Cub Cadet styles
 

I have to ask, what engineer thought a aerodynamic cub cadet garden tractor was a good idea? Im sorry if you happen to like them if thats your thing, but I like old school when they were boxy. The cyclops are still cool but anything more then that is ugly. IMHO what do you think?

No different than when IHC hired Raymond Loewy for the letter series.

The letter series what is that?

A, B, C, H, M tractors (from 1939 to 1955).

Thanks for the info, That shows my knowledge of cub cadets I didnt know there was such a thing.

These are International Harvester tractors...CC's parent company until they sold it to MTD.

I agree, a tractor should look like a tractor. Aerodynamics is hardly a concern when plowing, and certainly not when mowing. As for the letter series, there's a difference between styling and aerodynamics. All those gorgeous 1950's cars were styled but certainly not aerodynamic. The letter series Farmalls were no different, styled but not aerodynamic.

So a 782 or a cyclops is styled, but not aerodynamic? Where's the line here -- I haven't done CFD on them. :bigthink:

But it is fairly important to move air to cool them :beerchug:

Since it has sheetmetal all around it falls into "Styled" but I don't think anyone would call that wide, flat, forward leaning grill "Aerodynamic". :)

Aerodynamic should be easy to spot, usually everything is rounded and the overall shape, generally, is that of a teardrop.

This is obviously more aerodynamic over this:


But I know which one my ass is going to be attached to.. The newer units were being modernized to be more car like. I want a garden tractor to look like a tractor, hence why my fleet is 30 plus years old. The driveline and chassis durability is a side bonus with the vintage stuff.