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Anonymous-0 · Feb 16, 2011

Will the cultivators off of a cub fit on a Super A?

DeltaRed · Feb 16, 2011

Jg20601 · Feb 16, 2011

No They may look similar, but are the wrong size and would not fit.

Rootsy · Feb 17, 2011

Actually yes, you can make them fit. But it will take some work and part of that is some cutting of the main square cross bar that ties the sides together as well as extending the lever arms where the spring rods attach. It isn't perfect but it'll work if that is all you have.

I ran cub cultivators on my Super A for a year or two until I could find Super A cultivators locally.

If you run over size tires it becomes difficult as the rear gangs get very close to the tires and the height makes it difficult to get the sweeps into the ground.

My SA has 12.4's on the rear and I had to air them down quite a bit. Still do for plowing to get depth, especially if you are breaking a land.

Actually I still have the cub cultivators I ran on my SA in the barn...

Dean Olson · Feb 17, 2011

With all due respect to Rootsy, you can fab anything up but that doesn't mean you should or it will be more cost effective than finding the correct parts. It's usually more expensive and you don't end up with a good system trying to cobble things up.

Sell the Cub cultivators and buy the correct ones. I suspect the Cub components are more valuable that the A/SA. I also have seen a lot of similarities between the A/SA cultivator parts and the B,C,SC ones. The C/SC are cheap and easy to come by around here.

Rootsy · Feb 18, 2011

(quoted from post at 22:55:35 02/17/11) With all due respect to Rootsy, you can fab anything up but that doesn't mean you should or it will be more cost effective than finding the correct parts. It's usually more expensive and you don't end up with a good system trying to cobble things up.

Sell the Cub cultivators and buy the correct ones. I suspect the Cub components are more valuable that the A/SA. I also have seen a lot of similarities between the A/SA cultivator parts and the B,C,SC ones. The C/SC are cheap and easy to come by around here.

With all due respect Dean, when you can't find what you need, or can't afford it, you make work what you have, until you can.

The fellow asked a question and a few individuals jumped right in and said no. I from personal experience, know otherwise and simply stated so with a brief synopsis of how. I do not run them anymore, I now own 2 sets of SA cultivators, one is for sale if anyone is interested.

BTW, nothing was cobbled and the modification cost was ZERO, except for some of my time. I happen to be a design engineer as a profession. Everything was well thought out, mocked up and properly modified to be easily reversed, well before anything was cut apart.

Is it ideal? No... Does it work in a pinch? Yes. A helluva lot better than cultivating corn with a hoe.

Also, B, C and SC cultivators will not work nearly as easily on a SA as the cub setup. SA cultivators are much more rare here in the North than Cub. I can buy Cub cultivators at $100 - $150 a set at auctions all summer long. It'll cost you 3+ times that for SA cultivators and they are 10X as rare.

YMMV if you live in tobacco country.

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