Farmall Cub PRICE/POWER?

What are Farmall cubs going for right now?, and can they pull a breaking plow?

thanks

The price depends entirely on condition of the tractor, and your location. Should be able to get your hands on good unrestored one for around $1500. If by breaking plow you mean a turn plow or disc plow, then yes they will.

The answer to that is "it depends, and, it depends".

But regardless of what you're doing with it, I would have to recommend going up to the A/super A.

A cub COULD pull a small single plow for a small garden, assuming the soil is average quality and well drained. Wheel weights would help.

But, depending one where you live, cubs tend to go for a premium over other tractors - pound for pound.

The reason being (in my mind anyways) is that farmland is disappearing a lightning speed.

There are a lot of guys who grew up on small farms that now live on 1/4 acre lots where there's no use for a tractor, but they miss having one.

They can buy a cub and justify it to the wife as a "lawn mower", or for plowing snow.

That makes them more popular than anything else - and that means they cost more money. (and of course, will be worth more if you should decide to sell it later)

At least in the northeast, you're typically seeing them in the 2500+ range with a mower or other implements, and not in great shape.

With an A/super a you could get a better tractor for the same money, or the same condition for less money. Typically in the 1800 range. And you'd have the added bonus of a little more power.

Generalizing obviously - there are always good deals that pop up from time to time on anything.

I always forget there were yellow ones!

My last response was about the red ones.

If your talking about the little red ones made from the late 40s till the early 60s they ahd a lot of equipment just to fit them like a single bottom plow and a disk and a sickle mower and the list can go on. They are as per the Neb test 12HP and go for around $2000 give or take a little in my area which is Missouri

In average soil, Cubs were rated to pull 1 10 or 12 inch turn plow. That is in 1st (2 mph) or 2nd (3 mph) gear. Being used to fast hitch or 3 point implements, I think that the Cub's hitching system is very hard to manage. To go from a cultivating setup to plowing, you have to bolt the drawbar onto the final drives with 4 bolts, bolt the depth adjusting lever into position, bolt the plow to the drawbar, then string a chain from the plow beam the the lift. Other than these initial difficulties, the Cub will perform fairly well as a plowing tractor (just don't expect to cover more than 3 acres per day!).

SF

They'll pull a single bottom pretty good. Kinda surprised me actually. I usually invent some new curses changing implements though. Its kind of a PITA to keep up with all the little extras you have to have to hook up some implements. I have a turning plow and a front blade for mine. It handles both pretty well but you need to remember its less than a ton so your not gonna cut roads with it. Jury is still out on mine as to whether I like it or not. That said Id rather have it than an N series ford even though theyre bigger. Theyre also a neighbor magnet people love talking about cubs, that said Ive learned alot about them from complete strangers.lol

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Had a Cub with the Woods mower deck,cultivators and plow, was OK but now have Super A. Much better for garden with front and rear seperate control for left.Cub goes for $1000-$1500 in my area(Va.)

Here's the moldboard plow used by Cub tractors.
It's a pain to install, but the Farmall A was a pain too. After you do it a few times you can mount the plow very easily. Hal

$1500 to $2000 around Houston. It will pull a 1 10" mold board plow in soil that has been turned once. I tried to break new sod with one and got rid of it quick. Too small for me.

Super A's are popular here and bring a pretty penny.

I went with a Super C. Pd $500 with implements for this one and put another $500 in it + a bunch of time. I have 2 now and am building a 3rd, all with fast hitch. That way I don't have to change implements. Way too much equipment for the 1/2 acre of garden. But this is a hobby for me and not a business.

I know some people are recommending that you go with a bigger tractor, but the problem with the bigger tractors is implement availability.

You can get just about any implement for a Cub that you want/need. You might have to pay a premium, but you can get it.

The implements for Super As and Super Cs are much harder to come by, especially Super Cs. If you don't buy the implement with the tractor, you'll have a hard time hunting it down later, in my experience.

Cubs have a much larger "fan club" and there is a whole website and forum dedicated to them.

10 inch plows have been mentioned for Cubs. The Cub plows are 12 inch.

A 700 pound garden tractor at 6HP will pull a plow. A 12 HP handles a 10" plow well. So a Cub sould pull a plow no problem and much better than a garden tractor.

I have a Ford 8N right now and have been keeping my eye out for a Super C. I think that the SC will do all that the N will but a bit better with the extra weight all it would need would be a 3 point so I can use my exisiting implements, digger, 2 bottow plow, cultivator, bush hog, sub soiler, post auger, sprayer, tandum disk and 3 point sprayer and it would be better for cultivating corn.

Rick

In Northern Indiana and southern Michigan cub's with no implements in good shape are running about $1,000 to $1,500 tops. Now at auctions there is a different story they are going $1,500 and up. I think a cub is the ideal tractor for small tilling. The cub I have a 4ft disk and us a 5ft spring tooth harrow on a 2 acre field. With rich dirt and the cub pulls it pretty good.

I had a SC with the fasthitch and 2-bottom plow. It did a fine job plowing. The Cub pulls a 12-inch plow. They can pull a 4-ft disk harrow. Hal

The only thing about converting a SC to 3-point (besides blasphemy) is you won't have position control like you do on the N. Come to think of it you won't have draft control either. I'm not sure how good a 3-point plow would work, depth control wise, but with the proper, mounted plow, that SC will run away from the N with the same size plow.