[77 Canamman]

Originally Posted by Cliff R

I have never seen any of the early Cub Cadet's with the diesel, they are pretty rare in these parts. Yanmar made some later compact tractors for them and they are really nice machines. Most of the newer Cub Cadet line is made by MTD if I'm not mistaken, they aren't that great.......

The Diesels are rare, but are a sweet machine.

MTD took over the Cub Cadet production operations in 1982, but the real downturn was in 1998 when they stopped producing the Cyclops series. The chassis was still basically the 82 series IH with revised plastic front clip and different rear sheet metal pan.