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Originally Posted by Methos
From learning from others on OCC if Iwas to get a new cub I would skip the 1000 line up and get a 2000 or 3000 if budget allowed it. I wouldn't buy anything from a box store Cub or JD. Go to your local dealer and support them.If you wanted a garden I would suggest getting one of the older cubs that can handle the test of time. They were built to last and our help we could help you thru any problems you will have. |
Methos - Thanks for the inputs! Since I asked for help, just wanted you to know I did follow up on your advice. Buying from a dealer was always a given. The one I will probably buy from has been selling Cub Cadets for over 30 years, a company clearly a fan of the brand. Turns out a new 2000 bottom of the line is about $1,600 more than the 1046KW I have been looking at. And, it does not come with the mower deck, so I am figuring $2,000 more when it is all said and done. A bit more than double. Checking out online reviews of the 2000s, believe it or not percentage wise there seem to be more negative comments. While there are less total comments, not as many people putting down $4,000 for a mower tractor than a $2,000 one, I guess you expect a tractor at the $4,000 price point to work, and you feel a need to vent if it doesn't. Spoke to the dealer again, and what it comes down to is you either trust that MTD is producing quality tractors as this is their top of the line product brand, that the dealer will set it up right, a good maintenance program will be put in place and the dealer will make it right if you have a problem, or you go buy some other tractor. Think I am at that trust point, time will tell if it is misplaced. Again, thanks for the inputs!