Well you guys would have got a laff for sure. The cornfield is pretty much shot after a bountiful harvest. So, figured it was time to see what this lil Cub would do. Thought I'd hook up the harrow and knock the corn down and disk it up.
I reckon it took me 20 minutes to get that thing hooked up.....first I backed up too far....then went too far forward....then back too far....then too far forward - you get the picture. I tell ya, I was tired by the time I got it attached!! Seeing as how the drawbar is still attached to the plow, I figured, ok, I'll attach the harrow to the only bar left on the tractor - I think it's part of the swinging drawbar - sits further under the tractor. OK, now for the chains....they would fit on the hydraulic stuff on the back, but apparently they were too long, because the hydraulics "topped" out before raising the harrow. So, I just rode around in circles, tearing up the yard as well as the corn field. Later I figured if I had the plow drawbar on the tractor, the chains would probably have been the right length to raise it. I tell ya, the Cub is a neat lil machine....I like the way the governor kicks in and revs up the engine when it's under a load.....that is really something!! I'm looking forward to sinking that plow in that cornfield in a couple weeks.
Sent off for my gas cap about a month ago....got it last Thursday, and it fits well, and doesn't look bad at all.
Tried to start it today, just to ride it around the yard some....battery is dead. I did a search of the board, and believe I'll try the polarization thing tomorrow - I've never done that before, even tho I've changed the wiring, battery cables, and battery. Always wondered why the amp guage was always in the (-) side. Let's see....I guess I'd have to take the hood off to do that, huh? Tried being a man and cranking it with the hand crank for the 1st time - 5 minutes later I say to myself...that's ok.....I'll wait to charge the battery.
Just one question.....where should that 4 position switch be? There is no fuse in that switch, but I guess the fuse just controls the lights anyway, right? I'm also going to have to take a look at that steering box.....there's a pool of fluid on that horizontal surface right in front of the serial number tag.
Other than that, I'm having a ball and just loving Dad's Cub. I know it seems silly, but sometimes it seems that Cub is just grinning as big as I am when we're on the move. Sometimes I just go out and start it and just stand there and listen to it run.
You main 5 or 6 guys on here.....Mr. Rudi, Mr. Willer, Mr. John $%^&*, Bigdog, Mr. Becker, Country........just curious, how did ya'll get to be such experts on the Cubs? Have you had one all your life? Are they the tractors you "cut your teeth" on? I'd be interested in a little history if you'd like to share it.
This is still the greatest board on the internet, and I sure do appreciate it.
Thanks again and ya'll keep cubbin!
Craig
This site uses cookies to maintain login information on FarmallCub.Com. Click the X in the banner upper right corner to close this notice. For more information on our privacy policy, visit this link: Privacy Policy
NEW REGISTERED MEMBERS: Be sure to check your SPAM/JUNK folders for the activation email.
First job with the Cub
Forum rules
Notice: For sale and wanted posts are not allowed in this forum. Please use our free classifieds or one of our site sponsors for your tractor and parts needs.
Notice: For sale and wanted posts are not allowed in this forum. Please use our free classifieds or one of our site sponsors for your tractor and parts needs.
-
- 10+ Years
- Posts: 192
- Joined: Tue Mar 16, 2004 3:59 pm
- Location: NC
First job with the Cub
1949 Cub 81987.
I can take it apart....problem is getting it back together.
I can take it apart....problem is getting it back together.
- John *.?-!.* cub owner
- Cub Pro
- Posts: 23701
- Joined: Sun Feb 02, 2003 2:09 pm
- Zip Code: 63664
- Tractors Owned: 47, 48, 49 cub plus Wagner loader & other attachments. 41 Farmall H.
- Location: Mo, Potosi
The switch controls the generator ouptut as well as your non existant lights. On the 4 positon switch, the left most position is low charge (about 2 amps), next one is High charge (6 to 10 amps depending on generator and battery condition), next 2 positions are dim lights and less dim lights . Generator is on higg charge in both light positions.
Last edited by John *.?-!.* cub owner on Sat Sep 03, 2005 9:23 pm, edited 1 time in total.
If you are not part of the solution,
you are part of the problem!!!
you are part of the problem!!!
