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Cub's were fantastic now they are junk

I have to agree with that, kind of. Cubs are NOWHERE near what they were when they were built by the International Harvester company. Whether or not they are junk is kind of subjective. People with a small lawn like I now have can get years of use out of an MTD made Cub. One thing you can NOT do with an MTD Cub is just run it without performing regular maintenance. There are way too many parts and pieces that wear quickly on them. One of the worst things on any MTD made tractor is the deck hangers. They are kind of cheaply made, thin strips of metal that will wallow out no matter how careful you are. When I was running Cubs a few years back, I had to replace the hangers on every one of them at least once.