7 Acres...Which mower?..Cub or Deere?

[Grass ala Mowed]

Big box versus a dealer. Not exactly the same thing, but I bought my new walk behind mower from a dealer. I have a high degree of mechanical ability and usually assemble things myself, but this was a treat. The dealer took my old mower in trade, for nearly 3 times what I thought, and loaded a fully assembled mower freshly filled with oil and gas into my truck. I started it in the lot, in front of my knowledgable salesman, to make sure it worked and I was doing it right. No disposing of my old mower, no assembling, no disposing of the box and packing materials, a knowledgable person showing me the controls; try getting any or all of that at the big box. A tractor/mower has more parts ...

 

[mullins87]

It's a shame you're not closer to Western Ky as a Cub dealer not 20 miles from me has leftover 2011 model 23hp with a 54" deck for $3995. The dealer didn't list the model number, but he said it is a shaft drive model with only 14 hours on it, and the MSRP on it is $7000.

 

[RobertBrown]

It's a shame you're not closer to Western Ky as a Cub dealer not 20 miles from me has leftover 2011 model 23hp with a 54" deck for $3995. The dealer didn't list the model number, but he said it is a shaft drive model with only 14 hours on it, and the MSRP on it is $7000.

7K
Really?
Ummm 7 thousand U.S. will get you a lot of tractor.
MSRP is only there to make the actual price look cheap. Nobody pays MSRP.... ever!

 

[snapsstorer]

I found that my cub 382 with a 32 inch deck works great onthe 2.5 acres i have out front. it may be old but i havent got stuck on the mole hills i have out there. I tried my JD 116 out there and it continueously got hung up on those pesky mole hills.

 

[benski]

I'd advise getting the largest, heaviest built machine that you can afford. You'll be spending a LOT of time on it mowing that much area, and you don't need to have it break down in the height of growing season. If you've got a JD dealer nearby, go with them; if you've got a CC dealer nearby, go with them, but by all means stay clear of the box store variants from both manufacturers.

 

[mullins87]

7K
Really?
Ummm 7 thousand U.S. will get you a lot of tractor.
MSRP is only there to make the actual price look cheap. Nobody pays MSRP.... ever!

I agree, MSRP means nothing. And, $7k will get you a lot of mower. The dealer had a picture of the tractor in the ad, but I couldn't make out the model number....you would think he would have listed that!! I'm not up on my Cub models, but in the picture I could tell the rear wheels used either 5 or 6 lugs/studs and the deck appeared to have a solid rear roller that went all the way across.

 

[mullins87]

I just went to CC website. It looks like the dealer was advertising a GTX2100 with the fabricated 54" deck. The site listed the MSRP of the tractor alone at $4,400. After doing the math, I'm starting to throw the BS flag on that dealer. If the MSRP of that tractor and deck IS $7,000, that means the deck must list for $2,600!!!