Getting (back) a FarmAll Cub

Soundguy · Oct 14, 2014

for that one i'd even have brazed it. non structural..e tc.

Big Barn · Oct 14, 2014

Looks like you've got your work cut out for you! Cool project. We had two of those with the same sickle mower back in the 60's. Used them for trimming along the edges of drainage ditches.

Terry

flusher · Oct 14, 2014

Soundguy said:
for that one i'd even have brazed it. non structural..e tc.

Two bolts that hold the right side of the bolster to the block attach to that ear. It's a major part of the front end structure on the block. That ear is notorious for cracking or breaking completely if the right wheel of your Cub hits a pothole at high speed or smashes into a tree, for example. IH design dept really blew it on that piece of critical structure.

I've seen braze repairs done on that particular part and that probably is good enough. But I haven't brazed since grad school and am a lot better with my Hobart stick welder.

Soundguy · Oct 15, 2014

i agree. use the method you are better at.

CharlieKtractor · Dec 10, 2014

updates expected--w/pics

Duwop · Dec 10, 2014

My research says it is a 1952 model year

Buggs67 · Dec 10, 2014

I like it. And the hay rake. Worse case scenario you have some good lawn art or recycle. If you can get it to run ... it's your grandpa's tractor. Hard to beat that.

mark02tj · Dec 16, 2014

Duwop - as far as I know, you're right - 1952 according to the serial number. What year is yours?

No real updates at this point. Mostly I've been doing "research", primarily on FarmallCub.com. Great group of folks over there - almost as great as the folks here on TBN!! :thumbsup: I've found out that I'm pretty lucky as there are several active folks on that forum that are pretty close to me. Also found Hamilton Bob's place which is about 30 minutes from me. He deals mostly with Lo-Boys, but also has engines which will fit mine if I can't get mine unstuck. One of the forum members also has a "Barnyard Bash" at his place every spring. He's only about 30-40 minutes from me as well. All of the close members have offered to help in any way they can.

One of the things that I brought home with me was (what I thought was) a single bottom plow. The guy who was storing them had two of them there for me to take home. He wasn't there when I did the final loading, but his son was. I told his son to keep one of them as his Dad had another Cub he was selling. I told him that I thought that Dad's Cub would sell better if there were any implements included with it.

About a week after I got everything home, I found out that I only brought back one of what was a matched pair of "189" plows. There's a left and a right plow, but you only use one at a time! It's designed so that both are attached, but only one is in the ground at a time. When you get the end of the row, you swap which plow is engaged so that all of your furrows are turned in the same direction. Those old engineers were pretty sharp! Here's a YouTube of one in action. Not very exciting - the action starts at about 50 seconds, the "swap" around 1:54. The dad is holding the plow for me, so next time I go into WV for another reunion I have to take a trailer to bring home the other plow. :laughing:

Bugs67 - you're right about the yard art!! :laughing: But this in on the schedule to begin work in the spring, right after I do some tree planting. I'm bound and determined to get this old guy running again and hopefully do a frame-up restoration on it. Big job, but should be rewarding!

How's it look as yard art?