Mowing with an IH Cub?

[KubotaSam]

My Dad still uses a cub for mowing hay with a 5' scikle bar and plowing snow in the winter. Great little tractor. Go for it!!!

 

[YesDeere]

They are a fun little tractor. I
Didn't like mowing with it because you have to go so slow. But it will do it. Mines a 48 that has been passed down from my great grandfather. I sold the belly mower and bought cultivators with the money. I just like to putt around on the old beast. Still one sweet a*s looking machine.

 

[Jay4200]

They are a fun little tractor. I
Didn't like mowing with it because you have to go so slow. But it will do it. Mines a 48 that has been passed down from my great grandfather. I sold the belly mower and bought cultivators with the money. I just like to putt around on the old beast. Still one sweet a*s looking machine.

Yea, see? I would easily be the coolest guy in my suburban neighborhood if I mowed my grass with one of those. That's even higher-status than having a trophy wife that walks down to the road to get the mail every day.

JayC

 

[wedge40]

yep. I had a neighbor that made fun of my small hp cub.

I drug him all over his yard with his crapsman wheels spinning. when i headed toward the blacktop he gave n as he didn't want to strip out the zinc/aluminum/plastic/potmetal drive gear assembly his 24hp lawnmower had.

i even gave him a good chance by letting him start to pull me backwards with my clutch in, then I eased the clutch out and started to go.. my rears never once spun. his made tracks all over his yard..

soundguy

Was there adult beverages involved with this? :laughing:

Wedge

 

[Soundguy]

Typically, you get around the "no live pto" issue by installing an overrunning clutch in the pto drive line. It's easy to do for mowers that attach to the rear hitch and are driven off a rear-facing pto. It may be a problem installing an ORC in your Cub if you're using a mid-mount (belly) mower.

my IH44 mower has an orc incorporated into the drive hub on the mower itself.


soundguy

 

[Soundguy]

Was there adult beverages involved with this? :laughing:

Wedge

he needed one afterwards after thinking his 2500$ lawnmower would pull my 1800$ TRACTOR..

soundguy

 

[Soundguy]

Hmmm....no live PTO. Didn't consider that, although maybe it's a don't care. Kind of a safety feature actually. Does it operate while you're in reverse?

As far as HP, my two current mowers have 11Hp and 16Hp respectively - plenty for cutting grass (it's a lawn, not a field).

My other question is that the tractor in question is supposed to be early 50's, but it is yellow. Re-paint or actually a later model? How do I tell?

I'm also interested in an A/C model C (wide front) with a bucket. That's similar money, but doesn't have a deck. I do like the orange...

JayC

lack of live pto is no issue.. start in a dead spot, or start the pto when not in forward gear, then shift into gear, assuming that the mower has an integral ORC...

also not that there is no starter neutral saftey interlock.. it will start quite happily in gear..

 

[Soundguy]

here's my cub..

 

[flusher]

my IH44 mower has an orc incorporated into the drive hub on the mower itself.


soundguy

That's slick:thumbsup:

 

[Jay4200]

mY 10HP ALLIS G AND SLIGHTLY MORE HP IH CUB will drag around the yard a 24hp craftsmann till the lawnmowers tires fall off.. ( yes.. BTDT )

The Allis G is my all-time favorite. Not much more wicked looking than one of those. They're priced a bit out of range around here, unfortunately.

JayC