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grandpa Love

grandpa Love

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I've been informed this is a poor excuse for a tractor. Lol
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It all depends on what you want to do with it. If you want to plow a hundred acres, probably is, but if you want to raise a garden and mow a lawn, just try to get a 100 hp. tractor to do that work. Evverything has a purpose
 
This was posted as a joke. Someone said on another post that Cubs were a poor excuse for a tractor. I love my Cubs!
 
I had a Cub for a long time, I plowed my drive every winter with it, I plowed a ton of snow, I'm in Michigan, also mowed 11 acres of land with a sickle bar, I bought a Kawasaki mule and put a blade on it then bought a 8N with a brush hog, so I didn't need the Cub, I loved that Cub it served me well for many years.
 
You are correct Sir.
My 51 Case VAC, 41 JD H, Kubota L5030, and especially my 52 8N all earn there keep and place in the shed when not working.
The 8N has worked for this family for 70 years.
 
Who is this poster that dared to mock Cub tractors - we'll have him sent off to a re-education camp until he comes to his senses. LOL Cubs are a great tractor to do what they were intended to do. They won't do more than they were intended to do and that's why they made bigger tractors.
 
(quoted from post at 10:14:02 12/12/22) It all depends on what you want to do with it. If you want to plow a hundred acres, probably is, but if you want to raise a garden and mow a lawn, just try to get a 100 hp. tractor to do that work. Evverything has a purpose
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Just like electric vehicles coming into the market.?
 
From my point of view and experience the Regular Cub was a very useful and a good tractor. There were lots of them sold and used around here. The Cub 154 I bought with a loader on it was a very bad experience for me, very little power and almost a daily headache when using the clutch till I made some radical modifications to it. Gene Davis
 
Is it because it is a Cub or it is yellow? Either way if you are needing to have the shameful tractor removed from your property let me know, I could use another one so I do not have to swap my sickle mower and belly mower when I need to mow road side.

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Rodney, can't buy either of
those, but I've got a '63 in the
barn getting a clutch.... It
could be bought!
 
Where can I get one of those Larry?of course I would rather one I can pull with something while I operate it
 
Why do you need to own 45+ of them to get a good one?
Sounds like your feelings are hurt because of someones opinion and youre looking for validation.
Great job on taking what I said out of context.
 
Funny thing about that hp class, C is 113 cubes and 8N is 120... both pulling 2-12s , you will eventually catch the 8N and have to throttle back so as not to run him over.
 
My first tractor , a 58 Farmall Cub with fast hitch and all the impalement and a two wheel trailer along with wheel weights tire chains and a heat houser . with the loaded tires the two sets of rear weights and ft weights Chains and ft blade i thought i had a D 9 when it came to plowing the snow we USE to get all while stayen warm and comfy inn the heat houser that was totally enclosed . Break your hearts today what i gave for it in 1959 . I borrowed the money off my uncle against wages i made helping out at his farm , he did the wheeling and dealing and we gave 850 bucks for it at a local Ford dealer as the org owner wanted something bigger and traded for a 641 Ford. . I drove it home the mile and a half . Payed for it buy light grading new home yards and plowing and discing and dragging a harrow over them then sowing grass seed The small village was Growing and when winter kicked in plowing driveways for 2 to five bucks , yards ran between 150 to 250 . Only three of us in the village did drive plowing two of us with a tractor and one with a gravley . I could do three drives while my one friend with his Gravely did one , i could go all day where he had to take breaks to go warm back up. .Never had to tap into farm wages to pay my uncle back as i had him paid back in two and a half months along with a nice savings account .
 
Poor excuse for a tractor,,,,, I don't think so. Built between 1947--1981. Over 245,000 built. Arguably the most popular small tractor in the world.
 
I have both too and unless you are cultivating the garden, the N series is the superior tractor. And to the other poster, both tractors are the same size
 
I am a deere guy but have one. Paid 500 bucks for it and sold the mott flail mower off of it for 550!
 
Fellow in my area had a Cub back when I was growing up,had about 25 acres of land.He raised some cows,had a real big garden,cut and raked hay,got my dad to bale his hay.Did it all with that Cub,even had a loader for it.
 
Funny that you say, ''get an L''. Many years ago while I was still in high school, two boys were arguing that each of their dad's garcening tractor could out pull the other. A slick shiny Cub Farmall vs a ragged motley John Deere L. They got a long chain and tied them back to back and when some one hollerd go they both popped the clutches and pushed the throttles wide open. The Cub did not stand a chance the L drug it all the way through town and back, about a mile with the Cub still spinning the rear wheels. No more of that argument nor laughing at the boy about hand cranking the ragged motley L.
 
that fine if you like taking the mower of and on to use the tractor where the A is always ready for drawbar work
 
I would have said the 8N was the poor excuse of a tractor. I've driven all models of the N series I would not give a penny for any of them. SO I'm glad thos that like them do. they would not find a home here. Pretty useless tractor. To run the hitch the PTO has to be on the left brake on the left side so you can only use the right brake and clutch or step on both pedals and hope it works. Poor planning there.
 
The 8n engines ran higher rpm so they engines wore out much faster, they were a great tractor because they replaced the horse. My farmall A is 82 years old and still works great
 
Ford ran that N series engine at much higher rpms to get the power out of them. The engines did not last long when worked hard. They also liked to break axles. A farmall A will outlast an N series by far
 
(quoted from post at 17:52:59 12/12/22) Funny that you say, ''get an L''. Many years ago while I was still in high school, two boys were arguing that each of their dad's garcening tractor could out pull the other. A slick shiny Cub Farmall vs a ragged motley John Deere L. They got a long chain and tied them back to back and when some one hollerd go they both popped the clutches and pushed the throttles wide open. The Cub did not stand a chance the L drug it all the way through town and back, about a mile with the Cub still spinning the rear wheels. No more of that argument nor laughing at the boy about hand cranking the ragged motley L.
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See, good old Deere power. A tractor isn't supposed to be pretty, their supposed to be powerful.
 
Go back 80+ years and your choices are: 1. A team of horses; 2: A tractor prone to flipping over backwards; 3: A tractor that a 10 year old could drive. How does that Ford sound now?
No argument that compared to today's tractors the Ns are not as operator friendly or have all the easy-to-use controls. However, what percentage of modern tractors are shade tree mechanic (owner/farmer) repairable? And, as you can see by the many discussions and questions of how to on this site, there are many, many still in use.
My newest tractor is a Jubilee. It does everything that I need or want to do. My oldest tractor is a 1940 9N. Just for fun. I have several mid-40s Fords...for fun.
Just sayin.
 
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