1000 loader ready for some SNOW

[Steve Butram]

Finally got the 1000 loader mounted and operating . Now I'm ready to move some dirt and some snow if it ever arrives. Iwill get the hood back on it this weekend. This 49 CUB was a basket case when I picked it up in northern IL. we drug it out of the barn in 2 pices and bolted it together so I could haul it home. The loader I got in a trade with TomZ from Grand Rapids OH.

[Hengy]

NICE SET UP, STEVE!!

I see you have the 4-bar grille on the "older style" cub like I was talking about in my previous post... I LIKE IT!

[Steve Butram]

Wisconsincubman wrote

I see you have the 4-bar grille on the "older style" cub like I was talking about in my previous post... I LIKE IT!

Yes, it came with the 4 bar it will stay on. This cub will be the Work horse in the barn. I always try to keep one Cub running. I have a 200' drive and nothing but barbwire to block the snow from here to the north pole the snow gets real deep right in the middle of the driveway

[Brandon Webb]

How's it work honestly? Are they pretty useful? Are they pretty stable? I mean how much flex do they have when you go to scoop something up? Are they pretty solid? We have an old 454 with a loader, when you ramp it into a dirt pile it flexes the loader pretty bad, twist the 2 beams, I figured it'd be hard on a single, or at least pretty hard on the single mounting arm. Guess that's how alot of them got welded? Thanks Brandon.

[Matt Kirsch]

The thing that's pushing the loader has a lot to do with how much flex you get in the arms. If you can flex a 1000 loader before you "flex" the cub engine in two with a Cub, I'd be surprised

[Brandon Webb]

I'd say they'd be overkill on a cub, couldn't do anything but spin the tires, unless it was snow. Dad's wanting one for his Super A, we'd use it for spreading gravel, cleaning out the barn, and lifting weights and heavy parts to load onto trailers. Brandon.

[Steve Butram]

Brandon wrote

How's it work honestly?

Brandon,
I honestly can't tell you I just got it mounted. But I can tell you that it will need some weight on the rear and a set of bar treads. The manual calls for 500# to be placed on the rear of the tractor. So I will try 2 sets of wheel weights before I build a ballast box for the rear. I don't plan on doing any heavy lifting. The tractor was not built to be a bulldozer. I decided to put it on a work tractor before it goes on the Demo I'm getting ready to restore.

Steve

[Rick Prentice]

I'd say they'd be overkill on a cub, couldn't do anything but spin the tires, unless it was snow

[evielboweviel]

Best weight I ever found for the rear was a 5' wide three point mounted box blade along with duals and chains not to mention the 4 rear weights and calcium in two tires. Originally came with two loaded tires and two extra rear weights on the drawbar not enough in the snow, chains helped and the rest came along later.
The loader is good for 500lbs on a cub or an A
that is one big bucket should be ok for snow or corn cobs and worthless for dirt or manure.
Ron

[Tom Z.]

Steve,

It's great to see the loader "up and running"! Snow will be here way too soon!

Enjoy!

Tom Z.

[Dluba]

Steve

It's a nice loader. Will deffinently need bar tires and weight, This summer I did my driveway with a 1000 Loader, I got a full bucket of gravel and it used every bit of that tractor. The key is traction and weight. With this loader, you will never touch a wheelburrow again. I haven't pushed any snow with it yet so I can not say anything about that.

Good Luck

[Steve Butram]

Thanks TomZ, It has been a busy month here in Indiana. I have been working trying to get the outside work done for my customers and very little time has been spent in the shop.

[Little Indy]

I have a 200' drive and nothing but barbwire to block the snow from here to the north pole the snow gets real deep right in the middle of the driveway

Got to know: Is the barb wire fence up or down?

[cowboy]

Cool Steve

We have a chance of snow today and it looks like the same storm that is hitting you. Rember that the more weight behind the rear axel or same weight farther out the more it will take weight off the front axel.

Hi Brandon

The big problem with a loader on a cub. Is the stress it puts on the front axel. Which is a weak spot on cubs. Also lifting somthin with it will take weight off the rear decreasing you braking ability espally going down hill.

Billy

[BigBill]

I been wanting to build one for my 154 cub. My neighbor just picked up a cub cadet 14hp with front loader. He is running wider turf tires and tire chains with a cement counter weight on the back and it works pretty good for its size. Its neat for cleaning out the barn too. As we get older the front loader tractors become our wheel barrels so if your still young think ahead now. Sorry counter weight isn't tractor talk its a ballast box is what i'm talking about. The cub cadet has a 12" x 20" x 24" high cement ballast box(estimate on the size if you want the exact size i will measure it for you). The darn cub cadet looks so neat with a front loader i want one too. Remember playing in the sand box when we were kids the toys and the box just got bigger as we got older.