Best small cultivator tractor?

blunosr · Oct 4, 2016

Hi, I'd like to get a Cub, or something like that, to cultivate 4 or 5 acres of garden rows. I like the offset engine, with good visibility of center mount cultivators. What's the best tractor for that kind of thing?

Is there a more modern version of the Cub? Or a similar tractor?

Thanks for any advice,

Troy

MikeinKy · Oct 4, 2016

I have a cub, Super A, and a 40 John Deere. The best is a Super A or 140. The cub is a little under powered with only 9.5 horse power. The A
thru 140 has 20 to 24 HP, which makes it useful for other jobs.

C. Amick · Oct 4, 2016

I have a Cub, but you can probably buy a Super A for about the same price or less. Four or five acres is quite a bit to cultivate. I also have a Farmall C with 2-row cultivators. Only problem doing two rows at a time is that you have to have your rows evenly spaced.

lee little · Oct 4, 2016

I traded for a 140 this spring. It is an awesome little cultivating tractor. They are strong for their size. I don't think you would go wrong with a 140.

Eldon (WA) · Oct 4, 2016

(quoted from post at 18:09:46 10/04/16) Hi, I'd like to get a Cub, or something like that, to cultivate 4 or 5 acres of garden rows. I like the offset engine, with good visibility of center mount cultivators. What's the best tractor for that kind of thing?

Is there a more modern version of the Cub? Or a similar tractor?

Thanks for any advice,

Troy

I have a Blue G 1000 that I would sell. Enhanced version of the Cub engine, 3 spd tranny with Eaton 2 speed rear end. Includes cultivators. One of 200 made, so some collector value also.

Hobo,NC · Oct 4, 2016

I have a Farmall 100, 130 and a 140 that are hard to beat...
I have brought two cubs and were very disappointed with them.
I souped up the 100 it has a late 140 head and cam with firecrater pistons with overbore liners it does not break a sweet cultivating. The 140 is sweet and not down on HP I just like to hear the 100 pop when I goose it...

47fivewindow · Oct 4, 2016

Some one correct me if I'm wrong, superA, 100,130 and 140 international are about the same. You
should be able to find one with cultivators for a good price. Exactly what you need. Non super As
have no hydraulics.

Spudm · Oct 4, 2016

I think the offset design was called "Cultivision". What I don't like about it, is the dust comes back in your face if the ground is dry.

gab · Oct 4, 2016

Think you'd like a Super A through 140 better, Super C was a good cultivator tractor too, if it had a Fast Hitch you could get all kinds of attachments for it.

notjustair · Oct 4, 2016

You are on the right track. Get an offset with a
mounted cultivator. Don't go three point. The only
thing a three point crop cultivator is good for is
getting yelled at by your dad when you sneeze and
wipe out four rows at once. Not that I am bitter or
anything.

I've got an A Farmall. It's a pretty sweet setup.
There will come a day that I will hate it for its
manual lift, but it was something I traded for and
didn't figure I would use. It runs every auger on the
farm and is a handy little lawn mower.

Traditional Farmer · Oct 5, 2016

If you want new a Tuff Bilt tractor is a very good cultivating tractor,I have a Hines H-1600 similar design and its a great little tractor to cultivate with.As said the older offset
Farmalls like the 140 are good too and those have come way down in price I've seen a couple 140 and 130 models with cultivators in good shape sell for around 1K this year.Cubs are
way under powered to use on anything but a very small garden.

oldtanker · Oct 5, 2016

I'd stay as far away from a fasthitch system as possible! That is unless I was a collector. Implements are hard to find and generally expensive when you do. They didn't make the fasthitch for long, bout 10 years or so and the implements didn't sell well. So there are not many out there and with collectors now wanting to show their tractors with implements they are getting hard to find.

Lot of you older tractors with mounted cultivators are getting had to find too with complete cultivators too. So whatever you decide be ready to jump on something as soon as you find it.

Rick

gene bender · Oct 5, 2016

What crops are you planning on raising and are you going to moldboard plow the ground or use some othere way. You will want two tractors as having one ready to plow then you need a trailer or something moved. WEhat are you using for a planter and row width. The C ub would make a fine one for cultivating unless you are planting same crop over the entire acreage then 1 row mite bee too small unless you have the time. You have lots to think about with what you are planting and what will you do with it we need more info.

K-Mo · Oct 5, 2016

Price wise, a Farmall Cub, Super A, 100, 130 or 140 work very well. There are newer offset tractor like the CaseIH 265 and JD 900, but about ten times the price of the Farmallls. The Farmalls are simple enough you can build custom equipment. These tractors work very well for precision cultivation. Another older truck farm tractor is the Allis G. Not quite so plentiful though. Less than 30,000 made.

