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Why it's important to read the manual!
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Barnyard
- Team Cub
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40 Farmall Cubs (Round Hood)
2 Farmall Cub (Square Hood)
2 IH Cubs (Square Hood)
5 Lo-Boys (Round Hood)
2 Lo-Boys (Square Hood)
2 Farmall 404's
1 Farmall H
1 Ferguson 20
1 Cub Cadet 125
1 Kubota B-7100 - Circle of Safety: Y
- Location: OH, New Haven (Hamilton County)
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Why it's important to read the manual!
I found this for sale on Craigslist.
There are two ways to get enough Cubs. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.
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Mike in Louisiana
- 10+ Years
- Posts: 7831
- Joined: Tue Feb 15, 2005 10:10 am
- Zip Code: 71023
- Circle of Safety: Y
- Location: LA, Doyline
Re: Why it's important to read the manual!
1975 cub (LouAnn) serial # 245946, 1941 John Deere Model H
Good judgment comes from experience,
and a lot of that comes from bad judgment. Will Rogers
Good judgment comes from experience,
and a lot of that comes from bad judgment. Will Rogers
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Jeff Silvey
- Team Cub Mentor
- Posts: 4910
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- Zip Code: 46055
- Tractors Owned: -
1950 Demo,1956 w/ FH, 1959 w 59" mower,
Cub L-54 Blade,152 Plow
189 plow, LF 194 Plow, Woods 42" Mower,
Choremaster Garden tractors & Implements
Antique Gas engines - Circle of Safety: Y
- Location: IN, McCordsville
Re: Why it's important to read the manual!
I think that looks like a toy.
In my line of work
" EVERYBODY GOES HOME THE NEXT MORNING"
" EVERYBODY GOES HOME THE NEXT MORNING"
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ScottyD'sdad
- Cub Pro
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- Joined: Thu Aug 31, 2006 7:00 pm
- Zip Code: 02769
- Tractors Owned: 6"F" cubs
5 lo-boys
1 154
1 184
1 IH444
1 Oliver OC3 crawler
1 AC D10
1 IH 100 manure spreader
1 IH model B corn grinder
3 power units
cub demonstrator - Circle of Safety: Y
- Location: Ma. Rehoboth
Re: Why it's important to read the manual!
Barnyard wrote:I found this for sale on Craigslist.
Bill, that's how you use the plows that are missing the depth control levers! (As so many are)
Ed
Member of Chapter 18, and National
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Barnyard
- Team Cub
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- Joined: Tue Aug 07, 2007 3:39 pm
- Zip Code: 45030
- Tractors Owned: At This Time
40 Farmall Cubs (Round Hood)
2 Farmall Cub (Square Hood)
2 IH Cubs (Square Hood)
5 Lo-Boys (Round Hood)
2 Lo-Boys (Square Hood)
2 Farmall 404's
1 Farmall H
1 Ferguson 20
1 Cub Cadet 125
1 Kubota B-7100 - Circle of Safety: Y
- Location: OH, New Haven (Hamilton County)
- Contact:
Re: Why it's important to read the manual!
ScottyD'sdad wrote:Barnyard wrote:I found this for sale on Craigslist.
Bill, that's how you use the plows that are missing the depth control levers! (As so many are)
Ed
Sure fooled me, I guess I better go back and read that section.
There are two ways to get enough Cubs. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.
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BIGHOSS
- Cub Pro
- Posts: 1741
- Joined: Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:55 pm
- Zip Code: 37087
- Tractors Owned: 1947 Cub S/N 9216
w/ C-22 Mower
1974 Cub S/N 244814
w/59 Woods Mower
Ford 3000 Gas S/N C375091 w/Bushhog QT2345 Loader & 6' Squealer Bushhog
and a Palomino Mare named GIGI - Circle of Safety: Y
- Location: TN, Lebanon
Re: Why it's important to read the manual!
If it would work attached like that, sure would make life easier.
"Courage is being scared to death-but saddling up anyway".......John Wayne
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Bob McCarty
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- Location: CO, Longmont
Re: Why it's important to read the manual!
I thought the problem was that the drawbar wasn't reversed. 
Bob
Bob
"We don't need to think more,
we need to think differently."
-Albert Einstein
we need to think differently."
-Albert Einstein
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Barnyard
- Team Cub
- Posts: 24271
- Joined: Tue Aug 07, 2007 3:39 pm
- Zip Code: 45030
- Tractors Owned: At This Time
40 Farmall Cubs (Round Hood)
2 Farmall Cub (Square Hood)
2 IH Cubs (Square Hood)
5 Lo-Boys (Round Hood)
2 Lo-Boys (Square Hood)
2 Farmall 404's
1 Farmall H
1 Ferguson 20
1 Cub Cadet 125
1 Kubota B-7100 - Circle of Safety: Y
- Location: OH, New Haven (Hamilton County)
- Contact:
Re: Why it's important to read the manual!
Bob McCarty wrote:I thought the problem was that the drawbar wasn't reversed.
Bob
That is what I was referring to.
There are two ways to get enough Cubs. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.
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Dusty B
- 10+ Years
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- Zip Code: 61736
- Tractors Owned: '45 SC Case
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- Location: IL, Downs
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Re: Why it's important to read the manual!
C'mon guys - what's wrong with a little innovation?? LOL!!
