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Netherlands Cub
Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 5:48 pm
by Dennis
I received this awhile back and forgot to post it. (Sorry IJbele!)
(It is also posted in the photo gallery with some comments from him.)
Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 7:25 pm
by johnbron
Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 7:28 pm
by Rudi
Very nice Cub and the tires sure are different.
I really gotta look at some of the slides I took when we lived in Germany in the 80's. Lots of small farms around Lahr and Wuerzburg, where my family comes from, with lots of Cub sized tractors.
Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 8:46 pm
by John *.?-!.* cub owner
johnbron wrote::)
Nice, Nice, Nice looking Cub. I dont think I have ever seen rear treads like those on this alien Cub.
It's been sometime since I've seen them, but have seen that type tread on industrial earth moving equipment. The center bar carried most of the weight and minimized wear on the lugs on hard surfaces, but in soft ground the lugs made enough contact to help traction.
Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 8:54 pm
by Mike Schmudlach
That is an American Cub. It most likely came over on the Marshall Plan.
The head lights are common to the German tractors, I can not think of the brand right now, I have some out in the parts room.
The tires are to help reduce road wear. Notice the 16 KM sign on the grill.
That is a license that allows that tractor to travel up to 16KM an hour down the road.
I have some of the same ones on my D-219 etc....
Nice tractor.
Mike
Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 8:59 pm
by johnbron
"John *.?-!.* cub owner"
It's been sometime since I've seen them, but have seen that type tread on industrial earth moving equipment. The center bar carried most of the weight and minimized wear on the lugs on hard surfaces, but in soft ground the lugs made enough contact to help traction.
Besides the minimal wear on the lugs I bet thay are a lot smoother riding tire with that center bar design.
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2004 7:34 am
by Marion(57 Loboy)
Wouldn't that 16KM sign affect the coolant/engine temperature?
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2004 10:01 am
by George Willer
Notice the 16 KM sign on the grill.
That is a license that allows that tractor to travel up to 16KM an hour down the road.
Mike,
Wouldn't it be more useful and safer to put a 12 KM sign on the back?
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2004 11:10 am
by Mike Schmudlach
That sign would not effect the cooling. It probably has about the same surface area as a bar grill vs the screen grill.
JD had thier radiators mounted behind the gas tank. LOL
George,
12KM on the back of the tractor. I didn't write the rules!!!
Johnbron,
The Cub is only alien in Holland. I am sure it has a green card.
Mike