Almost The Only One On YouTube: Farmall Cub/Woods F42 Fast Hitch Mower

One of the more obscure Cub implements.

[@Zarathustra-rj4yz]

I have a 1949 farmall cub. My grandfather bought it new and my father and i maintain and use it for sicklebar mowing our open fields. When it runs it purrs.

[@lawrencekiel-sr2772]

That mower is a rare gem. Very unique setup,

[@tomthompson489]

Ethan that’s a dandy little mower you got first one I’ve ever saw like that. Glad you got some rain for your crops. Thanks.

[@stevefriedlander8091]

Great video. You always come up with very interesting content. Praying for your crops and you too have great success this year 👍

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks

[@KCIREDERF10]

Good to see that You are getting rain. Thanks for the update. Take care. Fred.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks

[@farmer190xt5]

I just bought a farmall cub tonight off an online auction with a bunch of fast hitch attachments and it has a super clean fast hitch mower on it like that but has a single wheel like a brush hog on back!

[@kennyz6533]

I’m definitely a little jealous of that mower. I’ll have to find me one eventually for my 1960 cub. I do however have the Howard L28 fast hitch rotovator and speed reducer combo. Works excellent in the garden after plowing and discing to get the ground nice and fine for planting things. That’s another somewhat rare and coveted item/combo among cub people.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Most of them got separated so having the tiller and reverser is rare.

[@MostlyInteresting]

Wow nice find. I have seen pictures but never the actual mower. I have a cub duplex planter. Also rare. I did make videos on it years back, I need to check if they are still up.

[@defuse56]

While I was growing up, we had a Cub of about that era. We had a hammer knife mower on it though. Anyway, thanks for the nostalgia!

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

I always wanted to find one of those. Another one they made in both a fast hitch and mid mount version.

[@defuse56]

@@Oliver66FarmBoy Ours had the "belly hitch," which made it much easier to look down and get the edge of the mower right near the border of the lawn or field. It's high on my list of "stuff I wish I hadn't sold."🚜

[@chadkalina1257]

Love to see the 525 back in action

[@davidshowalter5808]

Rare I would have to say so I've been around tractors all my life never seen one like that ever cool piece to have for sure thanks for sharing it

[@jonathancrissinger2301]

That was a neat little video. Little old cub handles that pretty well. I didn't know they had something like that. One day at a time, and you will get there.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Not many people do.

[@tca375]

Pretty neat little mower.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks

[@keezgarage]

Great that you got more rain

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks

[@roadhogg1418]

Your right Farm Boy. Never seen one of those before.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

They are scarce.

[@thomasdecato9786]

I had a 55 Cub with the belly style mower that used the mule drive belt system. You had to go in first gear in any high grass or weeds our risk stalling out but it did the job places you didn't want to use a good mower.

[@sterff89]

Cool little mower! My cub seems to like 1st gear as well when mowing with its sickle bar. I’d love to have a fast hitch for mine but, it’s too much of a pain to take the sickle mower on and off. Sure is handy for mowing banks though.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

I was able to run second when I used to cut hay with my 48 cub and sickle mower.

[@jamesbreault5762]

It done a great job Ethan looks good 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@clinthochrein888]

Awesome rain gauge 👍🏾. That’s a neat mower,

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks.

[@clinthochrein888]

@@Oliver66FarmBoy you betcha

[@GenDiesel]

Never seen one of those, neat lil tool for the cub

[@stephenheyes4324]

Neat little combination Ethan

[@tonyjones9715]

Glad you got some rain.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Thanks

[@oldiron4135]

I have I believe what they call a Cub Klipper on my Cub. Only thing I changed was the fast hitch single point, as my Cub doesnt have the fast hitch, but a manual lift. Just unbolted it and made a hinge style bracket so it lifts and pivots. Handy little mowers.

[@FarmallFanatic]

Love my F42 👌...the cool factor is off the meter

[@kellyboyslawncarellc3555]

We have a 50 Cub with the C42 belly mower and absolutely love using it for trails and such.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

They are handy.

[@WilliamWebb-i4f]

That’s a good feeling to get a rain to wash fertilizer in

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Yep

[@Rebelgamer-1111]

I don't have a Oliver sickle bar but I got a hydraulic lift on a old deere 7ft I think will work, I'll give you it if you can come get it from Southern Indiana

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

There is Nothing on a Deere mower that’s going to come anywhere close to fitting an Oliver.

[@Rebelgamer-1111]

@@Oliver66FarmBoy I was just talkin about the hydraulic cylinder

[@ericmartinson7205]

Wow that's a nice mower! As a matter of fact I was at an auction yesterday and one of those mowers were there and sold for $60 I have a 47 cub and 2 154 lol boys, sadly none have the fast hitch though. Shoulda bought it anyway.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Yea that’s basically free compared to what they are worth.

[@johnstanley1689]

Wish we got some of that rain. Everything moves past us, and we haven't had a drop of rain in a while!

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

It will work out.

[@dieslereed9922]

I got my first stitches on one with belly as a youngster

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Back when safety was second to function.

[@MostlyInteresting]

I didn't bother with hunting up a mower for the Cub. So hard to come by. As you pointed out you are power limited, mean the best setup is like 15 hp. I put a hitch on my DR brush mower and tow that. On rough ground it beats the hell out of walking behind it. 16 hp Kawasaki. So I can putt in first gear if its heavy weeds and small trees and it will bash is all up. I also tow it with the ATV now and then. Making do with what ya got is the name of the game.

[@teebugg66]

Very cool!

