Cub Cadet 7360

[JimR]

Chubby, Donaldson's part number is P535362. A Kubota filter will also fit your machine. But finding a Kubota dealer will ing to open up a bunch of air filter boxes is like asking him to work. I had a kubota filter in my 7275. I replaced it with a Cub filter like an idiot. Both filters are identical. I then crossed the Kubota filter over to a Donaldson's. I now have two spare air filters for my Cub for the price of one Cub filter. Mitsubishi kiss my ---. I am really tired of being taken by these dirtbags with the high prices. I replaced my cracked grille last year. It is a small piece of cheap plastic. $150.00 will get you a new one, what a deal. I asked the Cub dealer if I got a kiss with it.

 

[Outlander1]

Let me defend Mitsu a bit. I've owned a number of Mitsu vehicles over the years that were badged as Chrysler products. Practically bulletproof but you do need a part now and then. The price for these parts from Chrysler was astronomical! Then one day while I was waiting I heard the Chrysler parts guy calling the Mitsu dealer for my part. I asked him about it and was told my car had all Mitsu parts! So I started going to the Mitsu dealer and the parts were at time 60% less. Not always that much but always considerably cheaper. I suspect in the case of the tractors the same is true....I can get my tractor engine oil filter from the Mitsu dealer and it is about 30-40% cheaper than the CC dealer... I think MTD is the price problem. Not Mitsu......?

 

[chubby]

I beg to differ. Local dealer says 10-15 dollars profit over his cost for a air filter. He is a good honest guy and I believe him. "Cub Tech" comes to this fourm at a later date and says just about the same thing. That leads me to believe Mits is slamming Cub. I was thinking about swapping for the new 45 hp Cub/Kioti, asked price of Cub/Kioti air filter $28.00 from same dealer. What should one think other then Mits is slamming Cub. 28.00 vs 80.00.

 

[Outlander1]

I think MTD's actual markup on what they purchase from Mitsu is not shared with dealers. Plus I would be very reluctant to believe anything put forth by a corporate rep assigned to defend company policies on message boards. Check around a bit. Some of the Mitsu tractor engines are used in a variety of industrial applications and the prices for parts are less than CC. MTD is typical...buy it overseas cheap, mark it up to the sky and deny everything. It is the American way of business.The dealers are simply pawns given misinformation by district reps to keep the end users pacified and feeling sorry for the main entity. It is a sick culture that turns on a dollar and little else. Check the Mahindra recall on the Mitsu built tractors. Same machines as the Cubs. Where is MTD on this? Oh that might cost us something? Let those castings break. We'll sell them new ones and make a killing?

 

[chubby]

We all agree the prices are crazy. But, when I called and asked the Cub dealer about air filter for a 8454, which is built by Kioti but has Cub paint and decals, why was the filter price reasonable? MTD bought the 8454 from Kioti just like they bought the 7360 from Mits. If what your saying is true, then the 8454 filters should also be crazy priced. I'm not saying MTD is a saint but in this case Mits is the bad guy. As for Cub Tech, he sounds like a straight shooter. He has been helpful to answer questions put on this forum. He has not always given the answer that was wanted but seems to give the honest answer. Sometimes the honest answer is not the one that makes us happy. But I would rather hear the truth instead of something close to the truth to make me feel good.

 

[JimR]

I won't start an argument here on Cud parts prices. But I will tell you that someone is doing some serious price gouging on them. You compare prices on parts from other companies and there is a big difference. The problem lies with Mitsu making the part, selling it to MTD, who then sells it to its dealers, who then marks it up to sell it to us. We then have manufacturer price, Company brand price and dealer price. Now, if Cub is a subsidiary of MTD. There may also be another price increase from MTD going to Cub. The next time you feel like you have been raped on a Cub part, you now know why. If you can buy the part direct from Mitsu or any other source do so. And if someone out there knows how to go about doing this, please list phone numbers or company names so the rest of us can do so also. I've already given you an out on air filters for the bigger Cub tractors. If I find any more deals I will list them.

 

[MajMac392]

JimR. I've got the 7234 and I think I just crossed my air filter number to a Kubota number via Donaldson and Wix Filter numbers. I may not get to the Kubota dealer until next week but he lists the air filter for $22.51. I called the closest and only Cub dealer for quite a ways and he wants $88.00 for the Cub part number. I'll let you know, it may be to good to be true!