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Thinking about buying a B or CA, looking for ideas

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LazyHorse

06-04-2001 07:37:17

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I have 20 acres of pasture to maintain, and would like to buy a smaller tractor to mow with. I am considering either a B, or CA model can someone give me an idea which would be better suited for use with a sickle bar, belly mower, or small bushog. I ran a CA years ago, but can't recall if they had live hydraulics or pto. Also a 3 point would be a nice option. Thanks in advance.

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Murphy

06-04-2001 11:42:47

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Re: Thinking about buying a B or CA, looking for ideas in reply to LazyHorse, 06-04-2001 07:37:17

I think I'd agree with Ted. I have only run a B and really like it, but with a 5' bush hog out back, it will begin to bog down running in 2nd if I'm in the thick weed patch. More than once I've found myself wiching for a bit more power. I must say though, that with well maintained blades on my BMB mower, the little B does everything I ask of it (sometimes it just takes a bit longer than I want it to.) :)

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Ryan - IN

06-04-2001 11:41:33

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Re: Thinking about buying a B or CA, looking for ideas in reply to LazyHorse, 06-04-2001 07:37:17

I don't know what you mean exactly by maintain a pasture, but at my dads, we just started using a 154 Lo-Boy w/belly mower. . .in the past we used the D-17 & a newer 2040 JD w/ bushhogs. . . .he has also used little JD & WheelHorse riders.

The 154 has great cut, but can't handle the 2 ft. tall grass very well. The D-17 & 2040 are hard to manuver, but do great on the tall grass. .. .the riders are worthless as far as I am concerned.

I have a '41 C w/belly mower that I use for mowing my two acres of yard. . no fencelines (yet) and only a couple obstacles to go around.

I wish I had gone for the CA, but I couldn't find one for under $2500 w/mower. .because it has a type of live PTO & hyd. . there is a hand clutch on the right axle to disengage the axle to stop forward motion, but allow the PTO & Hyd to continue to operate.

I would suggest the CA w/ 5 ft pull type bushhog, but you could probably use a 3pt of the same size, but it would require an aftermarket 3pt adapter from C&D Hitches or other vendor (C&D is my preference for the B/C & WD/WD45/& D-series

They have a nice unit for snapcoupler tractors, but I don't know a whole lot about the CA style, it would depend on if you had the snapcoupler or not I think.

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Ted Seifert

06-04-2001 09:35:51

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Re: Thinking about buying a B or CA, looking for ideas in reply to LazyHorse, 06-04-2001 07:37:17

I have both a CA and 5 B's. For sickle bar mowing no difference and not a lot of power is required. If you are going to brush hog pick the CA as it has more power. The CA hand clutch is nice.

Ted.

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Geno

06-04-2001 21:27:51

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Re: Re: Thinking about buying a B or CA, looking for ideas in reply to Ted Seifert, 06-04-2001 09:35:51

I have 2 B's, a CA and an Oliver 550. The Ollie will mow rings around the others and it's got a REAL live PTO, non of this axle clutch BS!

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GENE [IN]

06-05-2001 07:03:04

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Re: Re: Re: Thinking about buying a B or CA, looking for ideas in reply to Geno, 06-04-2001 21:27:51

GENO, TED DID NOT SAY HE WANTED AN OLIVER

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Kerry Ewald

06-05-2001 08:48:48

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Thinking about buying a B or CA, looking for ideas in reply to GENE [IN], 06-05-2001 07:03:04

I have a Allis WC I'm not sure whether it's what you guys are talking about. I think the CA is the smaller tractor, isn't it? I have to crank it in the front to start it. It has a 6 volt system on it, but isn't wired up. The rear tires are 13X24 The thing runs great and seems to be in great mechanical shape, all except if you shift from reverse to first too fast it will lock up in 2nd and reverse some how and when you start to let the clutch out it doesn't know what to do. I think the gear box is worn out. I can fix that easily enough by pulling the shifter out and poping it out of 2nd and putting the linkage back in, but it's a pain when you in the middle of working in the yard. My Allis didn't come with Hydralics. I took off the belt pully on the side and mounted a pump there. It still only runs with the clutch though. I use it to run a Log Splitter and want to run a 60" Woods finish mower (RM59) with a 3 point hitch. Does anyone know where I could see a picture of one so I could buy the parts and build one? Does anyone have any comments or suggestions I could use. I saw a 3 point hitch listed at Walts Tractor Parts for about 350.00. Would that work with the Woods mower or not? I'm new at this tractor stuff. I'm just a gear head that bought this ol tractor from an old farmer and kinda fell in love with it. It sort of took the place of my Harley I sold a few years ago. Accually I kinda like the tractor better. At least it's usefull for doing work around the house. I want to cut 5 acres of grass with the mower. Not heavy thick stuff either. Right now I'm cutting it with a 48" 20 HP Farm & Fleet mower. I've already gone through 2 of them in 10 years, so I thought I'd use the Allis for the majority of the grass and use the F&F model for right around the house and trees. Any coments are appreciated. Thanks!

Kerry Ewald Ottawa Illinois

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steve

06-06-2001 20:09:12

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Thinking about buying a B or CA, looking for ideas in reply to Kerry Ewald, 06-05-2001 08:48:48

yea, a WC is a big tractor. Has a C channel frame around the engine and front end. A B or C is a little tracotr about 2/3 that size. It has the engine transmission and tube between them forming the "backbone" of the tractor, no frame. A three point hitch cost $350 to $500. I made my own by looking at a few pictures, a few old D-17 tractors and a little imagination. You can see some good ideas at www. worksaver.com , or try C&D hitches. Good luck. If you need additional data, post a question of your own at the top of the page and more guys will see and respond.

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