- Bigdog
- Team Cub Mentor
- Posts: 24144
- Joined: Sun Feb 02, 2003 12:50 pm
- Zip Code: 43113
- Circle of Safety: Y
- Location: OH, Circleville
- Contact:
Craig, you're right, the fuse is for the lights only. Switch position depends on how you use your cub, if you run it mostly for short periods with frequent stops and starts, put it in the second position or high charge position. If you use it for several hours at a time then the low charge position is best.
As far as your other comments, I don't consider myself an expert on anything. I was raised on a farm and worked with tractors throughout all my early years. I bought my first cub a few years ago and just learned from working with and tinkering with it. That's how we got by on the farm. You learned to do the things you needed to do.
As far as your other comments, I don't consider myself an expert on anything. I was raised on a farm and worked with tractors throughout all my early years. I bought my first cub a few years ago and just learned from working with and tinkering with it. That's how we got by on the farm. You learned to do the things you needed to do.
Bigdog
If you can't fix it with a hammer, you've got an electrical problem.
My wife says I don't listen to her. - - - - - - - - Or something like that!
http://www.cubtug.com
If you can't fix it with a hammer, you've got an electrical problem.
My wife says I don't listen to her. - - - - - - - - Or something like that!
http://www.cubtug.com
- John *.?-!.* cub owner
- Cub Pro
- Posts: 23701
- Joined: Sun Feb 02, 2003 2:09 pm
- Zip Code: 63664
- Tractors Owned: 47, 48, 49 cub plus Wagner loader & other attachments. 41 Farmall H.
- Location: Mo, Potosi
Like BD, I was raised on a farm where we had to do it ourselves. My father was a good mechanic, and did his best to teach me. I was raised on IH tractors, and when I bought my first cub about 18 years ago, it was just natural to work on it, and I like to talk, so I try to combine the two.
If you are not part of the solution,
you are part of the problem!!!
you are part of the problem!!!
- Rudi
- Cub Pro
- Posts: 28706
- Joined: Sun Feb 02, 2003 8:37 pm
- Zip Code: E1A7J3
- Skype Name: R.H. "Rudi" Saueracker, SSM
- Tractors Owned: 1947 Cub "Granny"
1948 Cub "Ellie-Mae"
1968 Cub Lo-Boy
Dad's Putt-Putt
IH 129 CC
McCormick 100 Manure Spreader
McCormick 100-H Manure Spreader
Post Hole Digger
M-H #1 Potato Digger - Circle of Safety: Y
- Twitter ID: Rudi Saueracker, SSM
- Location: NB Dieppe, Canada
- Contact:
Craig:
I am the last one to fit into the Expert category on Cubs... gawd, I am still a newbie in training. I listen a lot, read a lot, and when in doubt I ask really dumb questions of George, BD, Jim, John and some of the others who really know their stuff.
Also, like BD and John have said, I was raised in Northern Ontario. Didn't have a pot to you know what to in... so we learned as we went. I could not afford anyone to fix my cars.. so I did it myself. Never got very good at it, but enough to be able to afford runnin them. Same thing with my shop... can't afford an electrician, so even though I am serverly electrically challenged I usually figure things out. I just need a lot of encouragement, so again I ask the real experts on this forum. They are super and really help me out a lot..
We always made do with what we had. I guess that is where my creativity streak comes from -- NEED
I am the last one to fit into the Expert category on Cubs... gawd, I am still a newbie in training. I listen a lot, read a lot, and when in doubt I ask really dumb questions of George, BD, Jim, John and some of the others who really know their stuff.
Also, like BD and John have said, I was raised in Northern Ontario. Didn't have a pot to you know what to in... so we learned as we went. I could not afford anyone to fix my cars.. so I did it myself. Never got very good at it, but enough to be able to afford runnin them. Same thing with my shop... can't afford an electrician, so even though I am serverly electrically challenged I usually figure things out. I just need a lot of encouragement, so again I ask the real experts on this forum. They are super and really help me out a lot..
We always made do with what we had. I guess that is where my creativity streak comes from -- NEED
Confusion breeds Discussion which breeds Knowledge which breeds Confidence which breeds Friendship
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: mcwinter and 30 guests