New to me Cub Cadet 2185

So I passed a yard sale sign that said tractor for sale. I had to stop. I found a Cub Cadet 2185 for sale. It was in good shape with newer tires, hardly any dents, very little rust (only on small spot on the front grill and a few spots beneath the rubber foot mats) and intact working headlights. The owner grabbed a key and started it right up. It sounded good and he demonstrated the forward an reverse hydrolics to be in good working order, engaged the blades and cut a row of grass. How much I asked. Expecting to hear between 600 and 900 dollars. He said he would give it to me for $400. I also saw a nice looking ExCell 2300 PSI pressure washer sitting among the sale items. Long story short I pulled thr trigger on the tractor and the pressure washer for $350.00

Did I get ripped off? Get a great deal or what? I mowed with it today and besides there being some indication of a blade sharpening or perhaps an out of balance blade it ran and cut great!

There are a few wavy areas where the grass was cut unevenly, but all in all, a good cut. I have never had a Cub Cadet so I don't know what to expect. It did seem overly hot up frnt when I checked under the hood after about 45 miutes of cutting, but again, I've not had experience with these mowers. I am coming off a smaller 13 HP Scotts(JD), so maybe the bigger motor gets hotter. Help me out and let me know what you think, please.

Thanks,Jeff

Good deal.

Very good deal.

Good to hear. I thought it was a good deal and the more I check this mower out it seems like an even better deal. The engine seems much more stout than the one that was in the much newer Scotts (John Deere). Under the hood these things look like a car engine.

I pulled the deck off tonight and sharpened the blades. One thing I noticed was that all the blades were pointing in different directions. Should all the blades line up parrallel? When the one on the left is straight front to back, should the middle and right blades all be straight fornt to back? Would that leave uncut grass when I mow?

Thanks for any an all input. BTW, I used the pressure washer to clean the old caked on grass from the deck. So, the pressure washer works well, too! Great! The guy told me I may get a few uses out of it, but so far it has done work on my pole barn, concrete, and both mowers. I am super happy so far with my purchase! Now I have the itch to go to more sales and see what treasures I can find!

Unless you have indexed blades they can point any direction. If they are indexed, the belt will be toothed & they should be the way they are.

Vern

Nope...the belt is smooth. So I assume the blades can be any direction they want to be.