Too many good IH dealers around home, too easy to buy a Cub Cadet back in the 1960's. The local JD dealer declined selling the lawn/garden JD line so the local small engine shop picked the line up. Being 20 miles from Moline lots of Deere employees so lots of Deere tractors bought and sold a year or two later at a profit. Meanwhile our 1965 vintage Cub Cadet still keeps running! It wore out either three or four K-161/K-181 engines and now is running a freshly rebuilt K-241.
There were NO Wheel Horse dealers or tractors around ANYWHERE close.
I'm good friends with the parts manager of the CIH/CC dealer 15 miles from Randy. They sell lots of small CIH compacts as far east as Racine, WI. I've got three CIH/CC dealers within 20-22 miles, five within 35 miles. I've done business with all of them, and been well satisfied with them all. I can't make that statement about my only JD dealer. I've looked at the SCUT CIH tractors when getting the infrequent parts I need and am impressed with their design. No plastic or aluminum castings, they're built like a scaled down 150 HP tractor. I'd never really be in the market for one, my two antiques are more than capable of doing any chores I need done. Although the idea of having a heated & air conditioned cab at times does seem very enticing at times.
There were NO Wheel Horse dealers or tractors around ANYWHERE close.
I'm good friends with the parts manager of the CIH/CC dealer 15 miles from Randy. They sell lots of small CIH compacts as far east as Racine, WI. I've got three CIH/CC dealers within 20-22 miles, five within 35 miles. I've done business with all of them, and been well satisfied with them all. I can't make that statement about my only JD dealer. I've looked at the SCUT CIH tractors when getting the infrequent parts I need and am impressed with their design. No plastic or aluminum castings, they're built like a scaled down 150 HP tractor. I'd never really be in the market for one, my two antiques are more than capable of doing any chores I need done. Although the idea of having a heated & air conditioned cab at times does seem very enticing at times.
