[Homestead] New Toy

Tim Oppenheim timopp at gmail.com
Fri Aug 10 22:20:57 EDT 2007


I bought a 68 Cub 154 lo-boy. This was non-offset one, but the same  
engine and drive train as the earliest Cubs.
My small tractor is a marvel of simplicity and parts are easily  
found. The one thing that is a caveat is the PTO runs at engine speed  
so you have to buy implement to match the machine. Woods Mowers are  
still being built, but that's about all.

Mine came with a Cat 1 3point hitch that works pretty well, even with  
the one way hydraulics.

I find it kind of sad that the great American  small ( and British,  
Ferguson) tractors like the International and Ford and Massey were  
all built here and have lasted forever, but what is being built now  
is not close to being the same.


On Aug 9, 2007, at 12:21 PM, Don Bowen wrote:

> At 8/9/2007, you wrote:
>> I recently bought a small International that I have really enjoying.
>
> Which one?  You say small so that could be a Cub, A, B, C, or the  
> numbered
> variants (100, 200, etc)  The Cub and the A were introduced at the  
> same
> time as the Ford 9N (1939) and were aimed for the same small farmer
> market.  The cub was by far the smallest of the line with an engine  
> around
> 60 cu. in. and an offset driver position.  The A was a larger  
> tractor with
> a 123 cu. in engine and was an offset..  The B is the same as A  
> with the
> driver and power train centered.  The C was a B with a narrow front  
> end.
>
>
>
> Don Bowen              Awl Knotted Up                       KI6DIU
> http://www.braingarage.com
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