Now I'm new here, and realize I know very little. I'm writing this not for you old hands, but for others who may catch the Cub Bug in the future. I'm working on a '49 FCub, and stripping it way down to repair and restore. From reading here, I knew I needed a splitting stand, and I knocked out a pair of supports from some bed railing I had laying around. It's good tough steel (as I learned when sawing it), and as it's angle iron I felt the thin 1/8" stock would be sufficient in strength to support the Cub sans engine.
My problem came in part due to my unwise decision to mount them to the REAR implement flats. I failed to realize at the time that this narrow footprint would not be as sturdy as it could have been had I mounted them in the forward position.
With the rear end blocked up solidly under the differential, and a second set of blocks topped by a bottle jack just inside the R/H final drive, I thought I was ready to pull off the R/H wheel. The L/H wheel was previously removed, as well as the engine, bolster, front wheels etc. As I wrestled the remaining wheel off, I must have rocked the frame a bit, and the bottle jack slipped from its position. Luckily, it was trapped precariously against the final drive, hanging there at an angle of perhaps 25 degrees. Yikes!
I ran to my engine hoist, and staying as clear as I could, managed to get a sling around the R/H axle tube and get the tractor stable again. Thank goodness God looks after the foolish!
That off center design of the Cub needs to be carefully kept in mind, even when the engine, bolster, etc. has been removed. My stands withstood the test just fine, but as I evaluated my numerous foolish mistakes, I moved them to the forward mounting location, and found the stability to be GREATLY improved.
I hope this may help someone to be wiser and safer than I was!
