grandpa Love

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Going to look at a couple mower decks tomorrow. One is original cub belly mower one is a woods. Thoughts on what's better? Also what's fair price? Seller asking 200 for cub mower. 350 for woods. Obo. What do I need to look for on these? Thanks
 
Big thing is spindles and bearings because if either one is bad or getting bad they can cost an arm and leg to replace. Also look at the blade. Many of the cub mowers where more like small brush hogs with a single blade and the woods many had 2 less strong blades and where more like a lawn mower
 
FYI, there is no such thing as an "original Cub belly mower." All Cub mower decks are aftermarket. Most common are the Woods decks, the 42" single-blade "stopsign" and the 3-blade 59" deck.

It's most likely that both decks are Woods decks. Complete, solid, with good spindles and all the parts, $350 is a fair price. At $200 you can afford to replace some parts and still end up with a good deal.
 
I have a woods 59, make sure you get the pulley for the pto if you don't have one, and pulleys that mount to your drawbar. Mounting brackets that hold the mower to your final drives, bearings are good. If they are bad you can get bearings but are costly. The woods 59 mowers are designed to be fixed so if things are wore out its ok just hurts the value. I love my.mower but remember its not a bush hog, it's a finish mower but will outlast any lawn tractor on the market.
 
i have 2, one cub has the danco c-2 [ ih] 1 blade set up like a common brush hog, but this is not a brush hog, its made to be used on a lawn, if sharp it mows great as long as the grass is kept to a reasonable height, the other cub has a woods mower, it too mows great when sharp, it appears to be a little more robust in design then the ih model check the blades, the danco c-2 blades are very hard to find, im looking for a set myself, they need to be square on the ends or nearly so, if they look like a wwll airplane wing there no good also make sure the mounts are there, all of them as well as the mule drive and the pto pulley if your cub doesnt have them they are slightly different between the danco and the woods mowers,
 

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