[AT] Farmall Cub

[Francis Robinson]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Waugh Elgin, Illinois USA" <gwaugh at wowway.com>

> 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



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    Hi Gene:

    I absolutely love my 1947 CUB but I don't mow with it often anymore. I 
might next year but I do tend to mow most stuff with with either my John 
Deere LA130 lawn tractor or the bush-hog on a larger tractor. I used to mow 
inside of the fences between the fence and the crop with my CUB and the 
Woods 42" mower. These days I have the crop far enough away from the fence 
line that I can have grassed lanes all around each field. I cut much of that 
with the 6 bush-hog. My biggest complaint about the Woods deck when mowing 
the yards was that it was prone to windrow the cut grass a bit if it got 
much height on it. I do get a nice job with my Yanmar 1500 and a 5' King 
Kutter finish mower and I sometimes use it on large areas.
    Without a doubt the best job of mowing I have ever seen was from a 
Bolens articulated mower that my mother owned. Not the fastest at mowing but 
OK and a super smooth job. It was a full ground following mower. I still 
have it and it has a recent new engine but needs a new bearing in the top of 
the transmission. I have been tempted to fix it and use it in tight areas 
since it will fit in remarkable spots. One of the worst I ever used for 
leaving a smooth job was a Snapper Hi-vac. I once had to use it on a 
customer's yard that had an old ditch across it that had settled. After I 
mowed that yard I'll bet that ditch could be seen from outer space just like 
the Great Wall...   :-)
    Most mowing here is with a Yardman (MTD 22HP 46" cut and the 48" Deere 
LA-130 (I think 21 HP) both new last spring. There are things I like better 
about the Deere and things I like better about the Yardman. I did have a 20 
HP 42" Yardman that I used trouble free for 3 years (we mow a LOT of grass) 
and then sold for half of what we paid for it. I felt pretty good about 
that.
    A foot operated hydrostatic will about ruin you for anything else if you 
have a lot to mow around...   :-)



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"farmer"

Do not follow where the path may lead.  Go, instead, where there is no path
and leave a trail.  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson


Francis Robinson
Central Indiana, USA
robinson at svs.net