Allenpatterson
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This is going to be a long post and story to share. I was fortunate enough to have received this cub cadet 105 from my grandmother about 5 years ago. Not sure how or why she chose myself out of all my siblings and cousins to give it to but it's the machine that got me interested in the IH built cub cadets and while I couldn't afford or have a need to own full size tractors like I had always wanted when I was a kid it scratched my itch enough to want to get into this hobby. She said she figured since I was only her second grandchild at the time to own a home of my own and that my cousin who already had a place of his own has a sawmill business and farms with newer case ih equipment had plenty of big equipment around to clear snow with she figured I could get it running again and use it to clear my driveway in the winter since it had the blade and a set of tire chains with it (sure beat the aluminum feed scoop shovel I was using).
Now for the back story on this 105. This was my great grandfather's personal garden tractor he owned up until passing away and it served him well since buying it new in 67 and then my grandparents got some use out of it over the years at their various properties and now myself. Hopefully one day one of my son's will keep it going and find a use for it if they can agree on which one of them is going to take it and take care of it lol. My great grandfather along with a business partner owned a hardware store here in Michigan where they also sold and serviced international harvester equipment. So after owning a bolens garden tractor according to my grandmother he must have figured he was going to buy a cub cadet and support the brand of tractor that he was a dealer for. She said he originally had ordered a snow thrower along with the 105 to clear the driveway to their house which was across the street from their hardware store but because of their driveway being in between their house and the neighbors house that ran directly along the other side of the driveway it was a wind tunnel and he didn't like all the snow blowing back in his face (too bad he never purchased an IH windbreaker for it to be handed down to me also but beggars can't be choosers lol). So then according to my grandmother he bought the blade for the cub cadet and sold the snow thrower to a customer if she remembers correctly.
(Picture of the day my grandfather and I went to pick the 105 up from their cabin a few hours north of their main home)
The last place my grandparents had used the 105 was at their cabin in northern Michigan and that's where it had been sitting stored in the garage until she asked if I wanted it. It was no stranger to that cabin up north, my grandmother told me that when the tractor was only a couple years old that her father had taken it up their to that very same place while they were building it and my uncle used it as a young boy to back fill sand around the basement (I'm hoping that someday she can come across the photo of my uncle doing that and make a copy for myself to have).
(one of the first things I did after getting it running was change the oil to hytran after not knowing what all it had been topped off with over the years or the last time it was changed)
(After it's first bath in many years, doesn't look too bad for its age and the original seat only has a very small hole or two in it. Doesn't look too bad for it being mostly all original)
(First time out with it after getting it going, I was so excited to play with it I forgot to put the chains on 
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This tractor has just sat in my small shop now for the past year since buying my 129 but I'm hoping that once warmer weather hits to get some time out there and pull the engine to get started on rebuilding the old tired out k241 and start fixing/replacing/adjusting on the rest of the things the tractor needs tlc with and go through the mower deck if anything is needed on that. I'm sure I'll be having some questions for you guys along the way!
Now for the back story on this 105. This was my great grandfather's personal garden tractor he owned up until passing away and it served him well since buying it new in 67 and then my grandparents got some use out of it over the years at their various properties and now myself. Hopefully one day one of my son's will keep it going and find a use for it if they can agree on which one of them is going to take it and take care of it lol. My great grandfather along with a business partner owned a hardware store here in Michigan where they also sold and serviced international harvester equipment. So after owning a bolens garden tractor according to my grandmother he must have figured he was going to buy a cub cadet and support the brand of tractor that he was a dealer for. She said he originally had ordered a snow thrower along with the 105 to clear the driveway to their house which was across the street from their hardware store but because of their driveway being in between their house and the neighbors house that ran directly along the other side of the driveway it was a wind tunnel and he didn't like all the snow blowing back in his face (too bad he never purchased an IH windbreaker for it to be handed down to me also but beggars can't be choosers lol). So then according to my grandmother he bought the blade for the cub cadet and sold the snow thrower to a customer if she remembers correctly.
(Picture of the day my grandfather and I went to pick the 105 up from their cabin a few hours north of their main home)
The last place my grandparents had used the 105 was at their cabin in northern Michigan and that's where it had been sitting stored in the garage until she asked if I wanted it. It was no stranger to that cabin up north, my grandmother told me that when the tractor was only a couple years old that her father had taken it up their to that very same place while they were building it and my uncle used it as a young boy to back fill sand around the basement (I'm hoping that someday she can come across the photo of my uncle doing that and make a copy for myself to have).
(After it's first bath in many years, doesn't look too bad for its age and the original seat only has a very small hole or two in it. Doesn't look too bad for it being mostly all original)
) This tractor has just sat in my small shop now for the past year since buying my 129 but I'm hoping that once warmer weather hits to get some time out there and pull the engine to get started on rebuilding the old tired out k241 and start fixing/replacing/adjusting on the rest of the things the tractor needs tlc with and go through the mower deck if anything is needed on that. I'm sure I'll be having some questions for you guys along the way!
