[bolivier]

It all started probably 6 years ago for me. I was renting a house and my neighbor (2 doors down) had an 1862, or similar machine. Haven't been there in a while and looked at it, but it was a cyclops with hydraulics. It had the 54" gt deck I think and also had the cat 0 3 point. I was born in the city and have never lived in the "country," but after I saw his cub and got to use it I was hooked. Fast forward about 4 years and I bought my first cub, a '64 100. Been downhill ever since, or uphill. Depends on how you look at it.
I do have respect for other brand machines because many of them have the same or even better features than cubs. If I ever bought another brand machine it would probably be to flip. I can't really put my thumb on why, but cubs are just cool. Plain and simple.