What Cool Attachment(s) Do I Need For My Cub To Do Gardening?
This is geared more towards the Cub owner who doesn't have any gardening attachments. There are several attachments that are good for soil preparation. Which one(s) should I buy depends on your soil. The most used attachments are a moldboard plow, tiller and a disk.
Moldboard Plow
A heavy dense soil will require a moldboard plow to help break up the soil. Moldboard plows come in 8-10- and 12 inch widths. There are 2 different hitch systems that a moldboard plow uses. One is a Sleeve Hitch and the other is a Cat. 0 three point hitch. Cat. 0 plows look like the ones used on bigger farm tractors. The 3 most popular brands are Brinly, Ohio Steel and Simplicity. Brinly is the only company that still builds plows. Brinly had made some plows with a "Craftsman" label on them. I recommend finding a Brinly plow because you can buy replacement parts for your plow. The point(shinney part on the plow picture below) is a high wear area. A question I hear is how do I measure my plow? Here is picture showing how to measure:
This is an 8 inch plow.
Tiller
A tiller is a great tool to use in a garden. The older Cub Cadets use the front PTO off the motor to power the tiller. The newer tillers can have their own power source. Both tiller styles can be used on a manual or hydrostatic transmission Cub Cadet. You will need a creeper drive on your manual transmission Cub Cadet. Wheel speed isn't slow enough without a creeper.
Disc Harrows
A disc harrow is used to break up and level plowed soil. They can be a sleeve hitch or a 3 point hitch. A sleeve hitch disc harrow can be a single gang or a double gang as a 3 point hitch style disc harrow. The angle of the disc gangs can be adjusted according to conditions.
Brinly has a place on their website to download a manual for their plows and disc harrows. Here is a link to site:
http://www.brinly.com/manuals-brinly.html