Sounds like my former 1962 Wheel Horse. Built like a brick doghouse, however, not that great with anything other than a mower deck. I had a snowblower for it, but it was only single stage, so it wasn’t terribly effective. Pretty underpowered for the wet Midwestern snow.
I think there was a tiller attachment for it, too, but like the snowblower I can see it being very good. -D > On Mar 1, 2022, at 2:13 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
