[Farmall] drawbar bolts

[Tom Bonjour]

Mike, Sounds like you have had some experience with this. I'll bet you are right a little ramming. Ramming with the one arm loader ought to do it. Cub features I would add to the list of things I would change are the radiator/bolster arrangement and the throw out bearing. I would much rather see a normal radiator and a throw out bearing that doesn't pull the engine down. But as others have said here, cost was probably a big factor in the original decisions.  It is amazing how many of these little tractors are still running and often working. I have a one row planter rigged up for the one point hitch and plan to plant sweet corn with mine soon.

Tom


--- On Sun, 4/14/13, Mike <mikesloane at verizon.net> wrote:

> From: Mike <mikesloane at verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: [Farmall] drawbar bolts
> To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Date: Sunday, April 14, 2013, 10:25 AM
> Another good way to break the front
> of the Cub is to install an IH 1000
> loader and start ramming into show drifts with it or other
> similar
> activity.
> 
> Mike
> 
> On 4/14/2013 9:22 AM, Kevin Bish wrote:
> > Yes I have seen many of the blocks broken on the Cubs,
> that I hauled
> > into my business for salvage tractors. The last one I
> bought had the
> > whole front of the block broken off. They had got the
> tractor stuck
> > down over a hill, and hooked the chain to the little
> Cubs front axle.
> > Then to try and get it out jerked the chain really hard
> with a 4
> > wheel drive truck, and broke the whole front end off
> the tractor.
> > Anytime I hook to the Cub, A, 130, 100, etc, I always
> hook back to
> > the drawbar, even if I am towing or pulling the
> tractors foward. The
> > wide front ends on the tractors just won't take pulling
> and jerking
> > them around much. I am sure we have all done it before,
> but sooner or
> > later something is going to get broken. Kevin.
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