[AT] Farmall Cub

[Larry D Goss]

Right behind a foot-operated hydrostatic machine for convenience, is a 
hand-operated hydro with power steering.  In my "advanced" years, I'm 
migrating slowly toward more hydro-powered equipment.  The stable now 
contains four hydro-operated units -- two are foot-controlled and two are 
hand-controlled.  Both hand-controlled models have power steering.  That's 
not quite half of the mowing equipment that I currently own and use.  All of 
them are ground-following decks.

If you really want to get done quickly with the mowing chores, get a ZTR. 
But you'll spend a bunch for a ground-following deck on a machine of that 
design compared to a carried deck.  I don't know about you, but I don't want 
to be mowing so fast that I need to wear a trucker's belt to keep my kidneys 
in place during the mowing operation.

Larry

----- 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 3:20 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Farmall Cub


> ----- 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
>
>
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>    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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