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1950s Farmall cub, OCR

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Am looking at buying and late 1950s farmall cub, includes the belly mower and cultivator.

I have tried it out and when using the mower and disengage the clutch, the tractor keeping going forward for a bit, (cause by the mower still spinning).

Question, is it possible to install an overriding clutch (OCR) to avoid the forward motion?????. I have this on my old ford tractor but do not know if it can also be installed on this farmall cub.

The guy selling it wants $1700 for the cub, with belly mower and cultivator. Don't know if that is a fair price. The tractor is in very good condition, not rust, straight fenders and all hood original parts. The original paint is in fair condition. Starts right way, good rubber, and the mower is in very good condition.

Anyway, am interested but wanted to know about OCR.

Thank you in advance for your assistance and advice. David Z.
 
YEP id put a override clutch on there if it where mine and 1700 $ is about what they get for a plain ole cub with no implements around here i say go for it!
 

It's an overrunning clutch, and no, you can't put one in.

The 42" Woods deck (single blade, octagon shape), is supposed to have one in the main spindle. The 59" deck (three blades, like a giant lawn mower deck) doesn't have one, and there never was one available.

The Cub's PTO turns backwards, and is a different size, from a regular PTO. Standard overrunning clutches won't fit, and wouldn't work if they did.
 
If you can't find one that is what brakes are for. My Super A doesn't have one, and the Woods L59 mower doesn't push it that much anyway, but if I'm close to anything when stopping, I hit the clutch and brakes at the same time. For me that is automatic -- may not work for everyone.
 
Just kick the pto lever out of gear that will stop the tranny from moving the tractor.Thats the way we did it before live pto
 
Thank you all for responding to my questions on the Cub. I am a "newbie" and your advice is appreciated. Thanks David
 
On a Cub, the only way would be to construct one from a normal ORC. If machined and adapted to the drive, it would work if driven from the output to the input (end for end). It would take machine work, but I see no reason to not do it. ( I think the Unit is a great buy at the price listed) JimN
 

Except, if you put it on the PTO output, you mess up the alignment of the pulleys, and the belts won't stay on.

Now you're not only performing complex machine work that most people don't have the skills or equipment to do, you've also got to redesign the mounting brackets for the mule drive and figure out how much longer the belt needs to be.

I know, you can't put a price of safety, but which is safer, the stock setup or some half-baked safety mechanism that was cobbled together by a shadetree mechanic?
 
Fellas are we sure the belt driven mower is pushing the tractor, or a dragging clutch. I have never seen this happen with Cubs or As in over 20 years of using them. With a shaft drive sure, but this is belt drive belly mower. Please inform me about this phenomenen. I can't believe it.
 
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