Cub trencher

[John Hall]

I genereally view Cubs as something between light duty home-owner machines and real farm equipment. I saw one on Craigslist today that was set-up with a trencher on the back and a blade on the front. Now I may have to consider them light industrial machines! It looks very heavily built and would probably turn some heads at a show. I wonder how the trencher is powered, by an external hydraulic pump? The machine also has a creeper drive attachment.

[Charlie V]

Strange you should mention a Cub trencher, John. I saw one last month at the tractor parade I went to. The construction yellow paint was somewhat faded on the tractor. I guess we could say it was in it's work clothes. The one I saw had a dirt blade on the front, rather than a bucket. The back unit looked similar to a ditch witch. I am remembering probably four or five feet long on the ditcher. Sadly, I just walked past the machine without paying much attention. I only noticed it because it was an unusual item. I looked through my pictures and I only caught bits and pieces of the machine in about three shots. It is safe to conclude that there are at least two of them.

Charlie V.

[Merton]

Here's a photo I have saved of a cub trencher. I found this one at the Farmall Cub site. I own a 1948 Farmall Cub and I'm always interested in the many attachments that were developed for them.