plowing Question

[North-Woods]

I am looking at buying a Cub 1650. It has the rear lift and rear belt drive PTO. I wanted something to mainly plow with not cut grass. I was told on another Forum for plowing I should get one of the older IH Cubs for plowing (102's to 128's) Well is this true? The 1650 have been totally rebuild with a Kohler 16hp, the items I list installed and a 52 inch mowing deck. My garden will be around 1/3 acre, is the 1650 not up to the task? I did say in a earler post I was looking at a 128 with a 12hp Kohler. When I saw the Cub it had a 10 hp Kohler and in really bad shape with no mowing deck or PTO.

Thanks for all the help!!

Scott

[R Bedell]

Just for clarification, are you referencing the Brinly moldboard plow...???

[North-Woods]

At present I have no plow and I'm new to the Cub World. I was looking more so at one of the self plowered tillers buy Sears or Snappper. The Cub also has the rear wheel weights and larger tires.

[Yamaguy]

The 1650 is a very capable older style IH cub, that's built like a tank and is slightly rare. I would buy it up because if it already has the rear 90* pro gear box you could easily add a rear tiller.

[Methos]

I till and plow with my son's 1650 and it's a beast!

Some video's for you to judge for yourself.

Mu buddy Andy is plowing for the first time. There was brush there and we had to plow thru the roots.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yum0QEBpTrs

Another Andy video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P_E8W6y5JI

The tiller being used to break up some of the red clay balls.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7udUj1tM9k

[ACecil]

The 1650 will handle everything you want it to do.

[Merk]

by Yamaguy
The 1650 is a very capable older style IH cub, that's built like a tank and is slightly rare.

What is so rare about an 1650?
The higher horsepower Cubs Cadets like the 1650 were more popular in the mid to late 70s than the lower horsepower Cub Cadets were.

Things to watch on a Quiet Line Cub Cadet:
The engine is mounted on ISO mounts.....They do go bad. They go quicker when you pull a moldboard plow. Quiet Line Cub Cadets use an aluminum oil pan. The threads in the oil pan will strip. Best thing you can do is find a cast iron oil pan and do the engine cradle mod (weld a piece of steel between the parts that hold the engine in the Cub).

You will find out plowing with any hydro that will need to move the direction lever to keep any consistant speed while plowing. Yes a hydro can plow faster.......3 mile per hour is plenty fast to do a good job. I plow with a 10 horsepower Cub Cadet 100 with no problems.

[_DX3_]

Originally Posted by Merk

What is so rare about an 1650?
The higher horsepower Cubs Cadets like the 1650 were more popular in the mid to late 70s than the lower horsepower Cub Cadets were.

Things to watch on a Quiet Line Cub Cadet:
The engine is mounted on ISO mounts.....They do go bad. They go quicker when you pull a moldboard plow. Quiet Line Cub Cadets use an aluminum oil pan. The threads in the oil pan will strip. Best thing you can do is find a cast iron oil pan and do the engine cradle mod (weld a piece of steel between the parts that hold the engine in the Cub).

You will find out plowing with any hydro that will need to move the direction lever to keep any consistant speed while plowing. Yes a hydro can plow faster.......3 mile per hour is plenty fast to do a good job. I plow with a 10 horsepower Cub Cadet 100 with no problems.

Can't say I remember much of an issue having to move my hydro lever while plowing with my 782 or Big Red...
I'll take the hydro over a gear drive any day for plowing or anything else. A little hand movement if needed isn't going to wear you out.

[cub1200puller]

The 1650 will handle anything you can throw at it. Here is a picture of one of mine plowing last fall.