What is a mule drive?

micman32 · Apr 21, 2009

What is a Mule Drive? I was reading some old posts and was wondering what it is? I was never around many Cubs when I was younger.

Michael

scoutcub · Apr 21, 2009

It's akin to a "subframe" that attaches a mowing deck to the tractor...goes on top of the deck, under the belly of the tractor. Used on the older Garden and Super garden tractors. I had one on my 1782, was kind of a pain to remove/install if you wanted to switch implements.

lexus114 · Apr 21, 2009

scoutcub said:
It's akin to a "subframe" that attaches a mowing deck to the tractor...goes on top of the deck, under the belly of the tractor. Used on the older Garden and Super garden tractors. I had one on my 1782, was kind of a pain to remove/install if you wanted to switch implements.

yep,Wheel Horse was big on those.They worked very well though.

magicalj · Apr 21, 2009

The mule drive is just the part on the front of the sub frame. It has 2 pulley to turn the pto belt 90 degrees to reach the mower deck. It is located directly below the pto clutch. The rest is the sub frame. I'll see if I can get a pic.

AJ