[@johnkissack5295]

Thanks for your he video. I have never seen a mower for that size tractor it does a real good job. Maybe the 2 on the model number on mower is for 2 point hitch?

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

It’s a 1 point hitch.

[@dehavenfamilyfarm]

That is a neat little mower! I finally bought a Cub last Fall, but it doesn't have a fast hitch.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

That’s unfortunate. They are a lot handier with one.

[@Hillbillysniper]

A one way on the pto helps alot with the single clutch tractors

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

The mower has an overrunning clutch built into it….

[@scottm-rw1og]

Great video

[@half-breed]

I have a danco c2 fast hitch mower on my 65 cub. Im sure you will be mowing in 2nd gear soon

[@tearav3]

@Oliver66FarmBoy what ever happened to the rotovater vid? We call em rototiller lol I have a rototiller I found for my 130, come to think I wonder if it matter what way it spins? Being that cubs spin backwards on pto this one is missing part that matches up to the pto shaft so I havn't used it yet I guess it's possible it could be for cub

[@dylanhockaday9878]

I’ve gat the newer fast hitch woods rm 42 mower for the cub can’t wight to see a video on the rotator and any luck on finding a sives for the 525 for weat

[@loganbeedy5950]

My grandpa had the belly mount one on his cub, he said it couldnt cut through more then small brush or a lawn because his cub didn’t have the balls to keep it spun up in heavy brush

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

That’s about right. They are more of a lawn mower than a brush hog.

[@lawrencekiel-sr2772]

Ethan, today is June 29th. How is the fire smoke impacting your crops? We had heavy smoke 3-4 weeks ago, and orchards in my SJ area had leaf and blossom damage. Had some effect on vine vegetables, too.

[@lawrencekiel-sr2772]

As a side note, over the past 10+ years, I've seen more round balers on fire or burned-out with the tractor in the hay fields. Is it bearings, hydraulic leaks, or belts. They all looked like newer equipment every time. Does anyone have thoughts on the problem? Always (red) color baler/ tractor.

[@markgroth4380]

Most that I have seen have been bearing failure on the rollers.

[@farmall51]

That's a rare Bird for sure

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Yep

[@robertburey4704]

Did Woods make other implements for IH cub?

[@johnalexander8589]

Now that’s a tractor

[@MostlyInteresting]

Cold natured... You have not met my ex.... LOLs

[@snowboardz12]

that is too cool

[@duanebolen543]

You got quite a mud hole there by your shop or your machine shed

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

I never noticed…

[@DonWelter]

Nifty little outfit to let the Cub earn it's keep mowing odd corners.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Yep

[@infiniterecycler]

I have one, but not really a fan. Made for the Cub, but just not quite enough power in the Cub. At least for the stuff I’d like to point it at. They’re not all that rare, just not many owners use them

[@davidthayer5754]

U u up

[@natevanlandingham1945]

Pretty much anything to do with the cub and implements is rare on KZbin. And very few people showing anything to do with them like setting up or anything like that.

[@natevanlandingham1945]

That tach on the cub and the Rotovator your talking about is rare too.

[@dankreoger611]

Farmall Fanatic has 3 cubs with some mowers

[@natevanlandingham1945]

@@dankreoger611 belly mowers are pretty common and what he is talking about as what you normally see. As far as other cubs on KZbin sure there are some, mowers yes, but of all the millions of videos on all kinds of stuff for as many cubs to have been made as there is there really not all that many videos on them on KZbin.

[@forestlawrencegrading9154]

I used to mow my yard with a 5-foot Woods 3 blade finish mower on the belly of a cub it was all she could do🚜⛽️🇺🇸

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Yea you learn fast not to let the grass get to tall with that setup.

[@TeresaJohnson-ew4us]

You sell me the 1957 cub with fast hitch mower and the Howard tiller with despeeder and extentions for fast hitch

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

You no good English.

[@TeresaJohnson-ew4us]

@Oliver66FarmBoy ?? What you mean

[@TeresaJohnson-ew4us]

@Oliver66FarmBoy can I make offer for it all ???

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

$1.5 million.

[@TeresaJohnson-ew4us]

@Oliver66FarmBoy i was going to make a cash offer or maybe trade a few oliver/massey ferguson tractors I have for it

[@woodhonky3890]

Corn will stand back up if it's not broken.

[@NCOliverfarm]

Aint gonna lie....its weird seein you on a red machine.

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Only racists drive one color.

[@coloyikes]

11 minutes to get to what I tuned in for What the hell i wrong with you

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

There’s a scroll button for a reason dipshit. Either learn to use it. Or don’t watch at all. Either option leaves you with nothing to bitch about. But I’m guessing you like to bitch just to hear yourself bitch anyhow so the question really is what the hell is wrong with you?

[@coloyikes]

well perhaps the adds sponsoring you are from companies that might be interested in my opinion .. @@Oliver66FarmBoy

[@tca375]

Pretty neat little mower.

[@michaelsheeder148]

Ethan hopefully that mower will keep some of the yard from getting overgrown. Thanks Michael

[@Oliver66FarmBoy]

Yep

[@Jamesen-262]

What state is this in

[@BearCat459]

Hey not sure if you know but the seat pedestal has 2 positions. Unsure if you are tall enough to need the rear position but I figure I would let you know.

[@jeremiahshine]

Cool! I've been hunting for a cub for a new homestead. Fellow Boilermaker here. '88-94.

[@jeremiahshine]

Oh yeah! "My Little Homestead" did a video where they top-dressed a mud lake they treaded through with dry Porland and tilled it in. It might keep some socks dry from the puddle by the shed.