IronPony Posted July 27, 2008 Posted July 27, 2008 I was at my local L&M farm store yesterday and saw a Cub Cadet that was new and was a horizontal drive shaft design! It was a nice tractor. It was the GT XXXX model. They wanted $3299 for it with a deck. They also just picked up the Simplicity dealer contract. Sales/mechanic said he thought the Simplicity tractors were over priced compared with the Cub Cadets. As I looked at the two makes I tended to agree with himsm02 I feel guiltyXX( Dan aka IronPony
Chris727 Posted July 27, 2008 Posted July 27, 2008 I feel guilty responding but I have read about the cubs, and think those ones with the cast-iron trans are about the best buy in new mowers. My uncle has one, he likes it but said the transmission casing was made in china:(
andrewk Posted July 27, 2008 Posted July 27, 2008 quote:Originally posted by IronPony I was at my local L&M farm store yesterday and saw a Cub Cadet that was new and was a horizontal drive shaft design! It was a nice tractor. It was the GT XXXX model. They wanted $3299 for it with a deck. They also just picked up the Simplicity dealer contract. Sales/mechanic said he thought the Simplicity tractors were over priced compared with the Cub Cadets. As I looked at the two makes I tended to agree with himsm02 I feel guiltyXX( Dan aka IronPony IMO, the new Cubs are just MTD junk unless you get the big zero turn. The new Simplicities may not be as iron-clad as the tractors of old, but they are still exponentially better than anything MTD has ever built, IMO. That salesman/mechanic probably hasnt had the privilege of working on many tractors with a lot of hours on them. Given the choice between working on a 4 year old Cub cadet over a 4 year old Simplicity, Id take the Simplicity every time.
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