Pulley/belt Questions for 1450….

[cledford]

Are different pulleys required for different sized decks?

I bought a used 1450 over the weekend. The gentleman who sold it to me buys used Cubs, cleans them up and resells them. He said that they all usually they take 78” inch belts. On the one he sold me it took and 80”. The belt is running fine – I cut about an acre with it. The only issue is the first few times I turned off the PTO the belt slipped off the engine pulley. Backing down on the throttle before turning off deck has taken care of this… The deck the tractor came with is I believe a 44C? (I know it is 44 inches but it is at home and I can’t recall if the sticker says “C” or not, or if this matters…) Anyhow, I’m wondering if different pulley sizes were used. The tractor is in very decent condition and I would guess the original owner would have not used an incorrect pulley for replacement on purpose. The other, thought, since the tractor has a sleeve hitch on it, maybe the original owner was using some other implement that required a different pulley? Were there implements that required pulley changes?

Thanks,

-Calvin

[Methos]

Originally Posted by cledford

Are different pulleys required for different sized decks?

I bought a used 1450 over the weekend. The gentleman who sold it to me buys used Cubs, cleans them up and resells them. He said that they all usually they take 78” inch belts. On the one he sold me it took and 80”. The belt is running fine – I cut about an acre with it. The only issue is the first few times I turned off the PTO the belt slipped off the engine pulley. Backing down on the throttle before turning off deck has taken care of this… The deck the tractor came with is I believe a 44C? (I know it is 44 inches but it is at home and I can’t recall if the sticker says “C” or not, or if this matters…) Anyhow, I’m wondering if different pulley sizes were used. The tractor is in very decent condition and I would guess the original owner would have not used an incorrect pulley for replacement on purpose. The other, thought, since the tractor has a sleeve hitch on it, maybe the original owner was using some other implement that required a different pulley? Were there implements that required pulley changes?

Thanks,

-Calvin

Calvin, here you go for the belt info http://home.comcast.net/~dos0711/CCBELTCHART.htm Occ link http://www.onlycubcadets.net/forum/showthread.php?t=17

A tiller and snowblower would require a pulley change to the steel pulley but they should be a direct replacement for the original mule drive pulleys. Not sure if any other attachments would require a pulley change.