IH Farmall Cub & Cub Cadet Tractors-1964-2022

in this final installment, we will be looking at the yellow International Harvester Farmall Cubs Cub Cadet Corporation and Modern Tool and Die Company Cubs and Cub Cadet tractors from 1964-2022, their change from IH to CCC to MTD as well as a few red ones that made an appearance.

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[Fieldman]

My neighbor growing up had a 1650 with 50" deck, ag tires and rear weights on it. They mowed probably four acres every week with it. They had a snow plow, tiller and a good sized wagon they pulled with it. I was amazed at the amount of work it would do for a garden tractor. It did jobs that was way to big for it and it kept coming back for more. Dad bought a CC 125 with a 48" deck that had the engine rebuilt. We ran it for years. Only issue we ever had with it was the clutch for the pto on front of tractor would not stay tight to the crankshaft no matter what we tried. We also sheared pins between the engine and hydro shaft. The neighbor with their 1650 had same issue shearing the pins. I have always wanted a 1650 after seeing what my neighbors would do. I bought one about six years ago almost identical to my neighbors but has a 44" deck. My cub is a few years newer than the neighbors and looks like that shearing pin issue has been corrected by adding a piece of rubber between were the shaft connects to hydro pump by the seat. I love the Cubs and hate to hear now they are going all electric since they have been sold once again. They have been slowly dying since MTD took them over. Every brand that MTD has got ahold of they have eventually ruined . Between me and my dad we have a John Deere GT 235, JD 1025R sub compact, Cub1650, JD X530, and JD 212. The X530 I bought about 3 years ago used. It's been a good machine but it is not built like a tank like the 1650 or the 212. If you look at the frame on my 212 and then look at the frame on my X530 it is crazy how much cheaper they are built. All the build quality by all brands now seems to be going into the zero turns and some of the higher end compact tractors. I miss the old heavy built Cub Cadets, John Deeres, Fords/Jacobsen, Bolens and Wheel Horse built tractors of yesterday.

[davidhood]

Absolutely fantastic presentation and much appreciated with your personal experience and insight on the working history behind the story. Thanks so much for this series. There was a great International Harvester Museum in Leesburg Fl. owned by tractor collector Stew Paquette and he had a entire Cub Cadet dealers setup inside one of his buildings. Unfortunately he passed away last March and his family could wait to auction off his entire collection and now, probably the number one Farmall/International Harvester collection in the country is closed. So keep on “rambling” because I for one appreciate your knowledge.

[Paul-ymn]

I own a 1984 782 d diesel cub cadet lawn mower ot is a great mower i love it

[larryreynolds]

Very informative and interesting presentation. I have a 123, 125, and a Cub. Wouldn't want to be with out them.

[MarkWYoung-kyuc]

I like the red/white color scheme on the Cub much more than the yellow and white. I remember the last Cubs our IH dealer had. They were painted red and looked like little 140s. My Uncle Elwood had one of those first generation Cub Cadets that was geared like a Cub. It had a cast iron Kohler engine and was built like a tank. He used it in the garden pulling horse drawn plows while my Cousin Tommy drove it. He cut down a set of snow chains that he put on the back tires and would take the deck off. I have a couple of pictures of Tommy driving it in the Walnut Cove Christmas parade pulling a small float in the early 1960s.

[matthewtaylor]

I believe the first thing i ever drove was a cub cadet 102 my aunt next door owned. Dad always worked on it for her, shwas his widowed sister. I remembered thinking it was massive! Another cousin had an original cub cadet dad would work on sometimes. I remember how either one of them could plow right into a hayfield and not lose breath at all. They mowed easy. Dad traded work on a 330 IH for a 149 cub with a tiller. He swapped the tired 14hp kohler for a vanguard v-twin 18 hp from a modern cub cadet out of a state surplus auction. Another cousin gave him a 1250 that he completely rebuilt and painted. My nephew grew up on them...now he's cub cadet crazy ... got a 1450. Or 1650 ih cub decked out with hydraulics and a mtd cub with the opposed twin kohler 18 or 20 hp and 60" deck. We have my grandfather's '48 farmall cub here. It is a family disease!

[FarmallFanatic]

Manual Cadets are all pullers around here

[JacobSmith-fhkb]

Good video, but you got a few things wrong about cub cadet. The 123, the first hydrostatic came out halfway through the third wave in 1966. To advertise, they had a circus lion tamer called fearless frisbee guide a bunch of guys driving 123's made to look like tigers through an obstacle course and pop wheelies. Ih did make red 82 series cubs on their own before they gave up. They ran from '79 to '81. Personally, I think IH knew the end was near and just wanted their brand to be seen more. After all, 1979 was their most profitable year ever, and they still tanked in 1985.
MTD let the cub cadet brand go to crap right away with the aluminum rear ends, but it really started to show with the "cyclops" series, so named for the single headlight lens. The hoods were plastic. Only 2 gear driven models, both with junky Briggs and Stratton engines. One of those gear drives, the 1335, was only rumored to have ever existed. There were idiot lights on the dash. The brand was made deliberately harder to work on at home, so you needed to bring it to the dealer to get service. Then, they decided, " heck with that, " and engineered the tractors to fail so you'd just buy a new one every 2 or 3 years. What a shame.

[westfolk]

I have a handful of Cub Lo-Boy 154's and one IH 184. Nowhere on my 184 does it say Cub or is it painted in Cub colors. Just the same people still say Cub 184. Yeah we know the lineage behind it, but it is not a Cub.
If you want to dig in my videos I have one with the sickle bar mower, not many pics around of them and far as I know only video of one.

[JoshAllenGoated]

Back in the 90s, the 1000 series were lawn tractors. The 2000 series were your standard sized garden tractors, and the 3000 series and super garden tractors were the supers. In the 2000s, the 2000/2500 series were your standard garden tractors, then the 3000 series were the supers.

[williamworth]

MTD kept the line quality but now it's junk sadly I need to fix up mo 07 M60 TANK

[stewartfamilyfarmsm]

This was the good old days. Too bad Cub couldn't break away from MTD/Black n Decker and go back to there roots. Seems like the only two companies that are continuing on with these types of tractors are Massey Ferguson and John Deere.

[blakecable]

Your editing will give someone a seizure