Corm
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- Joined
- Apr 6, 2000
- Messages
- 352
- Location
- Fairfax, Franklin County, Vermont
- Tractor
- 1999 Cub Cadet 7260, 1953 Farmall Super A
Hello folks. My 1999 Cub 7260 (Mitsubishi) just rolled over 530 hours. For the benefit of those that wonder how these Cub CUTs fare with a few hours on them, I thought I'd let you know /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif.
First, my Cub is outfitted with a Koyker 150 loader, and a Cub 408 backhoe. I use it to plow lot's of snow, haul all my firewood, & maintain my quarter mile gravel driveway with a heavy duty 7 foot back blade. I've put probably 100 hours on my backhoe, and I also use it run my PTO powered chipper, and a 5' rotary cutter, and my PTO powered wood splitter. It has R4 tires, all loaded.
So far, it has been just about trouble free. I had to make a slight adjustment to my PTO lever switch, and I had to replace my two front tires (the original ones were defective). I also had a fiber washer break in half. This washer is in the linkage of the 3 point level, and offers resistance to the lever, so the lever will stay wherever you put it. And that is it for problems. Oh, I've had to replace 2 hydraulic hoses on the backhoe. It starts well in cold weather, but I've found the addition of a tank heater helps it start easier when it gets real cold. Still have the original battery in it.
This tractor has been great. I'm also lucky enough to have an excellent dealer. I just thought I'd pass along the above info in case anyone was wondering how these rigs hold up. I use my tractor, not abuse it, but I don't baby it either. I do all my own maintenance.
I hope this is helpful to someone /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif.
Corm
First, my Cub is outfitted with a Koyker 150 loader, and a Cub 408 backhoe. I use it to plow lot's of snow, haul all my firewood, & maintain my quarter mile gravel driveway with a heavy duty 7 foot back blade. I've put probably 100 hours on my backhoe, and I also use it run my PTO powered chipper, and a 5' rotary cutter, and my PTO powered wood splitter. It has R4 tires, all loaded.
So far, it has been just about trouble free. I had to make a slight adjustment to my PTO lever switch, and I had to replace my two front tires (the original ones were defective). I also had a fiber washer break in half. This washer is in the linkage of the 3 point level, and offers resistance to the lever, so the lever will stay wherever you put it. And that is it for problems. Oh, I've had to replace 2 hydraulic hoses on the backhoe. It starts well in cold weather, but I've found the addition of a tank heater helps it start easier when it gets real cold. Still have the original battery in it.
This tractor has been great. I'm also lucky enough to have an excellent dealer. I just thought I'd pass along the above info in case anyone was wondering how these rigs hold up. I use my tractor, not abuse it, but I don't baby it either. I do all my own maintenance.
I hope this is helpful to someone /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif.
Corm