What would you do?

ricks · #1 10-21-2011, 08:58 AM

what would you do if you absolutely had to sell off your collection of cub cadets? i'm not talking one or two, but all of them, including your parts stock. from the freshly painted fenders right down to the most rusty worthless part that you will never use. all the time you spend in the shop, the hours you spend squinting at the computer screen late at night searching for an answer, scouring the ads for that one part you need to get your cub going again. hiding that next project from your spouse, or taking the one away that you just spent two years rebuilding for her. what would you do? i'm sure as you read this you'll say, "that will never happen to me", or "i won't ever have to worry about that". but, it's never too late to take a reality check. because it's possible that this can happen to any one of us. pretty hard to swallow , isn't it? i can see the dedication in everyone i've met on this site. from the young enthusiasts, to the retired machinists. all having one major component in common. one goal.
i hope i haven't hurt anyones feelings, or put a damper on your day. that wasn't my intention. sometimes you have to vent. and i've never seen anyone do that here. as far away as we live from each other we seem to have created a mutual bond, all because of our cubs. so who better to ask?
what would you do if you absolutely had to give up your cubs?

CADplans · #2 10-21-2011, 09:43 AM

As they said on Saturday Night Live many years ago:

It sounds like you have had too many "Doggy Downers"!

You need some "Puppy Uppers"!!

The Cubs are our "Puppy Uppers" and they are legal.

I ain't gonna think "Glass half empty", bad for the health!!

Methos · #3 10-21-2011, 10:41 AM

It's easier to sell it as one large collection, maybe not the fastest way to sell it. To get more money out of it you pull options off tractors and sell those seprate from the tractors. Always sell the tractors as runners or you'll get beat up on price. Unless your going to totally part the thing out and get the money but that also takes longer and more hands on.

I would hope my wife (who isn't a huge cub fan) would ever want me to sell everything off. I've put a limit of 4 tractors on myself. That's all that I can store in my garage and all of them need to have a use for them. I could very easily go nuts and end up like Cub Crazy! Its in my personality!

ACecil · #4 10-21-2011, 12:20 PM

I don't know, what I would do, if I had to sell my cubs! I'd be pretty sad.

cubcadet100 · #5 10-21-2011, 01:40 PM

I dont know what i would do, probably go crazy. I had to sell one of the first cubs i ever had a 1450 that i fixed up and put alot of time and money into to pay some bills, it just killed me to do it but it had to be done. I was really bummed out for a few days but i sold it to someone on the forum and it went to a good home and theres always another out there waiting to be rescued. The one ill go to my grave with is the 100, its my first cub and it always get first dibs on any new parts i get if they will fit her. If i absolutley had to get rid of all of them i would start looking for another as soon as they all left

jbollis · #6 10-21-2011, 02:29 PM

I would go buy a Kubota.

Sugarmaker · #7 10-21-2011, 02:50 PM

Well, At this time I still have to mow some grass so I would need something, Guess I could push mow a portion. I have liquidated several of the past hobbies over the years.
Horses: I had as many as 5 at one time with saddles, harness, buggy and sleigh that I restored, all are gone.
Antique car: 1955 Ford Crown Vic, gone to pay some bills and keep the roof over us. I put a lot of time and money and sweat into that car too.
I have been making maple syrup for about 50 years and as a hobby business for the last 10. I have invested lots of time and money in that operation, I would hate to see it gone but would survive.
The cubs are my newest addiction, We have done restoration work on two just to keep them running and able to do work. The one I am working on now is a great project that fits the scale of my work areas.
I would buy a larger farm tractor like a 53 Ford Jubilee and start on a restoration project.
I would not set on the couch and watch NASCAR reruns

Regards,
Chris

truckntran · #8 10-21-2011, 10:01 PM

It is tough. I have moved from Upstate NY to central Texas..and still have the place in NY. I go up there occasionally and it is a heartbreaker....the NY weather is tough on the old iron, whether it is my old jeeps or the cubs or the Simplicity collection I saved from a scrapper. I have tried to sell while I am up there but very few pieces have left....Most of what has been sold has gone for 30 percent of what it might sell for if I could prep it and hang on to it until the right guy shows. Moving the collection is way to expensive for my income level....so....it sits there until the next trip.

Funny thing on the jeeps I even offered one of them free to several jeep guys and nobody wanted it.

As far as selling the whole collection at once...In my experience most buyers want to cherry pick and leave with one item or maybe two. Local auctions of similar collections sold for scrap price or less.

So...in my opinion, consider what you have spent on your cubs as already spent entertainment money not to be returned ....cubs are NOT an investment. Especially if you need to liquidate quickly. With scrap metal prices up, it is no wonder you see cubs being sold to (and occasionally from) junk yards.

Bummer, ain't it? I guess it could be worse, we coulda spent all our money on beer.

or worse things.