My Grandfather who worked for IH as a mechanic bought a cub new in 1954. He would start at 6 am turning the field and by lunch time it was ready for us younguns to start planting the garden. I still have that tractor and use it every year to make rows for planting that same garden. It is the one tractor I would never sell.
My uncle bought one new in 1956. It's been in my possession since 1995. It has plowed the same garden every year since. It's the most reliable machine ever in my opinion. If there's enough battery to spin the engine once, it will start, only had regular oil changes
I bought my Cub used in 1975, 1947 model for $1,200 with plow, disc and mower, and it's the most reliable machine I have ever owned. I have had to do very little minor maintenance. It came with the 4 ft.sickle bar mower which I love. It gets very good gas "mileage", too. In winter, it's off to the woods to cut firewood, which it pulls a small trailer full with ease.
Our neighbor had one and I've helped him with a few adjustments when that thing called age and arthritis sets in. My tractor was a 1956 Minneapolis Moline 335 and he use to stand at the fence and watch me on it.....later I got a 1948 CASE VAC which I absolutely love.
IH engineered and built these tractors to last a lifetime or more. Just imagine a corporation priding itself on making a product that will not break down in 5 years.
We used one to cultivate our food garden as we didn’t buy much from stores if we could help it. We used our M to do a little heavier work and run the buzz saw. The big tractors did most of the field work. I loved that little Cub.
I have one but mine has a lift on it .To pick up mower deck or cultivators .Have no more attachments for it . Seeing that ad I found out several things about the tractor I didn't know .Thanks
Boy, how I'd love to have one now! We used to have an H, a 140, and two Cubs. Also an AC G and a B. We raised row crops as well as peaches and apples. Those cubs with the sickle bar mowers sure were fine for keeping the orchards mowed!
I learned to drive on a 1948 Cub and in a 1945 Willys Jeep (the real one), on my Grandparents' farm in 1955, when I was 7 years old. I had to scoooch down to push the clutch in on the Cub, then jump back on the seat and advance the throttle to go. I had to do the same in the Jeep, and use a stick to push the gas pedal in the Jeep. Using a stick on the gas pedal on farm roads makes for a rough ride. When I was 10, I did not need the stick any longer, and my Grandfather let me plant single-row using the Cub. "When Men were Men ", as stated below.
I also learned on a '49 Cub. Dad put me in the seat when I was about 6, mostly to steer. But when I was about 3 I knew how to start it so Dad had to unhook the battery before something bad happened. We also had a '48 JI Case that did the heavy field work. When the Case finally bit the bullet, Dad bought an Ford 8N.
They must have gotten that music off an old merry go round. Fun video though. A couple years ago I work at our local John Deere dealer. You would have thought I would have been a kid in a candy store. But those new tractors are nothing more than plastic computers with wheels. Most of the bigger tractors I hauled in for service work were going in for computer/ electrical problems. I really wish I had bought a couple more really well equipped tractors back in the early 90's. That stuff will last 3 lifetimes no more hours than I put on them.
My Dad used to move snow with a Cub with a 42" front blade and tire chains. They somehow got a small barrel on the back full of sand for weight. No heat houser, he plowed all night wrapped in an old quilt. He did the parking lot of a Safeway store last.
Desde Uruguay, les comento que tengo un Farmall Super A, y es fabuloso como trabaja. Tengo que fabricarle las herramientas, por que no consigo nada, pero me llena de satisfacción viendo los rendimientos de éste pequeño, pero enorme tractor. Mis saludos a todos los que están al frente de esto, y a pesar de que no entiendo Inglés, quisiera poder comunicarme con ustedes, a fin de conseguir información. Un saludo desde Uruguay, para todos ustedes.
I really don’t have any use for a tractor at this time but I’ve always wanted one of those Cubs anyways just to have and maybe restore if it hasn’t been already.
Why can't we send a couple to China or South Korea and have them make a perfect copy adding cylinder sleeves and overhead valves. Might be wrong but I'd bet people would be lined up wanting to buy one. I'd be up toward the front of the line too.
@@redneck400m3 if i had the tractors it would be interesting to see a 1 bottom plow hooked up to a cub and maybe a small Kubota or John Deere and see which one could go to the fastest.
@@robertstetson4077 The only advantange i could see the modern tractor having in that scenario is 4wd. If you kept the jd in 2wd and ran them side by side i think the cub would spank it. i also would lay money on the cub winning in a sled pull...transfer or dead weight....assuming you kept the new one in 2wd.
We just got our very first tractor.. a farmall 100. No implements and we are trying to learn what we need to get. It has the fast hitch and we got an attachment that changes it to a 3 point hitch because we can't find fast hitch attachments for nothing!!!
My Dad had a 1952 model that (according to him) had a whole 10 horsepower. Funny thing was, in the right gear and right rpm, it would pull the two-ton bailer up a couple of the hills in our fields. Well, just about pull it up.
@@justinstearns9723 You are correct. We had a Super A and it had a Super C kit installed in the engine. A lot of engineering in these little tractors. Most back then used sleeves for ease of rebuilding.
Yep, back in the day when HP actually meant something. It's interesting too when you look at the want ads for riding mowers, and the ones up to the 1970's are max 16 hp, with most 12 or under. These days the same sort of mowers are usually 18, 22, 24 etc. I guess ppl think more hp is better. But it's the transmission and rear ends that count the most right? I have a David Bradley walk behind tractor with its original 1 3/4 hp motor and it has a lot of torque. Its single bottom plow cuts through new soil easily, and it pulls its disc harrow just fine. I love it. Its only downside is it's too light. Some pulling tasks you need a lot more weight.
We got a 48 model my great grandpa bought brand new in 48, it was the "fancy" model with hydradralic lift and electric start lol, we do all kinds of stuff with it and its really surprising what it can accomplsh given its size. Will it do what say...an 8N ford will? No...but still impressive none the lesz
@@michaelcollins1899 im going to rebuild my 1948 very soon. nothing made today will be around to rebuild when its that old. things are too complex now. things are far too computer driven, the parts wont even be available, and the knowledge required to repair will be gone.
Getting a 1950 Cub in a couple days. Plan on using it to do some plowing, mowing and hay cutting. Have a 1954 Lo boy, which will also help do the work. Americans need to start farming old school again. Farmers today aren’t real farmers, heated and AC cabs, computers doing the work, etc. ya farmers are soyboys these days!
