Re: 50's cub tractor

Posted by Texas Jay on September 13, 2003 at 06:05:28 from (64.12.96.236):

In Reply to: 50's cub tractor posted by Jerry Davis on September 12, 2003 at 15:32:12:

I "grew up" on a farm-all cub. Great little tractor. One feature is that you can have one mower deck for brush or field mowing mounted to the rear and shift it to belly mount for finish mowing. (It still won't do as nice as a regular lawn mower for pretty)
To accomplish this there was a pulley block assy mounted between the rear gear housings. The problem was you have to reverse this assy to shift mower from front to rear and it is a chore.
It's heavy (I want to say around 40# but it's been a lot of years) and a tight fit. You have to line it up precisely then lift it straight up into position, hold it in place then tighten the bolts. The assembly is awkwardly shaped and doesn't set well on a jack. (as a teenager i just "bench pressed" it up but it was hard to do)
I believe there was one long belt that worked both ways and another belt that ran the three blades. I don't recall the size of the mower for certain but I think it was 5'.
Any smaller and you might want to consider a bigger rig for 44 acres unless you have plenty of time on your hands. Consider (using calculator example) a field 1000 ft wide will take something like 200 passes to cut with a 5' mower, and 167 with a 6'. This isn't a "real" analysis but gives some idea how much difference a foot can make.
Hope this helps.

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