Grandpa's '41 B
'56,,'57,'59, Cu'b
'45 C
'55 Case S
Dad's DB garden tractor
'48 DeSoto
'31 "A Coup
'79 Lincoln TC
God looks out for those of us who don't know how to look out for ourselves!
'56,,'57,'59, Cu'b
'45 C
'55 Case S
Dad's DB garden tractor
'48 DeSoto
'31 "A Coup
'79 Lincoln TC
God looks out for those of us who don't know how to look out for ourselves!
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challenger
- 10+ Years
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- Joined: Sun Apr 18, 2010 6:22 am
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- Tractors Owned: 1955 F Cub (2)
1952 F Cub
1948 F Cub
2155 JD
216 JD - Circle of Safety: Y
- Location: Hagerstown MD
Re: Why it's important to read the manual!
Some well thought through innovation that improves upon an existing design is OK, but there is an awful lot of jury-rigging found on these old machines that never ceases to amaze.
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Don McCombs
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- Tractors Owned: "1950 Something" Farmall Cub
1957 Farmall Cub w/FH
1977 International Cub w/FH
1978 International Cub
1948 Farmall Super A - Circle of Safety: Y
- Location: MD, Deep Creek Lake
Re: Why it's important to read the manual!
Nice total rattle can restoration. 
Don McCombs
MD, Deep Creek Lake
Proud Member of Maryland Chapter 39
The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don't tell you what to see.
A. K. Trenfor
MD, Deep Creek Lake
Proud Member of Maryland Chapter 39
The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don't tell you what to see.
A. K. Trenfor
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FarmallCubby1949
- 5+ Years
- Posts: 64
- Joined: Mon Nov 03, 2014 12:35 am
- Zip Code: 15059
- Tractors Owned: 1949 Farmall Cub (Rosco)
Serial # 68139
1957 Farmall Cub (Flash) Serial # 199918
1959 Farmall 130 (Bufford) Serial # 1507
1940 Farmall B (Uncle Jessie) Serial # 8696
1953 Farmall Super C (Sam)
Serial # 163814 J
1957 International 350 Utility (Tank) Serial # 8668 S
1946 Farmall M (Boss Hog)
1980 Wheel Horse Work Horse
2003 Sears Craftsman Lt
Woods 59 belly mower for Cub
Woods 59 belly mower for Super C
McCormick 1-F11 Two-Way Moldboard Plow for 130 (Fast-Hitch)
McCormick Cub Two-Way Moldboard Plow (Fast-Hitch)
McCormick Cub-38A Tractor Disk Harrow (Fast-Hitch)-(Cub/130)
McCormick Snow/Grader Blade for 130
McCormick Sickle Mower for 130 - Location: Midland, (Ohioville) PA
Re: Why it's important to read the manual!
I've seen firsthand all the rigging that was done on my 49, but I understand why guys did that. These tractors needed to be running and working for the farms. As a farmer you depend on that tractor to be running and making you money. They couldn't afford to have their tractor sitting. Money was tight for most if not all of them so they did what they had to do. For guys like us we find ourselves trying to fix the riggings along with the tractors. I don't mind it's part of the history and fun of it for me.challenger wrote:Some well thought through innovation that improves upon an existing design is OK, but there is an awful lot of jury-rigging found on these old machines that never ceases to amaze.
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Winfield Dave
- 10+ Years
- Posts: 3560
- Joined: Thu Apr 22, 2010 2:31 pm
- Zip Code: 17953
- Tractors Owned: ......Almost enough.
N3NIK - Circle of Safety: Y
- Location: PA, Middleport (Schuylkill County)
Re: Why it's important to read the manual!
Wonder if this would have a tendency to be lifting the front end all the time.
Dave
"More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth." -- Napoleon Hill
"More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth." -- Napoleon Hill
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TomE
- 10+ Years
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- Joined: Tue Aug 30, 2011 9:34 am
- Zip Code: 28698
- Tractors Owned: 48 Cub
55 TO35 - Circle of Safety: Y
Re: Why it's important to read the manual!
He probably won't be honest and admit that it would only spin the tires and not have enough power to pull the plow.
Later he will complain with utmost authority, "those Cubs don't have the power to do anything."
Later he will complain with utmost authority, "those Cubs don't have the power to do anything."
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Jim Becker
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- Location: MN
Re: Why it's important to read the manual!
My guess is the plow would just skid along the ground, not go in. It certainly hasn't been in the ground much since it was painted. And who is that seat for? Wilt Chamberlain?
As far as the farmer fixes go, it is one thing to do a quick fix when you are in a rush. It is another thing to leave a cobble job and go into the next year with it still there. You need to depend on it next season too. When I was on the farm, there were a few in the area that did the half baked fixes. Everyone knew who they were too and usually dealt with them accordingly. He wasn't the guy you traded equipment or work with. Dealers didn't want their trade ins because everybody recognized his stuff and nobody wanted to buy it second hand.
Preserving that sort of handiwork just doesn't sit well with me.
As far as the farmer fixes go, it is one thing to do a quick fix when you are in a rush. It is another thing to leave a cobble job and go into the next year with it still there. You need to depend on it next season too. When I was on the farm, there were a few in the area that did the half baked fixes. Everyone knew who they were too and usually dealt with them accordingly. He wasn't the guy you traded equipment or work with. Dealers didn't want their trade ins because everybody recognized his stuff and nobody wanted to buy it second hand.
Preserving that sort of handiwork just doesn't sit well with me.
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