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Ky plowboy · Dec 13, 2016

Iv got a b allis chalmers with a 306 woods I mow my yard with. What I was wanting to know is would I be bettering myself if I got something that was made more for mowing? A 184 cub is what I was looking at. Iv got a 48 cub farmall and iv tryed mowing with it with a 59 woods. it done a good job,but just a little under powered. I'm afraid that a 184 would be underpowered too since it basically the same power plant in it, but iv never had any experience with one.
Thanks in advance

rustyfarmall · Dec 13, 2016

(quoted from post at 07:55:53 12/13/16) Iv got a b allis chalmers with a 306 woods I mow my yard with. What I was wanting to know is would I be bettering myself if I got something that was made more for mowing? A 184 cub is what I was looking at. Iv got a 48 cub farmall and iv tryed mowing with it with a 59 woods. it done a good job,but just a little under powered. I'm afraid that a 184 would be underpowered too since it basically the same power plant in it, but iv never had any experience with one.
Thanks in advance

Stay with what you have. The only mowing machine that will outperform it would be one of those zero-turn outfits that won't do anything but cut the grass.

Based on my experience with a Farmall H with an L306, compared to a "Country-Clipper" 42" zero-turn.

Paul Shuler · Dec 13, 2016

I agree with what Rusty said.

Mike M · Dec 13, 2016

For my yard a tractor with mower is too heavy as my ground gets really wet in the spring and I have just too many obstacles to go around. I went with an older JD F725 front mounted mower. almost a zero turn and foot hydro I can really zip around. Now if you have an open area and tractor is not sinking in you may as well stick with what you have if it is working for you.

Leroy · Dec 13, 2016

Don't know that tractor so would it be the mower stops every time you push in the clutch like on the B or would the mower keep on running. That could make a big difference.

Ky plowboy · Dec 13, 2016

That kinda what I figured. I don't like zero
turns or lawn mower really, I'd rather mow 5
or 6ft in frist gear than 40 something
inches at a break neck speed

Ronnie Budd · Dec 13, 2016

If you are mowing a large and mostly open area, the Allis B works fine. I used to mow with a Farmall 100 with a 60 inch belly mower. I now mow with a Bad Boy 60 inch Zero Turn, because we now have a lot more obstacles to go around. You can't beat a Zero-turn for going around things. It does everything the Farmall did, and more as far as mowing.

rustyfarmall · Dec 13, 2016

(quoted from post at 09:17:31 12/13/16) That kinda what I figured. I don't like zero
turns or lawn mower really, I'd rather mow 5
or 6ft in frist gear than 40 something
inches at a break neck speed

I share your thoughts, but getting older caused me to reconsider. The Farmall H did an excellent job on the big, open areas, but there is places where it won't fit. For many years a rear-engined Snapper and a push mower took care of the smaller areas, but then the Snapper gave up the ghost. At the same time, niether my wife or I really wanted to use that push mower anymore, so I bought the zero-turn. It will get into most of those tighter spots, and a cordless, electric string trimmer gets the rest.

rrlund · Dec 13, 2016

That was my thought. I don't know that I'd want to mow with something that didn't have live power.

Tom from IL · Dec 13, 2016

The 184 is a little underpowered. Same engine as the Cub. It does have a continuous pto controlled by an electric clutch. It is not,however, a standard 540 rpm pto, so don't plan on using it in that manner.

Geo-TH,In · Dec 13, 2016

I use a Farmall C with a 72 inch woods belly mower that I got from a man who had it on a Farmall H. It does a great job in first gear on the C. I love the smooth ride too. Definately my favorite mower even though I have a 72 inch rear mount woods on my Jubilee which has more power and can sometimes mow in second gear. Not to mention, the Farmall C is very easy on gas. It uses less gas than using a riding mower to do the same job.

rossow (mn) · Dec 13, 2016

Maybe it's just my tractor, but I have a 1951 Cub with a 42-inch belly mower and it struggles if I let the grass get a little too long, plus the vertical exhaust is a pain when trying to mow under trees. I'm probably spoiled by my 60-inch Woods under my 8N -- wider cut, more power, no exhaust interference. I also much prefer my Deere 212 and 214 GTs over the Cub. If money were no object, I'd probably look at a zero-turn for yard mowing.

Ken Combs · Dec 13, 2016

Once had a 184 with a 60" deck. Worked fine with 'normal' height lawn grass, but anything over 5-6" it didn't handle well.
Would have been better with a 48-54" deck. When the grass go out of hand, I just took a narrower cut rather than slowing down more as it was already too slow. It was just geared wrong. Every gear was either too slow or to fast for mowing!

But, power for normal mowing was OK, as they have almost twice the HP of the same engine in earlier models. The 18 in the model is the HP, and most early Cubs only dyno 9-12 HP according to reports I've read. they get the higher hp due to higher revs and compression.

Traditional Farmer · Dec 13, 2016

I'd stick with the B

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