K-Mo · Oct 5, 2016

Photo attempt. Fabricated 3-row planter.

Dieselrider · Oct 5, 2016

Just a sew thoughts. I have a cub for cultivating. It does well for that. However, some thoughts: If you are planting one type crop, you can use one set up and cultivate the whole 5-6 acres. The cultivator shanks on a cub are not that quick to change around for one crop to another so say cultivating close to carrots will be different than cultivating close to cabbage etc. In my opinion, the cub is geared a bit high and if you are trying to get close to the plants even throttled down it runs a bit fast. Hydro static machine might be a better fit but, I don't know if anyone made one. Hope this helps.

oc-18guy · Oct 5, 2016

I can't remember the model # right now but ford made one into probably the late 80's.

tractorsam · Oct 5, 2016

I'm going to throw another vote in for the Super A, 100, 130, and 140 Farmalls. Any time I've been around a cub I've always been disappointed.
The Super A is usually the same money, only a hair larger, and easily twice the tractor. Sam.

Traditional Farmer · Oct 5, 2016

My Hines H-1600 is hydrostatic drive plus its also adjustable speed drive with a foot pedal,best cultivating tractor I've ever used.Plus the implements change out in a couple minutes.

Kirk-NJ · Oct 5, 2016

I've been cultivating and planting with farmall cubs for years. They made every attachment you can think off but they should have made more power. The super A or 140 would be a good alternative. Still
for what it is you can beat those small cubs.

Kirk

OhioTractorGuy · Oct 5, 2016

Had to put a vote in for the JD Dubuque Standards. . . I have a 420 that Ive used for years to cultivate the sweet corn patch -- this 430 was
one of the first I restored years ago.

rockyridgefarm · Oct 5, 2016

No mention of the Allis Chalmers G?

Eldon (WA) · Oct 5, 2016

(quoted from post at 05:54:38 10/05/16) No mention of the Allis Chalmers G?

Don't ya know Allis Chalmers is akin to a swear word on this forum :?

jacksun65 · Oct 5, 2016

Now that tobacco is about dead around here in ky you can pick up a good 140 for about
$2500 with the cultivators.

Tx.Ricefields · Oct 5, 2016

I agree, 140 hard to beat.

Jim in NC · Oct 5, 2016

I'll add another vote for offset Farmalls from a Super A through an IH 274. I currently
have and use 3 SAs, a 140, and a 274. I have used Cubs also but to me they are
underpowered and too slow.

C. Amick · Oct 5, 2016

My Farmall C with cultivators.

Hobo,NC · Oct 5, 2016

(quoted from post at 06:53:13 10/06/16) My Farmall C with cultivators.

I use to mess around with a couple brothers (Gillespie's) from Wytheville. One bro was mike I can not remember the others name. They worked construction do you know any Gillespie's that may could get me in touch with my old friends. It was probably the real early 80"s since I visited them last.

Fred Werring · Oct 5, 2016

From notjustair
" Don't go three point. The only thing a three point crop cultivator is good for is getting yelled at by your dad when you sneeze and wipe out four rows at once. Not that I am bitter or anything."

Been there...made me laugh.

Fred

RTR · Oct 6, 2016

(quoted from post at 10:10:24 10/05/16) If you want new a Tuff Bilt tractor is a very good cultivating tractor,I have a Hines H-1600 similar design and its a great little tractor to cultivate with.As said the older offset
Farmalls like the 140 are good too and those have come way down in price I've seen a couple 140 and 130 models with cultivators in good shape sell for around 1K this year.Cubs are
way under powered to use on anything but a very small garden.

Where have you seen a Farmall 140 for $1,000 ?? That will barely just buy the cultivator on it around here.

Let me know so I can buy them up!

495man · Oct 6, 2016

Green Diamond had a Case IH 265 listed last fall, that is the newest offset you are going to find.

Kijiji has had several Cubs/A/SuperA/140 listed complete with cultivators in NS over the summer.

There was a Ford 1710 offset and a Kubota offset listed in NB this year as well. Both are 1980's tractors.

Bret4207 · Oct 6, 2016

(quoted from post at 09:54:38 10/05/16) No mention of the Allis Chalmers G?

That would be my choice if I was market gardening. Hard to find and expensive when you do, but the visibility is outstanding. I've run a lot of rows with a Case VAC and it's fine but just plain goes too fast in some cases for a garden crop.

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