[Farmall] drawbar bolts

[E. John Puckett]

I have owned cubs for nearly 30 years, and agree, there are somethings I 
wish were different.  You need to remeber however, that a cub was 
designed with the intention of being produced cheaply enough to get the 
farmers still using horse to change to a tractor, and it did that job 
quite well.  It cost about the same as 2 teams, but could work several 
teams into the ground, with the only limit on how long it could work 
being the operator.  I do not know if it is correct, but I have heard 
that the cub was expected to last 7 years.  Mine still work for a 
living, though not as hard as they were intended for, but my newest one 
is 64 years old and I refurbished it 2 years ago.  You will note, I said 
refurbished, not restored.  I have never in my life seen a tractor that 
was actually restored.
On 4/13/2013 6:09 AM, jtchall at nc.rr.com wrote:
> ...... I will
> admit there are several things on a CUB that IH did real cheap that I would
> love to "fix".
>
> John
>