[AT] Farmall Cub and Mowing

[Skip Cleveland]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Dotson" <gdotsly at watchtv.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2007 5:03 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Farmall Cub and Mowing


>    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
>Try cow flaps.

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 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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