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Originally Posted by Yosemite Sam
I'm not going to get into the Cyclops/IH built tractor debate primarilly because the original poster was asking about the difference between a 129 and a NEW grass cutter.
I feel quite confeident that if you spend 6,7,8K on a new Cub Cadet you will be very happy with it and it will give you years and years of faithful service.
However if you are thinking of spending $2500.00 or less on a new grass cutting machine you will get just that (a grass cutting machine that will last you for a few years) and then you can throw it away (where ever away is) and go buy another and start the cycle again.
OR you can take $2000.00 or less and restore your 129 to better than factory new, and use it for the next 40+ years, then your kids and grandkids can argue over who gets Dad's antique garden tractor.
To me, this is a no brainer.
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Truer words have seldom been spoken. I have never purchased a "new" lawn tractor/riding mower. Have had the same Cub 108 for over 35 years. My neighbors are on their fourth or fifth lawn mower. I've still got the Cub. When my neighbor needed to borrow my 108 to finish cutting his lawn because his Craftsman mower had broken a deck mount, he commented on how nice it handled, operated and cut. And that was before I restored it this past winter. It's good as new now, and will last longer than me.