I will check when I get home. It's an older tractor, certainly older than 1990s, weighs a ton, built like a tank.
It's set up and I've only used it as a mower (belly mower deck). It has turf tires which also would not be great in a garden I guess. But I'll check the model and get back to you. Allan On Tue, Mar 1, 2022, at 4:05 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: > If it's belt drive it's not a narrow frame Cub Cadet, well unless it's > an Original, those used a weird system where a belt went from the > engine down to the driveshaft which went to the transmission. They're > super weird because the belt runs vertically, not like modern garden > tractors where the belt runs vertically from the engine to the > transmission. Most people consider the Original to be special and not > really a narrow frame tractor. > > That tiller attaches to the tractor's 3pt hitch which is a proprietary > thing, there is a C shaped bracket at the bottom of the transaxle, > about inline with the axles and a lifting rod that pivots on the same > bit the seat mounts to. They're uncommon and expensive. > > Power for the tiller actually comes off the front of the tractor, a > rear PTO is a very rare option. The belt goes down the front of the > engine (these are all horizontal shaft engines) to a pair of wheels > that turn it under the tractor (so horizontally) to the tiller at the > rear. I've never actually seen one in person but it must be a very long > belt. > > I *think* you might be able to use a narrow frame tiller on a wide > frame tractor but you won't be able to use it on a "modern" (say post > 1990) lawn tractor. Certainly not one with a vertical shaft engine, at > least not without major adaptation. > > -Curt > > > > On Tuesday, March 1, 2022, 03:54:20 PM EST, Allan Streib > <astr...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > > > > > > Yeah I need to check, I can't recall the model and not at home now. But > I do know that everything is belt drive. 1st gear is pretty slow, but > it does not have a Hi/low-range splitter. > > > On Tue, Mar 1, 2022, at 3:45 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: >> What tractor do you have? >> This would work best on a hydrostatic machine or a gear machine with a >> creeper gear. >> >> I've got a couple narrow frame Cubs, they're great. >> >> -Curt >> >> On Tuesday, March 1, 2022, 02:28:55 PM EST, Allan Streib via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> >> Thoughts? Fair price? >> >> This includes the gearbox and I think it would work on my tractor (need >> to double check). >> >> https://www.ebay.com/itm/384696830760 >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
