Creeper

Daniel1962 · #1 03-14-2015, 07:09 PM

I was just curious about the creeper trans, They look pretty basic in mounting.
How popular were these back in the early 60's?

I'm assuming they lowered your final drive gear extremely low,
maybe for plowing or ??

Just thinking

Dave

gt383mag · #2 03-14-2015, 07:13 PM

nope they are for "creeping" as the name implies im pretty sure you dont use them for hard pulling just for tiller and such. dont think they were designed for loads of torque or torque multiplication just for slow traveling. im sure others will say im right or absolutely wrong but i think im correct... at least partly

Alvy · #3 03-14-2015, 08:03 PM

Snow throwing/blowing, tilling, and in my case very slow leaf picker upping. Oh and was stated in another thread, sickle bar mowing. A lot of ings being done with a creeper!

Yosemite Sam · #4 03-14-2015, 08:47 PM

The guys are exactly right, the creeper gear was designed to slow the ground speed for tilling, throwing snow and other slow speed applications.

There are those who will disagree, but I would not have a creeper installed on a tractor that I used for heavy pulling, including pulling a plow whether the creeper was engaged or not.

For clarity, I don't know that pulling a plow with a creeper installed on a tractor (disengaged) would actually brake a creeper, but for what they cost to replace, it's not a chance that I would be willing to take. The creeper is actually the weak link in the drive train.

NOW, if I only owned one Cub Cadet and needed it for many chores and any of those chores included needing a creeper... well sometimes you just have to make hard choices.

gt383mag · #5 03-14-2015, 09:03 PM

i actually did some pulling with a 122 with a creeper and had no troubles with it but MWSC kinda thought i was smokin crack when they found out it was still in my tractor. i only pulled on asphalt with turfs with creeper disengaged and mine held up

Shrewcub · #6 03-14-2015, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Yosemite Sam

The guys are exactly right, the creeper gear was designed to slow the ground speed for tilling, throwing snow and other slow speed applications.

There are those who will disagree, but I would not have a creeper installed on a tractor that I used for heavy pulling, including pulling a plow whether the creeper was engaged or not.

For clarity, I don't know that pulling a plow with a creeper installed on a tractor (disengaged) would actually brake a creeper, but for what they cost to replace, it's not a chance that I would be willing to take. The creeper is actually the weak link in the drive train.

NOW, if I only owned one Cub Cadet and needed it for many chores and any of those chores included needing a creeper... well sometimes you just have to make hard choices.

Very well put, YS!

$200 for a creeper if ya did break it, may be less than a 2nd tractor, depending where you live. I see a reason to have multiple Cubs!