Wonder Boy 700 7HP Tractor.
Built like a tank. For brute strength would run circles around my ‘94 JD 172
So, is yours a rear engine rider or a front engine machine?
It looks like over the years they made both.
My dad had a late 60s Cub Cadet with the 10hp Kohler engine. It had the mower Deck, snow blower, wheel weights and chains.
Those engines and rear ends on those machines were 100% cast iron. As long as you kept oil in them, they would run forever.
He sold it when he bought a new Cub Cadet in the early 1980s.
That is sitting in my mom’s barn right now.
My dad and mom both grew up on the farm. My dad was always an International Harvester man. No Massey Ferguson’s or John Deeres for him. Hence the Cub Cadets. He also had a 1950s Super H farm tractor. You still see those on Craigslist today for $3-5k depending on their condition. We also had the original SUV, the 1970s International Harvester. I think they had the same straight six cylinder engine they put in tractors. It was a beast. It think it had a 400 cubic inch straight six engine. My oldest brother literally ROLLED it(360 degrees). He and his two buddies walked away with bruises. The truck had some superficial damage, dents.
My 80 year old neighbor
has a Gravley walk behind tractor. I think in is also 1970s vintage. He has the snow blower, brush mower, tree sprayer and sulky type seat attachments. All those implements are shaft drive too.
Like the saying goes: they don’t make them like they used to.
My next machine will be a Kubota or John Deere 4x4 tractor. I need something in the 25-30hp range. I am going to need something with a bucket on the front, brush hog, scraper blade , York rake and finish mower. I bought a 1972 house on 12 acres a couple years back. I had it logged in the fall of 2013. I need something bigger than a lawn tractor to maintain this property. The new growth brush you get after logging will take over this property if I let it. Also, I now have about 600 feet of gravel and 150 of paved driveway. So far only about a half acre of lawn, but that will grow. In another year there will be field to mow too. Plus I want to turn the skidder trails into something I can drive my pickup on.
ALWAYS BUILDING, it keeps me busy.
Regards
Jim