Greetings from Southern Maine
Posted: Thu May 15, 2014 10:51 pm
Hello everyone
thank you for letting me join the community...
My first Farmall is a Cub and I'm so happy to give it a new home in Maine...My cub looks to have spent all its life in NH, now its here in Maine...
I have always had affections for farmalls since I got an "H" that was sitting in a field for more than 20 years running after throwing miscalanious handfulls of internal engine parts and gallons of mystery oil at it... along with some pounding with hammers and a little cursing, punished by bloody knuckles I learned to admire its simplicity of design in some respects, but extreme robustness and genious design in other ways...
its been said over and over but its rare these days to see the thought and quality that went into these tractors...No! they do not build things like they used to, except for rare instances it seems sadly. A friend of mine just bought a 47 "M" and the eighty plus year old owner emphaticly told my friend "this tractor will still be running when your my age!" you know he is probably right.
I plan on using my cub in my small garden and maintaining my looooong dirt drive way... I have already spruced up her appearance and fabricated a box scraper blade...tonight was its first real job at its new home and she performed perfectly...
yes, I did see the post about naming cubs and yup I do have a habit of naming all my vehicles even my 1941 Dodge Militay Power Wagon to me, mechanical things have a soul and I talk to them quite frequenly...Just being honest LOL
I already have a few questions about the real age of my cub I was told it was a 51 but serial number says its a 47...here is something else it appears to have previous wardrobe of "WHITE" I dont know what I have now but I'm wondering if it was a demonstration model...
I can pose these questions elsewhere though because I know this is the Intro page...
so I'll stop rambling now...
I look forward to sharing knowledge and chatting here
Thanks Tim
thank you for letting me join the community...
My first Farmall is a Cub and I'm so happy to give it a new home in Maine...My cub looks to have spent all its life in NH, now its here in Maine...
I have always had affections for farmalls since I got an "H" that was sitting in a field for more than 20 years running after throwing miscalanious handfulls of internal engine parts and gallons of mystery oil at it... along with some pounding with hammers and a little cursing, punished by bloody knuckles I learned to admire its simplicity of design in some respects, but extreme robustness and genious design in other ways...
its been said over and over but its rare these days to see the thought and quality that went into these tractors...No! they do not build things like they used to, except for rare instances it seems sadly. A friend of mine just bought a 47 "M" and the eighty plus year old owner emphaticly told my friend "this tractor will still be running when your my age!" you know he is probably right.
I plan on using my cub in my small garden and maintaining my looooong dirt drive way... I have already spruced up her appearance and fabricated a box scraper blade...tonight was its first real job at its new home and she performed perfectly...
yes, I did see the post about naming cubs and yup I do have a habit of naming all my vehicles even my 1941 Dodge Militay Power Wagon to me, mechanical things have a soul and I talk to them quite frequenly...Just being honest LOL
I already have a few questions about the real age of my cub I was told it was a 51 but serial number says its a 47...here is something else it appears to have previous wardrobe of "WHITE" I dont know what I have now but I'm wondering if it was a demonstration model...
I can pose these questions elsewhere though because I know this is the Intro page...
so I'll stop rambling now...
I look forward to sharing knowledge and chatting here
Thanks Tim