Editing Cub Cadet (section)

==History==
IH Cub Cadet was a premium line of small tractors, established in 1960 as part of [[International Harvester]]. The IH Cub Cadet was a new line of heavy-duty small [[tractors]] using components from the previous Cub series tractors.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tractordata.com/lawn-tractors/tractor-brands/cubcadet/cubcadet-lawn-tractors.html|title=TractorData.com - Cub Cadet lawn tractors sorted by model|website=www.tractordata.com|access-date=2020-01-03}}</ref>

[[File:Cub Cadet Loader.jpg|thumb|Cub Cadet loader]]
During the 1960s, IH Cub Cadet was marketed to the owners of rural homes with large lawns and private gardens. There were also a variety of Cub Cadet branded and after-market attachments available, including [[lawn mower|mowers]], blades, [[snow blower]]s, [[loader (equipment)|front loaders]], [[plow]]s, and [[cart]]s.

In 1981, due to financial hardships, IH sold the Cub Cadet division to the [[MTD Products|MTD]] corporation, which took over production and use of the Cub Cadet brand name (without the IH symbol).<ref name=":0" /> The Cub Cadet Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of MTD, produced Cub Cadets for lawn equipment dealers (branded as Cub Cadet Corporation tractors, in traditional white/yellow livery) and IH agricultural dealers (in red/white livery) until the IH agriculture division was sold to [[Tenneco]] in 1985.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6y3AW-3_DPsC&q=tenneco&pg=PA114|title=Original Farmall Cub and Cub Cadet|last=Updike|first=Kenneth|publisher=Voyageur Press|isbn=978-1-61060-466-6|language=en}}</ref>

In 2018, industrial power tool maker [[Stanley Black & Decker]] acquired a minority stake of 20%, worth $234 million, in MTD Products in an attempt to capture a larger share of the outdoor garden equipment market.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mtd-stanley-black-stake-idUSKCN1LS1PF|title=Stanley Black & Decker buys stake in outdoor garden equipment firm for $234 million|date=2018-09-12|work=Reuters|access-date=2020-01-03|language=en}}</ref> In 2021, the remaining 80% was purchased by Stanley Black & Decker for $1.6 billion.<ref>{{Cite web |title=StackPath |url=https://www.industryweek.com/leadership/growth-strategies/article/21172575/stanley-black-decker-to-purchase-cub-cadet-maker-for-16-billion |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=www.industryweek.com|date=17 August 2021 }}</ref>