Farmall Cub for snow plowing 150 ft driveway

Here ya go. Just what Hugh would like. And the nice thing about is its location. Village Power, Berlin, MA.

My blade is probably close in weight to the one in your photo, however the lift arm pivot is back under clutch housing and that pivot is heavy. When my blade is angled it just clears the front tire with room for steering, with blade square across it's roughly 16" from front tire.

I like the fact that the engine to bolster joint is not stressed when the plow hits something solid particularly near the outside edges. The joint is very weak on a Cub and perhaps shares some of its weakness with the A design. I dunno. Don't own an A or one of its descendants.

Center lift is the way to go on those small tractors and they are already equipped that way from the factory.

My snow plowing days started in the early 50s with a Farmall H, then moved to a 300, then to a 560, then skid loaders, and then an articulated Deere. I have also plowed snow with a 250 hp Champion road grader. Since my retirement I plow my snow with my Farmall 130. Looking at the weight of all those listed machines, I will guarentee you a Super A, 100, 130 and 140 will push more snow per pound than any of the above.

Before I moved, I had a 400' driveway, and good many mornings it was 2' of snow all the way to the road. I lived on a hill with no trees or any other windbreak for 4 miles to the west, the direction the storms usually blew in from. When I moved in there, two neighbors with 100+hp 4x4 tractors laughed at me thinking I was going to keep that driveway open with my 130. 5 years later, they don't laugh anymore. They watched me plow that driveway 30' wide plus door yard far too often in 90 minutes or less.

Andrew

good luck with the snow loooks like some tommrow and maybe a Nor Easter on Sat/Sun

(the Cub wont be able to hibernate then ;)

Andrew

Andrew

A fully angled plow, necessary for wet snow, will barely clear a path wide enough for the tractor. That becomes a problem when turning. You will lose traction driving over the newly cast off snow.

The Cub can't handle more than six inches but that depends on the snow weight. You will need good brakes for traction and steering. You will also need a shovel to dig yourself out of the terminal snowbank at the end of the push if you try to "stack" the snow.

I used to envy the church next door who hired a local farmer. Two brothers would arrive with a M and H. Nothing stopped those tractors.

I'd never go back to using my Cub. I now use a MFWD 660 with a 8' blade. I'd like to find an 11' blade.