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Old 06-28-2017, 05:48 PM
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What tranny you have on your XT1? If it's the crappy Tuff Torque K46 I hope your land is perfectly flat and it takes under one hour to mow your land because after that they start overheating and since they are none serviceable you need to drop the tranny to change the oil other wise you end up with a toasted tranny before 250hr.

There is a drill/drain plug solution available to avoid the dropping session, just Google K46 troubles shooting. Cub Cadet used to offer the Tuff torque K58 as a option on the XT1 who is a more reliable tranny but I don't know if they have the drain plug already there.

Sorry to blow your bubble.
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You started this thread asking what your old tractor is worth so I moved the thread to the "What's it worth" section. then you got into your new tractor, your new toy is a Cub lawn tractor so if you have questions about it they go in the "Cub Cadet Lawn Tractor (LT)" section. If you want to sell parts from your old tractor read the policies for the "For sale" section and list the parts in that section. Thank You.
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Actually i asked for a consensus of potential interest in parts so if it would be worth my time to strip it down as opposed to selling whole. The rest unfolded on account of general conversation and response to questions.
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Please,
do yourself a favor do not wash the deck out with water.
Blow it with air or scrape it with a putty knife, safely
We have nothing to gain by recommending keeping it dry, but the longevity of your deck.
Grass is acidic when wet,
and it heats as it breaks down accelerating the rusting, and corrosion of aluminum bearing housings.
Good luck with your new mower.
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Old 06-28-2017, 06:51 PM
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Actually i asked for a consensus of potential interest in parts so if it would be worth my time to strip it down as opposed to selling whole. The rest unfolded on account of general conversation and response to questions.
I think your best bet for selling it would be Craig's list as a complete running mower. $400 +-
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All advice appreciated gentlemen. And I do have it currently on craigslist for $400, so I'll see if there are any bites.
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I stayed with Cub Cadet, got an XT1 46". Love that it has a vtwin. Probably overkill on my plot (.28 acres) but I figured it's an investment that could pay off over time.

Got it from mowersdirect.com, because I had been reading the cheap ones you find at big box stores are built with cheaper/lower quality parts to be competitive with the cheap mowers available.
I'm sorry for your loss.


So..... exactly how do you suppose that buying from an online store got you a better machine? Here's a clue... they are all the same. Difference is, when you buy from a dealer, they will actually help you if you bought the tractor from them. If you didn't..... get in line and wait your turn. Then, be prepared to pay the bill the dealer hands you and file the warranty claim yourself. And you will likely have an issue..... Don't think we've had anyone on here yet who didn't.

Sorry man. I just can't be happy for you. You would have been money ahead to fix the old tractor. Far ahead.
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Well I guess we'll see. I don't imagine MTD could stay in business with so many defective units out there, and there are also many people who don't review the manual for maintenance, as it will be specific to the model and engine as opposed to adhering to advice that worked 50 years ago because their grandfather did it that way.

I don't need any psychological validation for my purchase, and if something happens, I know how to escalate an issue through customer service to the right authority. I've yet to ever be in a situation where my problem wasn't handled. But I think I'll put more faith in the engineers who designed these machines over the opining of a forum dweller, no offense intended.

Edit: the model number was slightly different between stores. That was the biggest red flag. I suppose you could try to make an argument for them still being the same though...
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Well I guess we'll see. I don't imagine MTD could stay in business with so many defective units out there, and there are also many people who don't review the manual for maintenance, as it will be specific to the model and engine as opposed to adhering to advice that worked 50 years ago because their grandfather did it that way.

I don't need any psychological validation for my purchase, and if something happens, I know how to escalate an issue through customer service to the right authority. I've yet to ever be in a situation where my problem wasn't handled. But I think I'll put more faith in the engineers who designed these machines over the opining of a forum dweller, no offense intended.

Edit: the model number was slightly different between stores. That was the biggest red flag. I suppose you could try to make an argument for them still being the same though...
People here aren't saying things are they way they are because there grand dad did it that way 50 years ago. It's not up for debate that certain newer machines are built with lower quality than they have been in the past, there is nothing to debate there. It's the nature of things. Lower series machines have lower series parts in them. Lower end, weaker trans, lower series engines, lighter frames, and are generally overall less serviceable. New cars are the same way; you used to be able to do just about anything on them with a set of wrenches and some common sense. I used to have a truck I could crawl inside the hood of to work on, there was that much space and ease of access. Now, you need a computer just to see what's going on with the car and I'll bet most things aren't as cheap (or easy) to fix. My friend has an XT1 and for mowing the yard, he loves it. But even he admits it's not built "like they used to be". And he, within 20 hours of the machine being new, has had engine problems. He took it to Cub Cadet, they sent the machine to a service center local to him, and they did a piss poor job of fixing it. I know that is the service centers fault, not Cub Cadets, but he's now stuck with it.

I'm not trying to knock you down or your purchase. They are good machines for what they are meant to do. But many, myself included, are willing to bet there won't be as many of them around in 30 years as there are the old Cubs. Part of that is build quality, part of that is how people maintain there machines now vs 30 years ago.

Long story short, maintain your machine, don't do stupid stuff with it, and I'm sure it'll service you just fine
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