I have a question for those of you that use your cub for cultivating. How do you have your cultivators set up. It looks like they would have had 10 inch half sweeps next to the row and then 8 inch sweeps next and 10 inch sweeps behind the rear wheels as a possible set up from the factory. What set up do you use and does it work well for you. I’m working a clay loam soil and cultivating corn, beans, and peas.
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All of my sweeps are 6" ---- The nice thing about the cubs, is that you can use a wide number of style sweeps on them. I also use disk hillers on mine for the potato ridge building most years---- except this year. cub was at neighbors so I just used the horse and V shovel to hill them.
I use half sweeps on each side of the row, then 2 regular sweeps on each side behind them.
Then a single set of sweeps on each rear tool bar.
*I have another set of front tool bars set up with single disk hillers for hilling potatoes too!*
**When the green beans really get grown and filled out, then I usually take the half sweeps off!**
Ps, I cut about 4" off of my rear tool bars so I can cultivate 30" rows, and not have the rear tool bars catch (and knock down) my crops!
Then a single set of sweeps on each rear tool bar.
*I have another set of front tool bars set up with single disk hillers for hilling potatoes too!*
**When the green beans really get grown and filled out, then I usually take the half sweeps off!**
Ps, I cut about 4" off of my rear tool bars so I can cultivate 30" rows, and not have the rear tool bars catch (and knock down) my crops!
Hi,
Below is the Cub 144 Cultivator owner's manual, if you don't have it.
You didn't say if that is the one you have, but it is one that was made.
There are pics in it, you can identify if it looks like yours.
Page 4 tells the equipment that was available.
http://farmallcub.com/rudi_cub/www.clea ... index.html
Below is the Cub 144 Cultivator owner's manual, if you don't have it.
You didn't say if that is the one you have, but it is one that was made.
There are pics in it, you can identify if it looks like yours.
Page 4 tells the equipment that was available.
http://farmallcub.com/rudi_cub/www.clea ... index.html
You need to look at your combination of crop, soil, and weeds to decide what tools will do the best job for you. You may be best off to get some local knowledge on that topic. Whatever the answer is, you can probably put those tools on the Cub cultivator.
tractorpoor
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The IH rolling cultivators work really well for me.
tractorpoor
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Yep, definitely sandy. I’ll get pics posted tomorrow.
Clemsonfor
501 Club
JTWES on YouTube has a ton of videos showing him cultivating with rolling cultivators on his 140. Look him up.
tractorpoor
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I like the look of those rolling cultivators. I’ve thought about the lilliston style with the curved tines like they sell at agri supply but just don’t think they will perform well in the clay soils that I have on my farm. I think the straighter tines on your IH cultivators would be more effective in my soils. I’ll have to keep an eye out for a pair like that. In the meantime I’ll see if I can get my spring shanks with sweeps to do what I need them to do. Thanks for the pictures
Clemsonfor
501 Club
I have seen folks comment on JTWES videos that they used them in clay soils and they worked fine.
I watched some of those videos and I also think they would work fine in my soils. I believe it’s the angles at which they are set and not so much the time design that does the work. I think the first set I come across cheap I’ll get and try them out and if I don’t like what they do I’ll just resell them