[AT] Cub - Update

[Stephen Offiler]

I've never run a sickle mower, so there's going to be some fun with
experimentation.  I keep about 3 acres of our 15 mowed; the rest is forest
and wetlands.  I have a zero-turn for the lawn-like areas, and a DR Brush
mower (mini walk-behind bushhog) for the coarse areas.  I'm told some of
this property was cow pasture several decades ago.  The house was built in
1990, and when we purchased in 2002, the old pastureland had disappeared
under heavy overgrowth of the finest invasives New England has to offer:
autumn olive & multiflora rose, that seem to like to grow together in
clumps, plus bittersweet, poison ivy, and wild grape.  We've been slowly
clearing bit by bit ever since, and as soon as a patch of ground is opened
up, grasses magically re-appear.  This is how I end up with 3 acres that
now have to be clipped or the invasives will return.  Nothing is really
flat, but then again we don't have serious slopes either.  Rocks, yes,
multitudes.  They're generally of the "tip of the iceberg" variety,
appearing flattish and roundish and only protruding a couple inches.  I
know the location intimately of every single one that interferes with a
mower.  I think some of the coarse areas may work for the sickle.  I
suppose the guards will ride up and over those flattish rocks, seems that
is the intent of the design.

SO


On Sun, Jul 5, 2020 at 2:27 PM John Hall <jtchall at nc.rr.com> wrote:

> Based on what you have described, well worth the asking price for my area.
> If I wanted it, I wouldn't hesitate to bring it home. We all know old
> tractors leak fluids and most of us look the other way.  It could start
> leaking everywhere once you use it, then it may be just fine. Sounds like
> just like routine old tractor stuff to me. That is a very hand machine with
> the mower on it.
>
> Good luck!!
>
> John Hall
>
> On 7/5/2020 11:46 AM, Stephen Offiler wrote:
>
> Yesterday, I traveled over to take a look at this Cub that's still trying
> to find its way into my barn.  I brought along a checklist that I put
> together from all the inputs from helpful ATIS folks who responded to my
> previous Cub note.
>
> Starting off with the things that might be trouble spots.  Front bolster
> freeze crack.  See attached pic.  Now if that's not a repair, I don't know
> what is.  It is holding fine.  The drain pan under the front axle (if you
> recall the image I attached in the previous note) is there to catch fluid
> from a leaking steering gear.  In general, it seems to be having minor
> issues holding on to all of its lubricants.  Steering gear is really the
> only thing warranting a catch pan, but it's just a little weepy pretty much
> everywhere - with the possible exception of the front main seal which is
> dry as near as I can tell.  Damp around the whole hydraulic pump, oil
> pan/rear main, shifter, PTO.
>
> I was also warned about the PTO pulley, and indeed it is rather loose on
> the PTO shaft.  I could use a bit more detail, but I am assuming it's a
> spot worth mentioning because the shaft gets abused and the only decent fix
> is replacement.  True?
>
> On the upsides.  No cracks/damage in areas others mentioned:  front
> spindles, cylinder head, front ears on block.  Good compression judging by
> feel from hand crank.  Pulled plugs, all four nice and even, tan/gray.
> Engine oil is down towards low on dipstick, but OK, and it looks clean-ish,
> "normal" for partly used motor oil.  No evidence the hydraulic pump is
> dumping fluid into the crankcase.  Did not attempt to start it up.  I can
> feel clutch engagement point by rocking it, seems OK.  Ditto both brakes.
>
> S/N is 101886 which I have not run down yet but sure to find it is a 1950
> based on the casting date codes (one Nov '49 and two others Feb '50)
>
> I think I mentioned previously the owner hit a rock with it.  I learned a
> bit more.  It's a prominent rock in the field he used to mow, and he
> sheepishly admitted he knew exactly where that rock was, and can't really
> explain how it happened.  He was age 79 at that time (3 years ago) and
> afterward his wife decided he didn't need to mow that field any more.  The
> flywheel guard for the mower is bent in a way that's consistent with
> hitting a rock of a certain size.  If I understood correctly (owner has a
> fairly heavy German accent) the tractor might have actually been perched
> atop said rock with one or more wheels off the ground, which is really what
> got his wife's attention.  She's German too, and he said her answer was
> "NEIN".  He's in no great rush to sell, but he also has zero interest in
> dealing with tire-kickers and scam-artists on Craigslist, and he's quite
> well-off, isn't looking for a sucker to give him top dollar.  More along
> the lines of finding a good home for it.
>
> I am pretty sure I can get it in the neighborhood of $1200 which is on the
> low side relative to the ranges we've been talking about, and really quite
> low here in the Northeast where for whatever reason the Cub value are a bit
> higher.  So it's really just a matter of closing the deal and hooking up
> the borrowed trailer and making the 150 mile round trip.
>
> SO
>
>
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