300 vs. Cub mowing

[ShawnAgne]

I don't have the belt to actually mow with the 300 yet. However, I drove it around the yard, trees, etc. and I'm not sure its going to maneuver any worse than the Cub, actually may turn a little better. I can't get up as close to stuff as I can with the cub, but I think it is going to have its uses.

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

Yup, just have to duck a little LOT lower.

[ShawnAgne]

LOL, you aren't kidding. Took a small branch to the face, quickly figured out where not to go as that stack does a good job of pulling them back and letting them launch into your face.

Didn't quite have the L306 set up correctly after mowing awhile, so I just started up the Cub and finished with it. I never realized how small of a tractor it is, until I got a regular sized tractor.

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

I was raised on an H, which I still have thanks to some of the members of this forum, plus I have 3 cubs. My biggest challenge was remebering which way the hydraulics handles move for up and down.

[ShawnAgne]

Yes I saw that, that is cool. My grandpa rotated through a bunch of tractors so don't have near the barn space to find them all
Now I just need to find a loader, and then figure out how to do a snowblade. Thought about doing a snowblade on the loader somehow and then figuring out how to get it to articulate.

[Scrivet]

........... Thought about doing a snowblade on the loader somehow and then figuring out how to get it to articulate.

My thought is this wouldn't work well. With a loader most of the force is straight back as you push into a pile. With a snow blade you would be steering left and right or angling the blade to throw snow off to the side, both of which would put some sideways forces on the loader arms. Some loaders are built stronger than others but you could end up with a twisted loader frame real quick.

I bet that mower doesn't bog down quite as quick as when using a 59" on a Cub.

[Urbish]

I acquired a free 72" Meyer truck plow complete with mounting brackets and everything needed for the lift. I was scheming how to attach it to my H like this:



I then got to thinking about my weak clutch in the H (~$300 for a clutch kit), worn rear tires, time and materials required to fab up brackets to get around the front wheels and tie it all back to the drawbar, and that I would probably need to acquire $700 (+shipping) in tire chains. I sold the plow and bought tire chains for my Cub with the proceeds instead.

[ShawnAgne]

Good point didn't think about twisting a loader frame. Well if I run the 184 motor on the cub at 2400rpm it does better but yeah the 300 isn't going to bog down:) Night and day difference. I was going along saw some stuff that would have stopped the cub dead in its tracks and the 300 didn't notice it.

[outdoors4evr]

Your fuel bill may notice the difference.
I am still amazed at how economical the C60 engine is.
I burn less fuel per acre with the 184 than the zero turn. (takes a little longer though)

[ShawnAgne]

Yeah, it will use more gas. I'm still going to do the majority of mowing with the Cub as I can't get as close with the 300 as I can the cub.