New cub driver - in training

Postby **Bigdog** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 9:28 am

My grandson Mikey loves cubs. I think he's trying to figure out how long it will be before he can drive by himself.

Postby **Cub-Bud** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 9:35 am

Bigdog,

It may be time to lock up your cubs. When he is older, he may figure out how to invent one of those cub locators and your cubs may be at risk. :shock:

Postby **John *.?-!.* cub owner** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 9:48 am

It must be a great feeling to have someone young interested in your hobby. My kids never cared about old equipment. Will he be know as LBD (Little Big Dog)?

Postby **Bigdog** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 9:55 am

John - His handle is 'Lil Dog. He has a shirt and a cap with an embroidered cub and his handle on it too. Every time he visits it requires a trip to the barn. He likes to check out each tractor. Since I added my step from Rick, he can now climb aboard by himself. I'm really going to have to watch him now.

beaconlight · Postby **beaconlight** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:30 am

Put a cut off switch on the battery for the battery ones and an extra cut off switch for the Mag ones..
Bill

Shopp'n Cubs · Postby **Shopp'n Cubs** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:32 am

Hey BD, that's neat!

I kinda have the same thing with my nephew Charlie. He loves my Cub.

I have two girls (five and eight) that think it's fun when dad takes them for a short ride, but as soon as Charlie (4) got on he grabbed the wheel and started steering

I also have a Kubota, took him for a ride (or he took me :wink:

) on both tractors, asked him which one he likes better, he screams, "THE RED ONE, THE CUB" .

Good boy

Guy

PS
I email you a picture of Charlie taking me for a ride!

Postby **Bigdog** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:46 am

Here's Guy & Charlie:

ScottyG · Postby **ScottyG** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 2:21 pm

Looks just like my son last night. He's now 6; he steers, I brake. That is until we were humming around a corner last night. I was real proud of the fact that my headlights were nice and bright due to a recently rebuilt generator so, we wanted to try it out.

My son decided to turn left when we should have gone right. Dad overcorrected and we hit a 2-foot drop in the road gutter. Whammo!!! I blew my left tire out and the impact twisted the whole hub around from the tie rod end. We were about an 1/8" of a mile from home. It took us about 30 minutes to limp back. I patched the tire last night and will reinstall tonight. Hopefully the steering won't be too bunged up. I'll have my son back up there in no time though!!

beaconlight · Postby **beaconlight** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 3:07 pm

You winn a few. You lose afew and a few are called for rain. You knowe what they say happens. Most important how is your son?? and next most important, How did he take it.? Next and not necessarily in that order how did mommy take it?
Bill

ScottyG · Postby **ScottyG** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 4:14 pm

Son's fine and thought the whole thing was kind of amusing when 1800 lbs bounced up about a half foot from the ground. Dad wasn't laughing though. Not because of my son but the situation; obvious safety reasons. Mom? Well, we didn't quite tell mom everything. "Daddy got stuck"... and that's no lie...

Donny M · Postby **Donny M** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 4:41 pm

Hey Scotty,

Do you see what Bigdog's grandson is pressing with his right foot :?:

Seriously, I'm gald no one was hurt :!:

ScottyG · Postby **ScottyG** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 5:01 pm

Oh, that's what that thing is for?! Fair point. Since the world will be entrusted to our kids, I think I'll just stay off the thing next time.

:wink:

Donny M · Postby **Donny M** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 5:38 pm

Scotty,

I wasn't giving you the what for deal. I think it's an experience you and your son will remember forever.

Last year my six year old son Steven talked his mother into letting him use his brother's pocket knife. Merry showed him the safe way to use a knife but when he closed it he cut his finger. When I got home Steven's finger was bandaged up and I got the story of what happened. Steven's frist words to me about it were "if I had my own pocket knife this wouldn't have happened" (kid logic). Anyway to make a long story longer...I took him down to the hardware store so he could pick out a pocket knife. The lady at the counter was appalled that I would buy a five year old a knife and she gave me the what for big time.

I will tell you that Steven is very proud of that knife and keeps it in a special place in my room. He also doesn't take it out without premission.
With this picture around I think Steven will remember

rleggitt · Postby **rleggitt** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 6:35 pm

Hi Big Dog and Guy and Others,

Borrowing a quote from that now famous poem[ha], The Making of A Cubaholic by [well, you know who]:

"I sat so proud on that little red CUB seat
When the pedals were so far from my feet
And over the steering wheel I could not see
What was coming down the road at me."

I think that is absolutely G-R-E-A-T spendint time together. The both of
you will remember that time together forever. :lol:

It has taken be 40+ years of hard work and family deglect to realize that
time together as a family or with friends will last long after the pleasures
of spending the money.

As is said in the advertisement, CUB $2000, grandson's :lol:

& Pops
can we go for a ride on the little Red CUB :lol:

? P-R-I-C-E-L-E-S-S

ScottyG · Postby **ScottyG** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 7:46 pm

Donny,

All in good fun! Nothing's ever taken very seriously with me :lol:

I have to learn to use more of these icon thingy's so people don't get the wrong idea :wink:

Seriously though, this is something that my son really enjoys. He felt so bad that "he wrecked daddy's tractor." All we could do was sit and laugh!

I love the poem. That is so true, we try to do alot of things tractor related things together and have a real good time with it. My son will probably learn to drive on it.

Donny, I know that this has been posted before but how do you post pictures on this? Link to a web site I'll bet?

Farmall Cub

New cub driver - in training

New cub driver - in training

Guy & Charlie

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