I'd give him a little less.
I had a '49. My first tractor - tractor. It ended up in my garage after one year. Didn't know squat about machinery. Learned tons of information - restoring it. Laid it out in the garage, piece by piece.
It was a little trouble after the first year. Age does that. Ended up tinkering with it more than I was using it. Hence the restoration rebuild. Most of my parts came from Tractor Supply back then. It was easy to work on. Gas, flow, spark, tuning, cooling, electrical. Had a JD dealer come out and get it to do the brakes for me.
After I painted all the parts. and got it back to new decal condition, it was sweet.
I look at my Kubota now, and I still don't understand it. Just too darn complex.
The Farmall Cub was a great real first tractor for me.
-Good luck.
-Mike Z. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif