Lowboy vs cub cadet 125

[C&O2-10-4]

If it were me I would forget the Cub Lo Boy and buy a regular Farmall Cub. Some may argue with me, but for the little money it costs to buy one it will sure do a lot of things for you. And: there are many, many great implements at fair prices.
My CUB has a (Fast Hitch) and I use a fast hitch plow, disc, platform carrier, and planter, all of which I used this year to plant corn. NO: it's not a high horsepower tractor, but if you understand it's limitations it will serve you very well.
A Lo Boy was designed mainly for mowing and yes it will do other things, but not to the extent of a regular Farmall CUB.
Loads of parts available at good prices; they built 225,000 of them.
Your choice.

C&O2-10-4

[sorner]

Not seeing either part of the deal in person, on it's face a 125 for loboy trade even up, if you want a loboy, seems like a pretty good deal. I have two cubs, I would probably trade one for a loboy if the opportunity presented itself. Around here they can't be touched for less than $1500 unless they need a lot of work. I've flirted with the idea of getting one, but am too cheap to pay anything close to that. I would only gain 5" of cutting with a 59" deck over my 1864, and have a bigger "thing" to store somewhere.

[johncub7172]

Originally Posted by sorner

Not seeing either part of the deal in person, on it's face a 125 for loboy trade even up, if you want a loboy, seems like a pretty good deal. I have two cubs, I would probably trade one for a loboy if the opportunity presented itself. Around here they can't be touched for less than $1500 unless they need a lot of work. I've flirted with the idea of getting one, but am too cheap to pay anything close to that. I would only gain 5" of cutting with a 59" deck over my 1864, and have a bigger "thing" to store somewhere.

That's more of what I was trying to say too!

[jimbob200521]

Different machines for different tasks. A Cub Cadet is great around a smaller yard and can pull most of what 99% of people will need. That being said, I grew up on a small old farm with several of both Cubs and Lo-Boys (ol' man had thing for them, I guess). There are things they can do that a Cub Cadet can't (or rather you SHOULDN'T do with them ) but you have to need that ability for them to be worthwhile. We had 5 acres around the house of both nice green grass and rough fields that had brush that needed cut. I love my CC's, there isn't much I'd trade my Super for, but if I had to mow now what I did back then on a regular basis, I'd have something bigger along the lines of Cub or Lo-Boy size. Not as maneuverable, more maintenance, more to go wrong, etc but some of the stuff we cut I wouldn't want to put under my CC. We had a Woods belly mount brush cutter on a Cub to get over stuff and knock the heavy work down then a 3 blade finish mower on the Lo-Boy for a nicer finish around the house and such (we also had another Cub with a belly mount blade, another Cub with a front mount blade, another restored show Cub, etc ). They could also pull (pull safier) the ol' grain wagon we had around, the ol' horse drawn but converted to hitch style hay rake we had, move around the rusty ol' 12' disc, etc. Just a heavier built machine for tasks requiring more grunt.

Get what you need and be happy with it. I'd like to have a Cub or Lo-Boy (or any larger machine) where I'm at now but it'd be excessive overkill for what I regularly do. But hey, to each his own. If I could easily afford one machine, I'd have a nice New Holland subcompact with a belly finish mower, loader, and a few other small attachments (and a cab, then I could use it in the winter!). I could still fit it in my garage and it'd be small enough to get around what I need to but big enough to do some of the heavier work I'd like to do but I'm getting off topic now