[AT] Cubs

[Mike Sloane]

George Willer wrote:

> Mike,
> 
> Except maybe Kubota?
I believe that some of the older Japanese tractors (especially the "gray 
market" ones - not sold by authorized dealers) had/have the Japanese 
standard PTO, which doesn't match the US/European 540 rpm. But I think 
that the current models sold by authorized dealers do have standard PTOs.

Mike
> 
> George
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike Sloane" <msloane at att.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 1:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Cubs
> 
> 
> 
>>Some people think of the Cub as a 3/4 scale A, but it actually was 
>>designed from the ground up as a different tractor. Ken Updike's 
>>"Farmall Cub & Cub Cadet" book has the story. The engine, of course is 
>>entirely different (and is the only flathead engine without sleeves that 
>>IH ever built, as far as I know), but everything else reflected IH 
>>engineering of the period. And, as most first time Cub owners quickly 
>>discover, it has a unique PTO like nothing else on the planet.
>>
>>Mike
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