Cub snow blade

[coppersmythe]

good morning all from the deep south . its taken about 4 years of "off and on" looking to gather up the correct parts for a true '48 blade . coppersmythe............................PS: the hunt is a big part of the fun

[Urbish]

Any ideas if I should try to heat & straighten the triangular piece the hooks onto the plow or find one that is not bent.

If you mean the bow shaped piece, I think you'll have a hard time finding a good one. They had a tendency to break in the middle. The next version had the "strut" connecting the two sides.

The highlighted piece?

[Urbish]

TM has a lot of photos of that 1st year blade: http://www.tmtractor.com/tm-tractor/gim/early_blade.htm

[NJ Farmer]

I have no experience with Cub plows since my ‘53 is a “fair weather” working tractor. I would like to add the technical addition to putting a plow on your Cub you might “consider” adding those engine braces that one of the member makes. It seems to me there might be some considerable amount of torque and force on the front bolster with that kind of operation. Maybe someone more knowledgeable will back me up on this suggestion....

NJ Farmer

[gawiley]

I may be interested if other people think I may need the additional support

[Bob McCarty]

What kind of surface will you be plowing? Smooth blacktop, concrete with uneven joints, gravel, etc. If there won't be a problem with the blade hitting an immovable piece of concrete, ice, etc. you probably don't need the supports. I think it's more of a problem with that style of blade breaking, rather than the tractor breaking.

[Urbish]

What kind of surface will you be plowing? Smooth blacktop, concrete with uneven joints, gravel, etc. If there won't be a problem with the blade hitting an immovable piece of concrete, ice, etc. you probably don't need the supports. I think it's more of a problem with that style of blade breaking, rather than the tractor breaking.

In my engineering opinion, the early blade is kind of flimsy. It will probably plow snow fine as long as you're working with a relatively smooth surface and aren't ramming into your snow banks trying to push them back. I wouldn't expect much from it if trying to grade packed dirt or gravel.

[radioguy41]

Yes, there's a reason they moved away from that original configuration so quickly. In my opinion it's definitely light duty, more for grading gravel and lose dirt that icy, deep, or heavy wet snow. But that's just me, opinions can vary.

[k hutchins]

That is the model l have and have been working with for 50 yrs.
When you mention that everything fits together except one hole. Are you talking about the holes for adjusting the angle? If so that's not unusual. They can be a bugger to line up. With mine, if l get close l usually have to pull out on the bottom of the blade to line it up, then the two pieces seperate and l have to start over.
For plowing snow and grading l just leave it tilted full right and leave it. Probably haven't changed the angle in 30 yrs, but it works great that way for me.
Download the manual, it will explain how to install, front and belly.

Good luck
Hutch

[gawiley]

I've got that first year production snow blade close to being done but I'm not real happy with the design. No wonder they changed it so quickly. Perhaps I can find someone who would trade for a newer one.
I've looked but can't figure out how to post pictures.

[gawiley]

Hopefully one last question. I do not have the square spacers with a hole that go behind the front axle to mount the plow. Where can I find two of these? What are they called?

[Cubfriend]

I call them blade blocks. TM usually has them if you are OK with functional instead of original.

[Urbish]

Hopefully one last question. I do not have the square spacers with a hole that go behind the front axle to mount the plow. Where can I find two of these? What are they called?

I don't have those either, but a previous owner cut a piece of square steel tubing to length with nuts welded to the ends. That works good for me and I use a single long bolt on the right side of the tractor to go through the attachment frame and lift lever.

[gawiley]

Food for thought. Thanks Jim

[gawiley]

What is TM?