[AT] Farmall Cub

[Larry D Goss]

IMHO, it isn't the brand of mower as much as the way it is mounted that 
makes the difference in the quality of mowing.  You will probably find that 
it's easier to please your FIL if you have a ground-following deck as 
opposed to a deck that's carried by the tractor frame.  Sometimes the 
difference in those two styles is just how it's used by the operator rather 
than how it's designed.  If you make use of the roller or gauge wheels all 
the time, then it's a ground-following style.  If you set the mowing height 
by operating a lever on the side of the tractor frame somewhere, then it's 
the other style.  The three Woods mowers I have owned in the past were 
"convertible" from the standpoint that the height adjustment consisted of 
changing the location of the support wheels, but if you didn't want to take 
the time to change that and just carried the deck with the wheels off the 
ground, then it was a carried mower and it didn't do as good of a job.

I once ran into an owner who was extremely upset because his Snapper mower 
(the grand-daddy of carried decks) wasn't cutting right.  I found out that 
he was mowing in the morning before the dew disappeared and the blades left 
swirls in the lawn because of that.  I tried to get him to wait until later 
in the day, but that interfered with his television viewing.  :-)  Owners 
will also complain about uneven cutting with carried decks when all that's 
wrong is that they haven't checked the air pressure in the tractor tires. 
Duh!

If someone asked my opinion, I would recommend using a ground-following 
deck; keep the height mechanism (wheels or roller) in good shape; and keep 
the blades sharp.  Dull blades not only cause ragged cutting, but they use 
up gobs of horsepower.  On the church lot that I mow regularly, dull blades 
can use up an extra gallon of gas in a single mowing (six acres.)  I 
resharpen after every 10 - 12 hours of use.  I have the mower deck here at 
home for winter maintenance.  I'll probably go over it pretty thoroughly 
right after the first of the year.

Larry

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Waugh Elgin, Illinois USA" <gwaugh at wowway.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2007 12:35 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Farmall Cub


> This brings to mind a question that I have been going to ask for some 
> time.
>
> Just how well does a Cub (or perhaps an A, B or C, mow with a Woods
> deck?  I am going to be doing much of the yard work at my in-laws, who
> are in their mid 80s is why I ask.  My f-i-l is very particular about
> his yard.But, this could REALLY give me a half-way rational excuse for
> getting one---a Cub preferably I think.
>
> /-- 
> Gene
> Gene Waugh
> Elgin, Illinois USA/
>
>
>
> Gene Dotson wrote:
>>     Just spending a quiet day here today.
>>     The 1961 Cub has been sitting in the barn with a battery charging
>> problem. Finally decided to charge up the battery and trouble shoot the
>> discharging problem.
>>     Pulled the regulator off and removed the cover and found a tiny piece 
>> of
>> copper on the contacts. removed that and cleaned the contacts and as soon 
>> as
>> the battery charges enough to start it I can check out my handiwork.
>>     Gotta have this tractor running for Cubfest in June. This tractor 
>> should
>> have a positive ground system, but the previous owner had the battery
>> installed as a negative ground. The regulator is a positive ground, so 
>> all
>> should be alright there. Repolarized the generator for positive ground, 
>> now
>> all ready to go.
>>
>>     Nice bright sunshine here and NO WIND in western Ohio. Makes it 
>> pleasant
>> to be outdoors.
>>
>>                                 Gene
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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