[SCPalmetto]

Originally Posted by john hall

You guys need to get a grip, dime store mowers still running after 40 years, yeah 1 in a million maybe. THE ONLY reason IH and Deere sold those things was to compete with the crap Sears, lumber yards, furniture stores, Western auto, etc sold. NO way on God's green earth Can you compare a RER to a full sized Cadet. I used to hang out with my dad on Saturdays at the IH dealer he worked for. I drove basically everything Cadet made out on the yard to put on display (everything was brought inside at night). Even back in the late 70's I could tell the quality was not very good (of course I was growing up on real farm equipment and knew what quality was). I listened routinely to the sales pitches for the new machines. Basically the customer had it explained to them there were 2 classes of machine, light duty stuff and heavy duty. Both were backed by a full service and parts department--nationwide in most any decent sized town. However, it was pointed out that only the full sized machines would handle severe work and that the only REAL competition to a Cadet was Deere--a good product backed by a huge network of dealers is why those 2 owned the market.


Funny I tried to show some encouragement on a rebuild and you RER guys want to talk trash. A lot could be read into that I suppose.

Gee, I just bought the iH Cadet 60 because it looked like it would be fun to restore and maybe even use! I thought this forum might be a good place to get some advice on what is a fairly rare piece of equipment. Seems I was wrong. Maybe I need to get on back to my Bolens forum where folks are a tad bit friendlier.

Oh, I grew up driving REAL IH tractors in Iowa in the '50's. The F-20 and H were my favorites. The only Cubs in those days were Cubs. But I still like Cub Cadets - shoot, they're made by IH too, right?