CaseIH Garden Tractors

[bwittman]

I have never posted in here before. this is just a little rant for the day. I have been thinking about this for awhile.

I think it is high time that CaseIH get back into the lawn and garden care business. They made the best there was, and then sold it to MTD. I'll let everyone draw their conclusions. I am grateful that MTD still supports the older IH built Cub Cadets with a lot of parts and easy availability.

That other grass coloured tractor, that is only trimmed in yellow, builds, for the most part, a very nice product. Whether they are build in-house, or subcontracted to their specs, it is a nice, popular and, once again for the most part, a well crafted machine with a lot of accessories.

I think CNH needs to buy out Cub Cadet from MTD, or contract with them to build us a tractor line that is superior to those from 1960-1981; or develop a tractor that will out perform anything on the market, and price it accordingly. Then, they need to get with the accessory companies, such as Agra-Fab, Berco, Ohio Steel Products, Fimco, and others, to build genuine accessories that last with the tractor. Loaders, tillers and mowers need to build in house.

I doubt this will happen, but I just had to say this.

 

[mhomrighausen]

Brian W. I agree that it would be great for CASEIH to buy back the Cub Cadet product line and name. It would take time and advertising more than MTD does to bring back the lineup to where it used to be. The sad part is too many urbanites see the green and yellow as a top of the line product even though in reality they aren't any better or worse than the Cub Cadet lineup. I know they do offer one sweet looking 4x4 Cub Cadet diesel that if I had the funds, space and area to justify it that I sure wouldn't mind having one of those.

 

[hydroharry]

Brian - I hear ya, but I never heard of MTD ever selling off any of the brand name lines. All they seem to do is buy them. Last I heard MTD makes/sells over 80% of the lawn/garden/outdoor power equipment in this country. I doubt they would want to sell off one of their name brand lines to have it end up competing against them.

 

[thoffman]

If you go to the "Big Box" store and look at the under side of all the junk lawn tractor they all look pretty much the same....MTD "same".

 

[rkelm]

I used a 1000's series my mother-in-law bought a few years ago and that thing makes me feel embarassed it has cub cadet on the side. Can't mow in reverse, light, does ok for mowing but anything else would be futile. I'll take my older cub cadets and mow circles around this MTD. I had a Murray once (funds were tight and needed something for the time being) the 1000's reminded me of that thing.