should i do it

Anonymous-0 · Jun 13, 2013

Hello everyone I need some opinion s on whether or not if I should buy a cub. A man down the road from me has a 1951 cub for sale for $2000 it has a belly mower on it. I don't know much about farmalls as far as working on and maintain them. I have a ford 8n that I use to brush hog 10 acres with it does a good job and very simple to work on,but I have Ben eyeballing this cub for a while. I wonder if it will do good at keeping my place mowed as well as the ford. I would appreciate you thoughts. Thanks

Janicholson · Jun 13, 2013

It will be a fine and handy finish mower. Not at all a bush hog unit. it can be tweaked to maybe 15 HP, but normally has about 10 to 12. Earlier ones are a bit less powerful. If it is in the 1200 range and has pretty good tires, do it. Jim

Anonymous-0 · Jun 13, 2013

It has good tires, he is set on $2000 thou. I sure do like it. I was just going to go buy it but when I told my wife my plans she said the 8n has to go if I do. I should have known not to say anything. Its easier to get forgiveness than it is permission!

Chris Jones · Jun 13, 2013

The cubs had two belly mowers to the best of my recollection -- a 42 inch single blade mower and a 59 inch 3 blade mower. I've heard the cub isn't quite up to running the larger one in thick or tall grass and that the smaller mower yields a more bush hog style cut.

IMHO if your bush hogging brush etc use the 8N. If your mowing large areas skip the tractors and get a gently used heavy duty zero turn like a Scag or Grass Hopper with a 62 inch cut. If you just like doing things differently and cutting the grass old school try the cub with a sickle mower.

hoof print · Jun 14, 2013

Okie, what are you getting for your money? For $2000 it should have a solid engine (preferably recently rebuilt by a reputable builder), excellent tires, look good, work 100%, no noises, cracks, welds, etc. For just a cub and a mower that is on the high side for my area.

Have you shopped around?

Kirk-NJ · Jun 14, 2013

I've been mowing about 3 acres for years with the loboy cub. It can bog down in tall thick grass. I have the woods 5' on the loboy and other mowers on the standard cubs. Also used it for towing the trailer to the wood shed, moving the log splitter, snowplowing. Most of the standard and hicrop cubs I use for gardening. The are easy to work on, although access under the hood can be a pain. They have almost any attachment you can think of.
If steep grades and low tree limbs are a concern you may want to consider a loboy.
I agree with others, in this economy the price is too high, although condition will be a big factor.

Kirk

gene bender · Jun 14, 2013

If you look at the adds that has them for sale the price is well in line maybe even on the low side and being that close to home makes his price even better those who think the price is high tell them to find one in their back yard at that price.

James Williams · Jun 14, 2013

Buy the cub,but by no means get rid of the ford.Cub has no power even when new.I owned a 154 and was the smoothest machine ive ever sit on but it was useless if grass got a little tall

jimmy

sd pete · Jun 14, 2013

Buy the cub!

mkirsch · Jun 14, 2013

I'd love to know where these guys get their tractor prices sometimes... Or, where all these cheap tractors are that they can buy "any day of the week."

$2000 isn't cheap but it isn't unreasonable as long as the tractor is in good shape with good tires that won't need to be replaced any time soon.

I think I paid $1900 for my first Cub with a Woods 59 mower deck. It was ugly, bad wrong-color paint and needed cosmetic work, but supposedly it had a fresh engine and it ran great.

ericlb · Jun 14, 2013

id buy ti, i have a '49 cub with the danco [ ih] belly mower its a single blade i found if i keep it sharp it will cut as slick as my junk riding mower, and the rider is 3 years old, but the cub wont leave a windrow, and it wont leave a stripe of uncut grass in the tall stuff,so you have to go back oner the same place severaltimes to make it look decent, it cuts table top flat and its a much more comfortable tractor to drive,plus you can find a few implements for it and do other things with it too, also its just plain fun to find a friend in town with a yard that needs cut, show up on a saturday morning when all the working guys have their big box store lawn tractors out mowing their lawn, there speechless when you back the cub off and mow your friend yard in like 10 minutes and do a better job than their super lawn mowers can in a hour lol

notjustair · Jun 14, 2013

I have a Farmall A will a belly mower and I love it. It is a mowin machine! I know that's a bit bigger, but that is my experience.

I traded for it and thought I would never use it. Now the 8N doesn't ever get started. I have big tractors for field work, but for yard work a little Farmall is better than a pair of gloves.

Anonymous-0 · Jun 14, 2013

Thanks for the Input guys,I'm gonna buy it. I looked on Craig's list and they are around the same price $1500-$1800 but they are over 2 hours away. This one is right down the road and I'm buying from someone I know and trust.

Matt Tieken · Jun 14, 2013

Make sure to see if he has any long lost implements he might have forgotten about. There might just be a $300 set of cultivators or a set of wheel weights sitting in the corner of the barn for 15 years that he hasn't thought about for a while.

Anonymous-0 · Jun 14, 2013

Yea I asked him about that, he has what
looks like a grader or a push blade that
came with it that he forgot about he
said he never used it

the tractor vet · Jun 14, 2013

You will be disappointed in the performance of the Cubby as even IF it is in top shape ya only have 10 Hp. a 10 Hp. cub cadet will mow circles around a Cub. Neat TOY but that is about it . And 2 grand to me is on the high side. Myself i would be looking for something with live PTo and live Hyd. and better gear selection . and power steering.

Anonymous-0 · Jun 14, 2013

Yeah Thats what I was a thinking too tv, But with this being a Farmall forum Hated to say that the 8-n was a ell lot more tractor, And I'm no fan of a 8-n.

mkirsch · Jun 14, 2013

A good factory push blade (i.e. not homemade) increases the value by a few hundred $$$. $2000 for a Cub with mower and blade is a decent deal.

Yeah, a 10HP Cub Cadet will "mow circles" around a 10HP Cub, but it's only taking a 42" swath and only has to move 300lbs of tractor while doing it.

If you only take a 42" swath with the 59" mower, a Cub will walk right along with the Cadet on the flat, walk up hills where the Cadet spins out, and lug through heavy spots that will put the Cadet flat on its face.

Nothing says you have to take a full pass. I mowed with a Cub Loboy for 4 years and in the early part of the season when the grass was really growing, I was getting along just fine taking 2/3 to 3/4 of a pass. Didn't take hardly any longer either...

I really didn't like the tractor itself so I bought a Husqvarna rider with a 46" cut. Still takes me about the same time to mow the lawn as it did with the Cub.

retired farmer · Jun 14, 2013

Tell her you need two tractors incase one breaks down.

sflem849 · Jun 14, 2013

No. I would much rather have the Ford than the Cub.

jbp · Jun 14, 2013

Look at it this way. That Cub is still going strong after 62 years if my math is correct. Any new lawn mower you can buy for 2000 dollars is a pile of junk, and all it will do is mow. That Cub with the proper attachments will also plow and cultivate your garden and a host of other things. It seems pretty simple to me. Buy it and have fun with it. Joe

CNKS · Jun 14, 2013

As much as I don't like 8N's, you cannot replace an 8N with a Cub. It's like an apple and an orange. If you need the Ford, buy the Cub anyway, though.

Janicholson · Jun 15, 2013

Shine it up and give it to her!!! Not much better than equality. Jim

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