What was the cost of a new cub?

[SharkyOhio]

Originally Posted by Bsmith

He still has the original bill of sale tucked away in his owners manual. It was right around $2600 with a 50" mower deck.

$2,600 in 1976 → $10,917.61 in 2014

[Cub Cadet 123]

Thanks Sharky for pointing out that the dollar value has changed over the years. I have heard of farmers getting a free cub with the purchase of a combine back in the day and no doubt the dealer made up some of the money for the tractor from the sell of the combine. I used to try to convince people of the value of how strong and solid these machines are, but it seemed to fall upon deaf ears as they opt for the box store brands, so anymore I don't waste my time. Just smile with a little grin and thinking all the while, "If you only knew." I think I saw that a cub 100 sold for about $635 in 1965....not for sure though.

Cub Cadet 123

[sawdustdad]

We paid $1500 in 1979 for a used 1973 108 with a 42 inch mower deck from the local IH dealer. It was a LOT of money at the time. I'm still using that same 108 weekly to cut grass. I can still remember seeing the "new" red cub cadet tractors in the showroom, but we couldn't afford any of them. Wife and I were only a couple years out of college and had just bought our first house and had an acre and a half of grass to cut...It's second from left in my sig pic below.

[64fleetside]

I also believe it's well worth it to buy an old Cub Cadet, say for $400, and then invest $1000 restoring it for a total of $1,400 total investment. That restored $1,400 tractor will be far superior to anything you can buy today for that price.

man I sure hope so......would make the wife somewhat easier to convince...

[olds45512]

its crazy to think how the value of money changed over the years, in 1952 you could buy a brand new ford 8n farm tractor for $1400 but come the 70s you couldnt even get a garden tractor for that.

[OldCubby]

Originally Posted by olds45512

its crazy to think how the value of money changed over the years, in 1952 you could buy a brand new ford 8n farm tractor for $1400 but come the 70s you couldnt even get a garden tractor for that.

I'm only 35 years old, but even at this age....looking back just 15 years ago and seeing how the price of gas has gone from .95cents a gallon (when I graduated high school in June of 98') to well over $3 a gallon just 6 months ago. I can relate to how the price of a garden tractor has gone up.....

But sadly, as the prices have gone up, the reliability has gone down.

[Mike McKown]

I remember pricing a new 108 Cub in I believe 1972. I think with the 42" mower the price was about $1400 (I still have the quote here somewhere). Anyway, I didn't think I could afford it so I passed and continued to use my little Wheel Horse.

About a year later, my cousin bought a house and it came complete with two garden tractors. A Sears and a one year old 108 Cub Cadet that looked like it was still brand new. He offered the Cub to me for $1000 and I jumped on it.

I also remember thinking there was quite a lot of difference in pricing between successively more expensive tractors. 108 to 128, 128 to 129, etc. Keeping in mind that back then $100 was a LOT of money.

[dbuck]

I must have got one he77 of a deal, when I bought my 149 several years ago. For 725$, it came with a snow blade. tiller, snow blower and deck. Also 26 lb wheel weights and chains. This was from a CC dealer. I always wondered what cost in 1975 would have been, with all these attachments?

[DoubleO7]

Not only are LT's and GT's exponentially more expensive today.....
But how come it takes so much more horsepower today to do what was done in the 60's, 70's and 80's ?

Is the grass tougher now?
Is the dirt more dense?
Is snow heavier now?

[darkminion_17]

149. 1746.00
blade 98.00
thrower 307.00
tiller 329.00
42"deck 233.00
ww's 20.00
chains 7.95