Posted by mkirsch on November 14, 2008 at 21:54:30 from (64.80.108.52):
In Reply to: CUB vs BN posted by 686142 on November 14, 2008 at 06:53:53:
Now here's one bit that nobody's even touched on yet: Implement Availability.
Unless you get the implement you want WITH the BN, you're not likely to find it. While the tractor does have a standard PTO, most implements were still proprietary to the BN, and nearly all of those implements have gone to the scrappers in the last 60 years.
You can still get a Woods 60" deck to mount on it, but it will cost many times what you paid for the tractor to purchase new. I've seen a few Bs with mower decks, and a handfull of B/BN mower decks with mounting hardware for sale, but not many.
There's a whole dedicated market for Cub implements and attachments, on the other hand, and many more Cubs on the market compared to BNs. I'd estimate about 50% of Cubs come with some form of mower attachment, and Cub mowers come up for sale frequently.
Another advantage to the Cub is the hydraulic lift. Most Cubs have it, and those that don't can have it added easily enough. With a BN, unless you luck out and find one that has had a Super A or Super C engine installed, you need to cobble up an old power steering pump driven off the fan belt to get pressure. Then you need to obtain a valve, reservoir, cylinder, and hoses, and fabricate a lift mechanism. Otherwise, you use the "armstrong" lift, if you can find one. Also available, but rare, are pneumatic lifts for the BN, but they kinda slam the equipment to the ground, and are very slow to lift.
If you can find a BN equipped the way you want, then by all means go for it over the Cub. But, if your desire is to take a bare tractor and buy the implements for it, the Cub is the better choice.
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