New Tractor Price Increase??

[Bloodninja]

I was looking at buying a new tractor around the middle of last year, but never pulled the trigger and just kept my old tractor up enough to make it through the season. Now, I'm back in the market, but it appears that there has been a major increase in Cub Cadet MSRP prices.

Around July of 2013, the GTX2100 was listed at $4399 (with a sale price of $4099), but now it lists for $5399! I understand the sale price probably was available since it was over half way into the year at the time, but comparing MSRP prices, it's still a $1000 increase from 6 months ago.

Was there some improvements to the new model that warranted a 22% price hike? I looked at the specs and I don't see anything that was changed... and certainly if there was, Cub Cadet would have it all over the website.

[Sam Mac]

Deck sold separately, seriously? So your looking at spending $6400 +- for that? Just a FYI on some other forums I've seen complaints about the electric steering and the lift. Just my 2 cents but I would go find a nice GT or SGT, put a few bucks in it and have something that will out live the new one and leave you with $3000- $4000 to spend on something else.

[ACecil]

Originally Posted by Sam Mac

Deck sold separately, seriously? So your looking at spending $6400 +- for that? Just a FYI on some other forums I've seen complaints about the electric steering and the lift. Just my 2 cents but I would go find a nice GT or SGT, put a few bucks in it and have something that will out live the new one and leave you with $3000- $4000 to spend on something else.

Welcome to OCC! Well said, Sam!

[Cubcrazy]

Save your money and do what Sam said!
Welcome to OCC also!

[gsomersjr]

I think the deck is sold separately because you can choose from more than one size. I have a receipt from July 1974 for a 169. Tractor-1975, 50" mower deck-280, grand total 2255. I found under the hood of my 782 where the dealer used a marker to write the price-2895.

[Bloodninja]

Originally Posted by gsomersjr

I think the deck is sold separately because you can choose from more than one size.

Yes, that may be true; however, I also believe it was a slight marketing ploy to make the tractor appear less expensive. I know last year they didn't even list the prices of the decks on the website. This year, although they still don't show the price of the deck, they do list new model numbers that include certain decks.

[DoubleO7]

Originally Posted by gsomersjr

I think the deck is sold separately because you can choose from more than one size. I have a receipt from July 1974 for a 169. Tractor-1975, 50" mower deck-280, grand total 2255. I found under the hood of my 782 where the dealer used a marker to write the price-2895.

Minimum wage 1975 = $2.00/hr
Minimum wage 2013 = $7.25/hr

So that 1975 Model 169 took 1127.5 hours to buy it.
The 2013 GTX2100 could be bought for 565.5 hours.

[Bloodninja]

Originally Posted by Sam Mac

Deck sold separately, seriously? So your looking at spending $6400 +- for that? Just a FYI on some other forums I've seen complaints about the electric steering and the lift. Just my 2 cents but I would go find a nice GT or SGT, put a few bucks in it and have something that will out live the new one and leave you with $3000- $4000 to spend on something else.

Wow, not the response I expected from a Cub Cadet forum. LOL

. . . but I certainly will listen to all advise from people that are in the know.


In the defense of the new tractor prices, I have already been checking on actual sale prices and got responses as low as $5200 out the door -- that's a GTX2100 with the fabricated 48" deck. That particular deck apparently lists for $900 by itself. That's still pretty expensive -- but not as bad as the $6400 that you figured up.

[Cub Cadet 123]

Some dealers may still have last year's models available at a much lower price to make room for the newer ones. Last year's models would have the decks already with them and still be a new mower with the same warranty, etc. Also, be on the lookout for a cub cadet sitting in the outside, back of the store. You may stumble across one that was slightly damaged in shipping and get it for a much lower price. I saved $2000 on my commercial zero turn that way and all I had to pay for was the plastic shroud and manifold for $100. It still had the same warranty on it as a new one.

Cub Cadet 123

[Sam Mac]

Originally Posted by Bloodninja

Wow, not the response I expected from a Cub Cadet forum. LOL

. . . but I certainly will listen to all advise from people that are in the know.


In the defense of the new tractor prices, I have already been checking on actual sale prices and got responses as low as $5200 out the door -- that's a GTX2100 with the fabricated 48" deck. That particular deck apparently lists for $900 by itself. That's still pretty expensive -- but not as bad as the $6400 that you figured up.

I'm not telling not to buy it. After all it's your $$$. Just saying that I wouldn't. Let me put it this way. I have about $3000.00 in each of these and they both have 60" decks.

I see that your a new member so let me say welcome to OCC. Take your time and look around at who has what and what they like. Think you will find that most of us own stuff that is pre 1996.