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Originally Posted by ironman
That's a rather unfair statement considering it's decades newer and toting a hefty MSRP of $5100 USD and up.
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The Sovereign tractor was Made for 30 plus years so it a very fair statement.
I wasn't just talking about the features the 18H had; the only extra feature it got was hydraulic power steering in the 1990s. Like Cub, they did focus on the electric actuator in the early 70s, dropping hydraulic lift for a little while. But the Sovereign outside of Lift and Steering. The Sovereign never changed; underneath, the basic tractor stayed the same for those 30-plus years.
The downside of Cub from 1961 through 1997 was only being able to use either a rear attachment or a front attachment, meaning you couldn't use both at the same time. With Deere, Simplicity, and many other brands, you could have a front mounted attachment and use a rear attachment as well.
About the only way you could do that with Cub was if you had a PTO pump loader. You could use the rear IH 3-point or industry standard Cat 0 3-point hitch. In a lot of ways, that has always limited the Cubs versatility. Until the MTD-made Cub Cadet 3000 series came out.