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[bertsmobile1]

Cub used to be mainly commercial and made excellent mowers that you could just not kill.
They were made by International tractor as if they were tractors.
When Inter got gobbled up a while back, Cub ws set adrift , went full on domestic and then found out that domestic customers could not recognise a quality mower if they fell over it.
Under MTD they have now found their way and it looks like MTD is again pointing them commercial.

I have a lot of Cubs in my run most a 2000 series so are very old.
The only problems they have as a brand is poor cooling when used for hours continuously .
All of them are on farms, all do big acres of very rough ground.
Now what was is not a guarantee of what will be but if MTD is trying to revive Cub as a full on commercial mower then they will be building them for longevity.

 

[Rivets]

If you are worried about toughness, then you will have to go with the Kubota. Rough terrain will kill the Husky and Cub in short order. Neither one will last until you have a proper lawn in.

 

[Boblibido]

If you are worried about toughness, then you will have to go with the Kubota. Rough terrain will kill the Husky and Cub in short order. Neither one will last until you have a proper lawn in.

And that is the part that worries me the most. A lot of it is smooth, but some parts still want to be a field.

I guess I have to get the box blade out but then the tractor wheels tear up everything else. Lol.

 

[bertsmobile1]

The landlord mows most of his 100 acres of pasture with two 2000 series cubs.
A this time of year it is all Tussock grass and the ground itself used to be horticulture so is drainage ditches every where.
I do a lot of the nastier bits with the up front slasher on my 8 Hp rover ( local OZ made ).
2000 series Cubs seem to be readily available on evilbay & Craigs list very cheap they go for $1000 to $ 2000 down here.
If it is sill available Rosey65 here has a Simplicity with an up front on it he is thinking of selling, exactly what you want.
There are some pictures of it on this thread http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/build-yourself/28928-home-made-heavy-weed-brush-cutter-3.html

 

[Boblibido]

Are the 2000 series cubs the equivalent of the xt2 series cubs that are new this year?

 

[Boblibido]

The landlord mows most of his 100 acres of pasture with two 2000 series cubs.
A this time of year it is all Tussock grass and the ground itself used to be horticulture so is drainage ditches every where.
I do a lot of the nastier bits with the up front slasher on my 8 Hp rover ( local OZ made ).
2000 series Cubs seem to be readily available on evilbay & Craigs list very cheap they go for $1000 to $ 2000 down here.
If it is sill available Rosey65 here has a Simplicity with an up front on it he is thinking of selling, exactly what you want.
There are some pictures of it on this thread http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/build-yourself/28928-home-made-heavy-weed-brush-cutter-3.html

Are the 2000 series cubs the same as the xt2 from this year?

 

[bertsmobile1]

We won't see the new model for a few seasons.
Generally they get released in the east, travel across to the west then the unsold get shoved on a boat and send down here.
We have no dedicated Cub dealers within 500 miles of my workshop so it might be a while before I can make comparisons.
The 2000 series was all very heavy gauge steel with a horizontal engine ( 3 x strength & quality of a vert engine ), shaft drive to the box & a long deck drive belt that dose a 90 deg bend to change directions.

 

[Boblibido]

We won't see the new model for a few seasons.
Generally they get released in the east, travel across to the west then the unsold get shoved on a boat and send down here.
We have no dedicated Cub dealers within 500 miles of my workshop so it might be a while before I can make comparisons.
The 2000 series was all very heavy gauge steel with a horizontal engine ( 3 x strength & quality of a vert engine ), shaft drive to the box & a long deck drive belt that dose a 90 deg bend to change directions.

That sounds very much like their xt3 series. They are however quite bump in price and do not come with a cutting deck.

 

[bertsmobile1]

Don't know.

The local Cub dealer closed down aparently in the late 90's which was before my time here.
Whoever has the wholesale MTD franchise down here is milking it for all it is worth and as such not much MTD sold any more and no Cubs
I see a few 100 series that have gotten up here on the 2nd hand market but nothing new. Mostly the old 2000 series that have been on sold by commercial lawn cutters as the shops do not do trade ins.
Most of the new machines are Huskys sold by a major mower chain ( who dropped MTD ), Deers sold by the dedicated JD dealers or Craftsmen/ McCullochs sold by the big box stores.
Commercials are mostly new Torros or old Deers & Danes .