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Farmall Cub & Cadet (Farm Tractor Color History)

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Ken Updike has put together a teriffic history of the International Harvester Company's Farmall Cub and Cub Cadet tractors! Complete with serial numbers and great color photos this book is a MUST HAVE for anyone who owns (or would like to own)one of these GREAT little tractors.IH built the Farmall Cub and Cub Cadets in Louisville, KY and it was more the just coinsidence that they had a lot of the same engineering features in common!

This book provides information for Cub collectors and hobbyists that makes interesting and sometimes fascinating reading. Mr. Updike looks at the Cubs and Cub Cadets from a sentimental perspective that is not available in any other book I have seen. I learned more about my beloved Cub than I expected to. The color pictures alone are worth the price, and leave you lusting for more. Grammar teachers take note: tthe text suffers from cursory editing. It is a little rough in spots.

I had this book recommended to me, because I am looking for a Cub Lo-Boy to mow a few acres of lawn. I didn't know a Cub from a Lo-boy Cub from a Numbered Series Lo-boy. This book lays out the history, as well as the specifications of the different years and series. I also contains serial number listings of each year series and corrolates them to the equipment and specs for that year. I'm well pleased and it has made me much more aware of what to look for as I scour the countryside in search of my new ride! I am not interested in the Cub Cadet portion, but it has a lot of good pictures and covers a couple chapters, so I'm sure you'd find some good info there, as well...

The Farmall Cub book was all we were hoping for. The pictures were excellant and the information was very interesting. The book was a used book but looked like new. Thanks for the entertainment and knowledge.

This book is a must have for anyone who owns or plans to own a Cub or Cadet. It describes each model from 1947-79 on the Cubs and Lo Boys and 1961-1981 on the Cadet. Among the items covered are implements unique to these machines,implement identification, machine improvements and HP ratings by model,and serial number dates. There are loads of nice photos, some in b&w.
Overall,this book is interesting,and very informative! It also would be an excellent reference to have along on a buying trip or auction.

Excellent text and photos of the myriad forms of this little tractor. The author knows the subject thoroughly and will even answer email questions.

i saw this, and thought since i bought it i can now reveiw it.... i was happy to get this book as a long cub cadet fan.the book contains information that i found vey usefull and intresting. lots of pictures. layed out well,.......... faults....some photos say like it's a 1450 but the photo is of a 1250,but not too many of those, ....would of bent nice if it was 400 pages or more...i want all the info i can get....exllent addition to your colletion if your a cub cadet fan, and it is in hard cover at that.....