I currently have a 28hp/60" Cub Cadet garden tractor and it's a pretty good unit. It replaced a similarly-sized John Deere garden tractor. I cut about 2 acres around the house and both units performed fine (I have three hayburners to handle the rest of the farm). Of the two, I prefer the John Deere. It felt better built and more solid, did a great job on the yard, was more nimble, and finally, it didn't scalp the uneven areas like the Cubbie does (like most of WV, my yard is a little hilly in places).

FYI, the mass-market JDs (Lowes, Home Depot) are built offshore and the lesser Cub Cadets (Tractor Supply, Farm & Fleet) are built by MTD. They're not bad tractors, just lighter duty and therefore less expensive.

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