Cub and Super A push/grader blade

[JSTRICKLAND]

Will a Cub blade and mounting assembly fit a Super A? I do know that cub is 54 inch and Super A is 60 inch. My son is looking buying a cub assembly and blade for his Super A? This is the front push blade.

Thanks

James

[Slim140]

I have no idea but my educated guess is no. I would think the mounting is different between a Cub and a super a. And also the height differences between the 2 tractors.

[Don McCombs]

Not without some serious modification.

[Lt.Mike]

Not even close. The mods would be so extensive it'd be like making the frame mount from scratch. Take a good look at the way the lifting linkage connects to the rockshaft to the blade. Very different.

[John *.?-!.* cub owner]

Also do not overlook the fact that a Super is much heavier than a cub, and striking an immovable object with a cub blade on a Super A might not have a happy result.

[Lt.Mike]

Also do not overlook the fact that a Super is much heavier than a cub, and striking an immovable object with a cub blade on a Super A might not have a happy result.

If you see one on CL for sale or even google images you’ll find virtually all of the SA A60 blades have bent arms, the box tube that reaches from the pivot arm under the bolster to the plow frame always gets bent upwards. If their not bent they’ve had a repair done to them with something welded to it reenforcing it.
Cub blade arms don’t do that and that says a lot for the grunt an A and that series of tractors have.
Edit: ok as if to prove me wrong I had trouble finding and image with one bent
Ok but here’s a video showing a good example of what I’m talking about. Those arms should me straight...
https://youtu.be/kxj0rH0hhTk
That rockshaft extension arm is homemade too

[Mikeells]

I put a cub front blade on my Super A, but it took some modification. I couldn't find an A blade locally, and an aquaintance had a Cub blade cheap.The biggest factor is the A is just much taller than a Cub, and all the blade mountings need to be extended. I also widened the blade with 6" wings on both sides. Works well.

[Gary Dotson]

Go easy with the Cub blade, I can see an SA turning it into a tasteless pretzel pretty easily.

[SONNY]

I would like to put one under my SA. --- never cared for out front blades--well other than on a crawler. under blade on cub does fine but under the SA it would do great! I would beef one up a bunch before it got bent!

[Jim Becker]

I think the main reason they get bent and beat up is because of operators that think a blade is a battering ram.

[John *.?-!.* cub owner]

I have never used a Super A with a cub blade, but have plowed a lot of snow on local roads that I know pretty well, but still gotten a surprise. I was plowing snow on a smooth level road I have graded and plowed snow on for years, and running just a little under 1/2 throttle in 3rd to throw the snow off further. The blade caught a frozen in rock that stuck up just barely enough for the blade to hook on it. The spring on the bottom of the blade has about a 1 to 1 1/2 inch travel, and that is the distance the cub stopped in. No mechanical damage, but I did not stop that quick, and the steering wheel made quite an impression on me.

[Lt.Mike]

I think the main reason they get bent and beat up is because of operators that think a blade is a battering ram.

I totally agree!

[Lt.Mike]

I would like to put one under my SA. --- never cared for out front blades--well other than on a crawler. under blade on cub does fine but under the SA it would do great! I would beef one up a bunch before it got bent!

For grading I’d prefer the blade under the tractor absolutely but for plowing snow it’s got to be out front. I can’t see you being able to mound snow or be able to push those snow berms off to the side that the county plows leave with the plow mid mounted.

[SONNY]

Dont intend to push snow---only dirt, and only in summer! New Holland L-781 takes care of the snow IF I decide to move any of it. usually lays til it melts here! lol!