Well, it was finally time to put in a new set of glow plugs for me. The originals weren't working too well anymore and since I was installing the new gear reduction starter, I decided to do the glow plug upgrade. Thankfully, mine came out with out much fanfare and within a couple of hours I had the retrofit complete. They seem to work much better than the original set but I'll keep you posted as we get into the colder weather. I'll post a pic or two of the complete install on my next post although I reckon it won't look much different than the other upgrades.
After cutting the grass today at my place it was time to work this dude a little. My dad has a yard that is bordered by a large field on the north and that field has about a 10% grade to it. When it is bare and the rain comes down hard it washes some of the topsoil to the fence boardering dads yard. This has over the years caused a 18" difference in elevation from one side of the fence to the other. My dad was able to acquire some free topsoil to even this out a little but didn't have a good way to grade it. He asked my if I could bring the Cub-Kub over to do the majority of the work. I had just purchased a used set of 23 x 10.50-12 ags and rims for my Cubbie refurbish project and so I thought it would be a good time to test them out since I knew my turfs would cut it and my v-bars would probably do too much damage.
They look kinda small on the Super and make it look a little low slung in the back but they worked great!
With my 98# weights on the back and slow and steady working the old 1772 did a real nice job.
My uncle Rog, who helped me fabricate the weight bracket among many other things, stopped by and got to do a little grading work himself! He really enjoys running this thing.
Dad was very thankful for the working time that it saved him and because we didn't bring in one of the big farm tractors I think we did far less damage to his existing lawn.
After about an hour and a half it was finished and ready for seed. Now I just need to get a set of 26 x 12-12 ags for this beast!
I have some great video of this thing working but I need to figure where and how to post it