[AT] Cubs

[Robinson]

George Willer wrote:

>Dave,
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>The Cub is a separate tractor, introduced about 8 years after the first A.
>It's about 2/3 the size, and half the power... and much more loveable!
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>I expected to replace my first Cub with an A when I sold it but I haven't.
>Instead I have 13 Cubs now... must be well over 125 horsepower!  :-)
>
>George Willer
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>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "David Myers" <walking_tractor at yahoo.com>
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>>George and all other Cubbers, help!
>>Working on our Farmall A yesterday and got to thinking
>>(yeah, and it hurts too!) is an A a grown up Cub or is
>>a Cub just a scale model of a real tractor (the A)?
>>Inquiring minds need to know.
>>
>>=====
>>Dave Myers
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    What do you mean "scale model of a real tractor"... A CUB is a real 
tractor...   :-)   Unlike those lawn tractors everybody has around. Any 
doubt was thoroughly dispelled to anyone that watched the sled pulling 
and plowing at Cubfest.
    George made an interesting comparison at Cubfest telling someone 
that the Cub was built to do the same work as a team of horses. I have 
thought about that several times since and it works out about right. A 
good heavy team could likely exert much more brute force for a short 
time and pull a bigger plow but the Cub can run like the Energiser Bunny 
and keep going and going and going... The Cub does not have to rest and 
feeding takes seconds instead of all of that slow chewing and resting. 
Probably a 3rd of the teams work day is actually down time if you count 
the morning prep, resting, feeding, watering and evening work to put 
them in for the night. The mighty Cub can spend all of that time working 
and the operator still doesn't have to put in any more total hours a 
day. The Cub would maybe be pulling a bit smaller plow but pulling it 
much faster. Not only can it cover a lot of ground that way but the 
increased speed  will break the ground up better and leave a smoother 
plowing job. As I shift some of my work load to different directions I 
keep feeling the need for a second Cub. It would be nice to have one 
just for cultivating farm market stuff.

And they are just so danged cute...

"farmer"