Yanmar and Cub Cadet

dgl24087 · May 21, 2008

LMTC said:
The issue is not the quality, but the fact that it IS a contract tractor, marketed by a company other than the manufacturer. The history of parts supplies for contract tractors is not good. Seems they always become orphans when the contract ends.

Actually, it is not a "contract" tractor. Cub Cadet and Yanmar formed a new company (CUT, or Compact Utility Tractor, if I remember correctly) that is jointly owned by the 2 companies.

LMTC · May 21, 2008

dgl24087 said:
Actually, it is not a "contract" tractor. Cub Cadet and Yanmar formed a new company (CUT, or Compact Utility Tractor, if I remember correctly) that is jointly owned by the 2 companies.

And where is the CUT owned manufacturing facility? Please show the information that documents the OEM is the same corporation as the marketer. It is still a contract tractor made by Yanmar and marketed by CUT, which is a separate corporation. You can go to the Ohio Secretary of State website and see the filing for CUT, which is a company based in Ohio. They may be cousins, but they are NOT the same company. When/if CUT closes up, or begins to order tractors from S Korea or elsewhere, the relationship will change. If Yanmar was totally committed to bringing back a line of compacts why not market completely under their own name through 1. current dealers handling their line of industrial equipment, and/or 2. former yanmar tractor dealers, and/or 3. tractor parts distributors who are set up with service as well? Why hang the cadet/MTD label, which has gone downhill in credibility the past decade, around your neck?

MDM · May 21, 2008

lorus1966 said:
One thing that I do find funny though, is the throttle. After reading the official Yanmar Gray Market Statement which talked about the direction of travel for the throttle lever, I was quite surprised to see that the throttle on the SC2400 follows the gray market machines and not the US versions. You pull towards the driver for fast and push away for slow. Go figure. I guess that wasn't such a big safety issue after all.

I never understood this. The throttle on my newer Kubota is the same way my old 2210D was. Pull back for more throttle. I think all of the old Fords I've run were the same too. I heard that the thottle on the Yanmars were backwards, but it seemed normal to me.

ProdaddyTX · May 21, 2008

I think that Yanmar's real motivation in posting some of that stuff was fear of liability more than any actual safety issue....IMHO... I'm not talking about ROPS and PTO shields of course, but direction of throttle travel, etc.

LMTC · May 21, 2008

MDM said:
I heard that the thottle on the Yanmars were backwards, but it seemed normal to me.

David, you realize you set yourself up with this remark

MDM · May 21, 2008

LMTC said:
David, you realize you set yourself up with this remark

Well, mom and dad always said I was that way from time to time

greatrandini · May 30, 2008

lorus1966 said:
I've got one of the new SC2400 SCUT.

Did anyone say congrats? Congrats on getting you new Yanmar/Cub. I am positive it is a wonderful machine. You will enjoy many years of service. These are two brands that have alot of trust built in!

Randy

kenmac · May 30, 2008

greatrandini said:
lorus1966 said:

I've got one of the new SC2400 SCUT.

Did anyone say congrats? Congrats on getting you new Yanmar/Cub. I am positive it is a wonderful machine. You will enjoy many years of service. These are two brands that have alot of trust built in!

Randy

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trust, yanmar yes.....Cub aka MTD. will need to be time tested in this market

themartaman · May 30, 2008

greatrandini, Obviously you have not dealt with MTD a lot. A friend bought a Troybilt tiller on my suggestion. MTD now owns Troybilt. He has had problems from the beginning and it has not not been fixed yet. MTD gives him a lot of double talk. He is going to return to Lowes and buy another brand elsewhere. One of the few choices he has is Honda. I told him to get it.

lorus1966 · May 31, 2008

I'm fairly new posting to these boards but have been reading them for quite some time. I guess you could say that I'm starting to get a wee bit frustrated by the apparent bias against these machines, apparently by people who have never even been on one. I think that Randy's comment has been the only one that's at least been happy that I've enjoyed my new tractor. Most of the other comments have sure been a bummer to read. I guess I was expecting more people just to be happy that there is someone out there with a new machine that they like and enjoy.

It may be true that Cub has had problems in the recent past, but I cannot see any evidence of it in the tractor that I purchased. As far as I can tell, the only thing that Cub is responsible for is the deck and possibly some of the FEL. This tractor is a Yanmar as far as I can tell, and it acts like one.

I've now got 50 hours of seat time on my SC2400, and much of it has been really pushing things up to the limit. Lots of time moving 40 tons of crushed asphalt, regrading a long drive, and moving rocks for a duck pond.

I don't want to be critical of any individuals, but would it be so hard for people to at least hold their criticism until they've actually seen or used the thing? Until then, where's all the support that I've seen for other new tractor owners?