MFWD
Silver Member
- Joined
- Jun 27, 2012
- Messages
- 112
- Location
- South Mountain, Pennsylvania
- Tractor
- 2002 New Holland TC35D with cab, a 2007 New Holland Skid Steer and a 1970's 154 Cub Lo-Boy, 2016 John Deere XUV 550 Gator
Hello,
I have a question about Cub Lo-Boy tractors.......the ones at least in the 1970's, not with the offset steering. I cut my own firewood from my property and most of the time use my 16HP garden tractor (without a mowing deck) and a small trailer to haul it back to my splitting area. I also have a New Holland 35Hp 4wd tractor with FEL, backhoe and cab. It's kind of big to get to some of the places I go on my land. The only problem I have with the garden tractor is that (even with chains on) sometimes it will slip and spin if the load is real heavy because the tractor doesn't weigh enough. So I thought I might be able to get a tractor in size somewhere in between the (2) I have. I got to looking on the net and ran across a Cub Lo-boy. They weigh 1500 pounds but most are around 14HP, maybe one model has 16 or 18. This doesn't seem like much power for that heavy of tractor considering that my garden tractor has 16HP. So could they handle the job of hauling a load of firewood with that little HP? Are they a dependable tractor or prone to lots of problems. If anybody out there owns one, please give me the scoop !!!! Thanks !!!!
MFWD