Re: Cub lo boy

Posted by Pete76NYPa on July 29, 2023 at 23:26:48 from (23.235.20.101):

In Reply to: Cub lo boy posted by Massey_165 on July 26, 2023 at 22:28:18:

Ran one of the original (tractor Cub not lawn mower Cub...yeah I know not much different under the sheet metal 'cept the starter/generator, but the looks! LOL) with a 60 belly mower for years as a kid, the blades on a finish mower will never cause the tractor to get pushed as they aren't heavy and don't depend upon centrifugal force like a rotary cutter. $1500 for a decent Cub is a good price, they are easy for a guy with a Ford Ranger and a single axle trailer to move around and show or whatever he wants to do so that value will always stay up a bit more than some of the bigger tractors. That all said, although I wouldn't kick a Cub out of my shed if one dropped on me, that value that I mentioned is what keeps me from getting one. For the same or less money you can get a Super C with Fast Hitch that will do anything a Cub will on the low end and everything a straight H will on the upper end, and do all in a handier manner (I stipulate that the H will hold back more weight coming down a hill by a slight margin).
A Cub can do what a Cub was made to do, some people like to romanticize them like they are The Little Engine That Could or something, but in reality they are just doing what they were made to do, no more no less. As many uses as I find for all my Oldies...if I can't take them to an antique pull and move the sled with no weight transferred, I am not gonna spend much time or money on the tractor. I almost never sell a tractor or a gun once I own it, but I sent a MM R down the road for just that reason. People make fun of Cubs, but they were a useful and important part of the IH lineup. I think the reason people scoff at them so much is because some tend to make them out to be more than they really are. A couple for instances; I have run the baler with a gear tagged behind with My Ford Ns, The Super C, The Deere MT, 420, and B, So If the Super M, the Super H, the JD 70 and A, all broke down together I know I could still bale, where I couldn't with a Cub. I also know I can gook any of the above to at least the 5' hog and get that done if needed.

My neighbor has a very nice mostly original '40 something Cub that he uses to plow snow and pull a roller with, and it does both very well provided he has the rear tires loaded, double ring field chains on, and he plows every 5-6. The ballast plays hell with the lawn when rolling sometimes. The tractor is so nice that I would probably have to make that purchase if he ever parts with it. His in laws purchased it new from the local IH dealer and as far as he or I know it's never spent a night outside. That said I don't have much I could put it to work doing except dragging the garden or I have an old IH 35 rake I could get up and running with out too much effort I suppose I could use,,,but probably a trailer with some seats for parade duty would be the most use

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