Farmall Cub Tiller

[cub]

I was wondering if anyone knew if there was a tiller made to fit the
old Farmall Cub Tractor. I have just recently aquired my dad's and was
needing a tiller to fit it. And could anyone tell me what all
equipment was made to fit on that old tractor.

[Mike Sloane]

I have such a tiller, but it is not for sale. It was made by Howard, a
British company that still makes a wide variety of tractor mounted
rotary tillers that are sold in the US. If you can find one you have to
realize that just mounting the tiller isn't enough, since the first gear
on a Cub is far too fast for rotary tilling. Howard also supplied a step
down auxiliary rear gear box for the Cub, which I also have on my 1948
Cub. Images can be seen at:

<http://public.fotki.com/mikesloane/farmall_cubs/howard3.html>

and

<http://public.fotki.com/mikesloane/farmall_cubs/howard4.html>

If you find both of these, you would have a very rare item.

In addition to a wide range of plows, cultivators, fertilizer
applicators, planters, disk harrow, IH also supplied various grass and
brush mowers (reel, rotary, flail, and sickle bar), front/mid blade, a
trailer, etc. I also have a center mounted Mott flail mower and Woods 5'
rotary mower. Some of these implements were also available for the Cub's
single point "Fast Hitch" as well as being mounted on various tool bars.
There are several brochures that still can be found on eBay and at
Binder Books (www.binderbooks.com> that list most of the implements.


Mike

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[Clifford Williams]

I really do not think that a cub would have the power to run a tiller very well.

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[Mike Sloane]

I would have to disagree, Cliff. I ran my 48" Howard tiller behind my
'48 Cub for many years, doing my garden and a couple of my neighbors. I
could bury the tiller down to the drive shaft in previously tilled
ground, but I had to take a couple of passes in virgin sod. Power wasn't
the issue as much as the tiller bouncing around until it could get down
below the roots. It was quicker and easier on the machinery just to take
two passes.

The only reason I stopped using it was because the deer finally drove us
out of the gardening hobby. But, as I pointed out in my previous
message, I do have the Howard two speed rear end on the Cub, so it moves
quite slowly in low/first.

Clifford Williams wrote:
> I really do not think that a cub would have the power to run a tiller
> very well.
>

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