Finally got it home

[Dawgus]

Finally after 6 months of finding someone with a trailer, I got home a tractor from my folks, a International Loboy Cub 154. (uncle says it's a 1970) This thing has been sitting in my dads old barn for about 5 years, and the barn is slowly falling in, so I had to get it outta there.
We had to push it onto a trailer to get it home, but all it took to start was a battery charge and blowing the crud out of the copper fuel line. This thing's been great, belly mower is in great condition, and the snowblade is as well.
Anyone have any experience with one of these? I'm wondering how they do on snow plowing. Our drive is 100 yards, and uphill to the road next to an open 4 acre field, so it drifts and gets pretty deep. It has the turf tires on it, and I wasnt sure how they would do in snow.

[MadTripper]

You probably want to look around for some chains. Even with the traditional lug tires on our 801, we need chains to plow well. We are using a back blade however which means we end up plowing in reverse unless it is a small amount of snow.

Tripper

[bgarrett]

dawgus, copper gas line is VERY Bad
ordinary use will cause work hardening and cracking

[sawyerob]

dawgus, copper gas line is VERY Bad
ordinary use will cause work hardening and cracking

Just about every old tractor made came with a copper gas line. Some still have the original line from the 40's and 50's or even eariler, so i can't see how it can be VERY bad with normal use?

Now, i just repaired a tractor that had a gas line made from what ever they make it out of these days, and it had degraded enough to plug the fuel filter housing and make the tractor quit in the field.

SR

[Dawgus]

I replaced the kinked line with new copper and added an in-line fuel filter to it since the one in the bowl was so degraded and hard to get at. It's been used all summer and hasn't had a problem at all.

[subfarm]

Ditto on the chains. If there is logging in your area, you might be able to get a set of skidder chains that are too worn for that use, but 'way more aggressive than regular ones.

Another source for chains is a junkyard that scrape schoolbuses. Every bus has a set, often little used. They will be about the right width for lo-boy tire, but you'll need to cut and splice to make the m long enough

"THEY" say do not use copper...yet I have seen many copper fuel and even brake lines ('though I DO NOT recomend that) on old equipment, and never a problem. The steel ones soon rust out.