Posted by cowboy357 on November 05, 2013 at 04:59:17 from (108.7.39.129):
In Reply to: best cub to buy & why posted by Dick L on November 05, 2013 at 03:47:59:
OK, I guess I left out some info. We do have a 35 HP Massey Ferguson farm tractor with a loader for the heavy stuff. The arena drag is amounts to a 4 X 8 chain link fence with some spikes to level the sand in the round pen. I thought the Cub Cadet's might work as I had read that they same drive train as the Cub farm tractor. I thought the Cub would do some of the lighter duty stuff pull a wagon full of manure, or firewood & maybe dump if it had hydraulics. I don't think the arena drag would be as stressful as say a rototiller that I see as an option on the Cub. The Cub would be primarily a lawnmower, I like the idea of the IH built machines as I think I could repair about anything on them and the are worth fixing when they break, & they were built before the government started regulating then to death!
So, I guess I'm looking to know narrow frame vs wide frame, are mower decks interchangeable, advantages to the different motors used. If I'm going to buy an older machine it will need some work, I just want to be sure I get the best one to put the time & money in to, I'm thinking it will be the last mower I will need to buy!
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