Occasionally, when I log on to FarmallCub.com, the home page comes up with a picture of the rear end of Dan Robertson's Cub sitting in a field with a plow behind it. It's the only pic of a tractor that I've seen so far on this site with DIRT on it...my kind of tractor! LOL!
Maybe it's my eyes, or the camera angle or something, but the tires on Dan's Cub look a lot wider than the 8.3-24's that I see every day on my project example. What size tires can be mounted on the stock rear wheels? Can other wheels be used that allow wider ones than that? Is there a practical limit on tire size for these things due to weight and horsepower?
There are a lot of sandy areas around here, and some small places that stay soggy long after the last rain. Would wider tires help in either of these places? Would there be any trade-offs to running on hard ground with them?
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Matt Kirsch
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They're probably 9.5-24. That's the next size up.
I doubt if you'd want to go any bigger. The wider you go, the bigger the diameter, the faster the tractor goes, and the more power it takes. You've only got 8-14 horses to begin with, and the gearing is entirely too fast with the stock tires.
Narrower tires are better in mud anyway.
I doubt if you'd want to go any bigger. The wider you go, the bigger the diameter, the faster the tractor goes, and the more power it takes. You've only got 8-14 horses to begin with, and the gearing is entirely too fast with the stock tires.
Narrower tires are better in mud anyway.
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Dale51
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Cubnut
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Matt...my Dad agrees with you completely about the gearing being too fast. He'd like for it to go a lot slower for some operations. His tires are 9.5's because he says that 8.3's weren't available when he bought them a few years ago (I don't know how hard he looked).
Dale...I think you described the one I saw in the pic...the single plow was in the ground (with a disc in front of it), so it must be the Model B. I don't know enough about them to tell the difference from the rear.
Dale...I think you described the one I saw in the pic...the single plow was in the ground (with a disc in front of it), so it must be the Model B. I don't know enough about them to tell the difference from the rear.
These cubs never grow up
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Dan Robertson
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That is my 1955 Cub that you are seeing with the plow in the dirt. I do not own a B Farmall.
I am surprised it is still there to view.
I figured it left also when Dennis never did reinstall my Cub album in the album pages. 
The tires in the photo are 11/2 X 24 Goodyear. The tires were originally on a Farmall A. I mounted the cub centers in the A rims with only a slight amount of grinding on the cub center. The other fellows are right about it increasing the ground speed somewhat.
The main advantage to the larger tires was that you did not need wheel weights or fluid in the tires. You had plenty of traction.
I am surprised it is still there to view.
I figured it left also when Dennis never did reinstall my Cub album in the album pages.
The tires in the photo are 11/2 X 24 Goodyear. The tires were originally on a Farmall A. I mounted the cub centers in the A rims with only a slight amount of grinding on the cub center. The other fellows are right about it increasing the ground speed somewhat.
The main advantage to the larger tires was that you did not need wheel weights or fluid in the tires. You had plenty of traction.
Dan Robertson
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George Willer
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I guess I'll be the one to post the picture we're talking about.
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Dan Robertson
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I like this pic. better, as the other pic is scrunched which makes the tires look even more wide.-
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Geez....
That B must be a work horse. Looks like it has a clump of crepe myrtles on a pallet, not to mention the hole it appears to have dug.
Rick
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Jim Becker
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I used that picture because it was already on the web and at a similar angle to the picture of GW's trike Cub. The B has 12.4 tires. The picture is part of the story of the crepe myrtle transplant of 2003. The hole was dug with a Cub and mid-mounted blade. The whole transplant story is at:
http://home1.gte.net/res0gehp/crepe-myrtle/Crepe-Myrtle-2003.htm
http://home1.gte.net/res0gehp/crepe-myrtle/Crepe-Myrtle-2003.htm
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SundaySailor
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Wow!!!!
That is some story, and a lot of work done by both the Cub and B. Thanks for sharing that. Makes one appreciate just what these tractors can do.
Rick
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Dan, which picture do you want?
Bigdog
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danovercash wrote:Cubnut, Checkout picture of 221525 dishing the dirt on my site below. Also if someone wants to they can bring a picture to this site as I don't have a way to do it. Thanks, Dan
Here ya go Dan!
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