A hydraulic driven cub

[Rick Prentice]

Back several years ago a member sent me by email some commercial literature about driving a cub off the pto. It involved (I think)a hydraulic setup that fastened to the pto and also a hydraulic motor that fastens to the planter drive sprocket area on the right inside final. From memory(ok, half memory ) the speed was adjustable for planting purposes. Somehow you placed the trans in neutral and yet drove the cub by that hydraulic motor. This article had pictures of the transplanter with people planting things, similar to the mechanical transplanter on TM's brochure site. I'm trying to locate that article and hopefully the member that sent it to me will see this and post it again. It wasn't just some homemade fab job, it was commercially manufactured and used in the field.

Thanks again for all the effort and information,
Rick

[Rick Prentice]

I found this brochure on TM's site with the hyra-creeper:
http://www.tm-tractor.com/gbrochures/htransplanters1.jpg
but the outfit I'm searching for was for the cub.
Rick

[Matt Kirsch]

That would make a great creeper drive for a self-powered snowblower setup.

[BigMatt]

That would make a great creeper drive for a self-powered snowblower setup.

My thoughts exactly! Two great minds think alike!

[Matt Kirsch]

Now that I think about it, we might be giving away Rick's latest secret project....

[Rick Prentice]

Nope Matt but I am gathering parts to make that articulating cub(with forklift feature added) you talked about a couple years ago and gave me the idea . I need something 4wd that can go get the wood tubs and bring them up to the back porch in deep snow. One of these years we may get some snow.

[Dualing Cubs]

Just a few weeks ago my Dad was talking to me about making a 4wd cub using the PTO to drive the front wheels with the right pulleys and gears to match the real wheels. Putting the cub in nuetral would allow you to pull with just the front wheels. You can buy those agricultural front tires as well .

Defiantly cool thread!

[Matt Kirsch]

You mean this guy, the D'oh C-U-B (pronounced Doh See You Bee, a parody of the DOE Triple D, which is another dual-engine articulated tractor):



I'm still looking for a pair of Cubs for cheap to start this project.

[Rick Prentice]

Not exactly like that. I want things closer together and the sole purpose is to head out back in the deep snow and pick up a tub of firewood, then bring it up to my back porch and slide it in place. I keep a pallet jack stored on the porch for moving it into position by the door. I'll have either 8.3 or 9.5 ags on all fours and I have gobs of rear cub weights handy. Right now when I use the backhoe cub, it works fine most of the time, but in real heavy snow when I pick up a tub with the front forks I have to extend the hoe out aways in order to increase traction for backing up. I used to run my tires backwards just for that reason but I got tired of everyone telling me-----"You know your tires are on backwards" so I switched them around.

Here's a quick sketch of my plans(things could change so don't anyone panic )

Rick

[Dualing Cubs]

Looking forward to seeing your project develop Rick.

[outdoors4evr]

Doesn't seem too difficult of a project. If you took a few parts from a model 50 snowblower (used with the numbered series) that would give you the driveshaft that runs under the tractor and the necessary support for the driveshaft. U-Joints and the 90 degree gearbox can come from the snowblower as well. Not certain how you would drive the wheels though. That would take some creative engineering (or a Kubota front end).

[cowboy]

Looks like a cool project Rick But the way its going you are going to need it to haul wood through the mud I've never seen it so wet and muddy for so long as this year. My yard is going to need some serious work come summer. Its all rutted up. I think its been spring since fall.

Billy

[Dualing Cubs]

You know Rick as I was looking at some IH photos this made me think of your need for mud trekking.

[Lt.Mike]

You mean this guy, the D'oh C-U-B (pronounced Doh See You Bee, a parody of the DOE Triple D, which is another dual-engine articulated tractor):



I'm still looking for a pair of Cubs for cheap to start this project.

This brings to mind that rather graphic horror flick "human centipede"
oh and you haven't seen the movie, spare yourself,don't! Nasty.

[Lt.Mike]

I recntly picked up a copy of "farmall tractors a photographic history".
If you have it go to page 82 to see the 1939 farmall M with a Elwood 4WD conversion.
One bad butt looking tractor! ( I want one )
As I looked at it I tried to figure out how the drive was powered and the steering worked.
A PTO connection would make sense. I googled it and found a shot of one of these. I see no reason this can't be done with a Cub and Rick is certainly the man for the job!