Cycle Mower For Farmall Cub

 A cycle mower is a handy tool attached to a Farmall Cub Tractor.

Farmall Cub--A Little Workhorse

Restoring A Farmall Cub

 Restoring a Farmall Cub is a lot of work, but always worth the effort!

53 Farmall Cub Working

 We like to plant our tomatoes in a hill.  Tomatoes do not like standing water near the root.  We are going to use a soaker hose in the ditch on the upper side of the row.  We have to tomatoes growing in a cold frame but they are a little small to set out yet.  I wish we had gotten them started earlier, but hopefully they will do well.  I am planting Beefsteak and a hybrid type of Better Boy.

We put pulverized lime and cow manure in the tomato hill.

53 Farmall Cub Hilling Potatoes

I went over to my shop and brought my Farmall Cub with the hillers on it over to the Meadow.  I had not started it in almost 2 years and was pleased with how it took right off.



And it did it's job with the potatoes.  I also hilled the row for the tomatoes.



We have our tomatoes starting in a cold frame.  The ones we get from the store all seem to be riddled with disease.  Ours are still too small to set out, but the 53 Farmall Cub has the row ready.

 Throwing the dirt to the potatoes will help them produce.

Farmall From Cherokee Nation

Some time ago, I had tried to buy this 53 model Farmall Cub from an 84 year old gentleman who lives in the Cherokee Nation. He finally called and said it was mine.  The Cub had not run since 2001 so buying it was a gamble.   I worked on it in the shade of the shop.  Got it running in only a day.  I set the points and bought a coil.  But right away I noticed it had zero oil pressure.  If I had let it run long, it would have ruined the motor.  There was a vacuum in the oil pump.  Finally, got it humming like an old sweet tune!

Cycle Mower For Farmall Cub

 Chris Jones of Enola, AR (Faulkner County) came down last evening and took home a cycle mower for a Farmall tractor.   I think he said he had 4 Cubs.   I am not the only person who likes them.  Below you can see a cycle mower attached to this Cub I own.  Cycle mowers are really great for a pond bank.