Did you ever wonder what is under those big yellow fenders !

[N3PUY 1,031]

I got this from the neighbor because it had a flat rear tire (and he wanted to buy a new Cub).  I gave him the $100 that the Cub dealer offered him on trade.  I thought I might be able to use the 14HP Onan Elite on a Wheel Horse.  It doesn't look like that simple of a swap.   Mainly because of the PTO.  But the Cub does run and mows.  The deck does need some work but it's minimal.  The paint is peeling all over ... maybe just a quick spray will help appearance.  So I washed it.  Now some oil and grease.  

    Yesterday I was talking to the Toro dealer  (past Wheel Horse dealer) and told him of the neighbor looking to buy a new Cub.  He said he had a Cub coming in on trade today.  The lady purchased it at TSC, used it once and parked it.  She got back on her old WHEEL HORSE!   The Toro dealer said he could only give her $1895 on her Cub with less than 3 hours on it.  She paid $3200 for it but didn't like it and would be OK with the loss.   He said for $1895 my neighbor could have it and it comes with a 50" deck.   I don't know if that happened today.  Did a Wheel Horse ever lose value like that?

   Well,  here's pics of what's under those big yellow fenders.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 12, 2016 by N3PUY

[Racinbob 11,094]

I never would have guessed that had a horizontal shaft motor on that.

[jdleach 525]

"Ever wonder what was wonder those big yellow fenders?"

 

Not much...

[T-Mo-(Moderator) 4,496]

That is a mid-90s to late 90's 2000 series.  They came in either gear drive or hydro.  The gear drive had pedals like the hydros did, but you had to come to a complete stop before you move into a higher gear.  I had two of the hydros, both 2135s.  The 2000 series had either a Kohler Command or an Onan on them.  They made them up to the year 2000, and I believe they came out in 1994.  I have brochures and manuals on them as I owned two of them.  They were okay, but by the time these came out, MTD had more influence on the design of the Cub Cadet.  They left them alone pretty much up to that point, but the 2000 series were designed by the MTD team and began to put more of the MTD design philosophy in the design.

 

The gear drive versions were AGS, auto gear system.  Problem was, with the foot controls, people thought they can be driven like you would a regular hydro, so a lot of clutches got burned up when driven that way.  If the model number ended in a "0", i.e. 2130, 2140, it was the gear drive (AGS), if the model number ended in a "5", i.e. 2135, 2145, etc., it was a hydro tractor.