cub cadet 70 or 100??

[BigBill]

Would a 14hp kohler engine fit the narrow frame of the 70 or 100 cub cadet? Has anyone done this?


I was just thinking silly about a cub cadet powered log splitter that i can move by driving it around? (i'm disabled) The hydraulic pump can be driven from the front PTO. And maybe the hydraulic lines can go to the rear with quick disconnects. I think a smaller log splitter on the back would be awesome. I was thinking orginally of a side mounted log splitter it would mount like a side car on a motorcycle but that would block access to one side of it. Being disabled my health isn't going to get any better so i'm kind of planning now for it. I can move it and let my kids run it.(load it)

[junkman1946]

You will need the Cub specific narrow frame base(oil Pan) which is narrow enough to slip between the Frame rails. You may also have to relocate some of the mounting holes. I can't remember. But most earlier K Series up to a K341 will fit.

[Paul B]

A Cub Cadet specific 14 horse (K-321)will fit in a narrow frame 1 of 2 ways: flare out the frame rails in the area of the flywheel/blower housing like the fracory did for the 147, or replace the 14 hp bearing plate, flywheel, and blower housing with one from a 10-12 hp engine. Otherwise it is too wide to fit between the frame rails. The 14 and 16 hp engines is why they made the wide frame models, to spread the frame enough for them to fit between the rails.