a long handle next to the driver's seat in order to raise or lower the blade. A length of rope runs from the handle to a metal pipe that's attached to a bracket mounted behind the middle of the blade. To change the blade angle I pull on a pair of ropes that are tied to each end of the blade," notes Fochs.
  Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Wilfrid Fochs, N1206 Katzenburg Dr., Campbellsport, Wis. 53010 (ph 920 533-8516).


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2003 - Volume #27, Issue #4