Locally a couple of Cub Cadet 1250s have come up for sale. Neither is especially nice but both appear to be in decent running shape. I currently have a 1450 and a 125 - I thought I might pick up the 1250 and sell my 125. Called both ads - both guys are asking $750 for their cubs. I thought they were both about $250-$300 to high given what they were (no lights on either, both could use new seats - no rear lift arm). They appear to have been shed kept but one didn't even have a deck and the other had some ugly looking welds on the deck and they appear they've been well used in their 40+ years.
I know they have some collector value - but I'm buying them to use and neither was of "collector" quality. When I bought my 1450 15 years ago it was a mowing machine with a 50" deck and a hydrostat - but since then the Zero Turns seem to have eaten a huge amount of the market of people that want high capacity mowing tractors. Is the Cub market really that hot yet? I know the really old units like an "Original" are a premium and the later red 82 series are sought after but are the run of the mill units really that high? I'm in NE Kansas.
I know they have some collector value - but I'm buying them to use and neither was of "collector" quality. When I bought my 1450 15 years ago it was a mowing machine with a 50" deck and a hydrostat - but since then the Zero Turns seem to have eaten a huge amount of the market of people that want high capacity mowing tractors. Is the Cub market really that hot yet? I know the really old units like an "Original" are a premium and the later red 82 series are sought after but are the run of the mill units really that high? I'm in NE Kansas.