[AT] Farmall Cub and Mowing

[Gene Dotson]

    Farmer;
    Yes, we all love our cubs. Mine just doesn't have an assigned job here, 
so mostly gets ignored. Hasn't moved since I put it in the barn from 
Cubfest. I did fix the front tire that leaked down after a couple of months. 
Pulled it off and broke it down and removed the tube to find it had a 
leaking valve core. Long way around to replace a core. Thought about getting 
it out of the barn and into the shop to do some minor work on it, but would 
have to move 3 tractors to get it out, so maybe tomorrow?
    The Cub mower was bad about leaving clumps of cut grass which was 
undesirable on the airstrip. The Gravely and John Deere 240 both do a better 
job. The JD does the best job mowing, but the Gravely is a lot faster and 
throws the grass out better. I like to mow from the center out to keep the 
clippings off the strip.
    For some reason when I mow the new grass I planted, where we plowed with 
the cubs, the Gravely throws out small, tight tufts of grass and only on the 
new grass. It works fine on all other areas. The past summer I mowed it with 
the John Deere and it works fine. Have to use the Deere around the house and 
along the drive since the Gravely is too wide to follow the hills.
    I do notice that since I have been controlling the broadleaf weeds and 
the clover that I can mow faster and have less clogging of the mower deck. 
Don't have many of them Yaller flowers since I started using "Triplet".
    Funny how we miss doing a job that we hardly have time to do when it 
needs done. Just like the snow that we have to clear, hate to see it come, 
but can't wait to get the Carrharrs on and get out in it.

                        Gene



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Francis Robinson" <robinson at svs.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2007 4:20 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Farmall Cub


>
>    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...   :-)
>
>
>
> --
> "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
>
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