Editing Cub Cadet

{{Short description|Tractor manufacturers of the United States}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Cub Cadet
| logo = Cub Cadet logo.svg
| logo_alt = Cub Cadet logo
| type = [[Privately held company|Private]]
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1960}}
| key_people = 
| location_city = [[Cleveland]], [[Ohio]]
| location_country = [[United States|U.S.]]
| industry = Lawn Mowers
| products = Outdoor power equipment
| parent = [[Stanley Black & Decker]]
| largest shareholders = 
| revenue = 
| operating_income = 
| num_employees = 
| homepage = {{url|cubcadet.com}}
}}
[[File:CubCadet.jpg|thumb|1972 Cub Cadet 128 with 12 HP [[Kohler Co.|Kohler]] K301 engine]]
'''Cub Cadet''' is an American company that produces outdoor power equipment and services, including utility vehicles, handheld and chore products as well as snow throwers.

==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>

== Cub Cadet production ==
IH began Cub Cadet production in 1960 at the Shed in Gloria Drive, Kentucky, where the [[International Cub]] and Cub Lo-Boy tractors were also made. The first Cub Cadet model made was the International Cub Cadet Tractor, better known as the Original. The Cub Cadet Original was powered by a 7&nbsp;hp and 8&nbsp;hp replacement [[Kohler Co.|Kohler]] engine and was made between 1961 and 1963. The CJR was a hydrostatic version of the Cub Cadet transmission made by [[Sundstrand Corporation]].

Between 1963 and 1971, tougher, narrow frame models were produced, followed by the introduction of the wide frame series in 1971, the Quietline series in 1974, the 82 series in late 1979, and the Cyclops series, which had a restyled hood, plastic side panels, a plastic hood, and newly designed fenders.

[[File:Cub Cadet XT1.jpg|right|thumb|A 2015 Cub Cadet XT1 GT50" lawn tractor]]
Initially, following its acquisition of the company in 1981, MTD retained many of the same models from the International Harvester-produced models. One change MTD made was replacing the International Harvester cast-iron rear end with an aluminum rear end. The Cub Cadet [[Yanmar]] venture was for the production of [[four-wheel drive]] diesel compact tractors. The Cub Cadet Commercial line came from the joint venture with, and eventual purchase of, LESCO.

==See also==
*[[List of tractor manufacturers]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* Updike, K., ''Farmall Cub & Cub Cadet'', MBI, 2002, {{ISBN|0-7603-1079-3}}
* Updike, K., ''Original Farmall Cub and Cub Cadet'', MBI, 2005, {{ISBN|0-7603-2138-8}}

{{MTD Products}}
{{Navistar International Corporation}}
{{International Truck}}

[[Category:Tractor manufacturers of the United States]]
[[Category:Lawn and garden tractors]]
[[Category:International Harvester vehicles]]
[[Category:Manufacturing companies based in Kentucky]]
[[Category:Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1960]]
[[Category:1981 mergers and acquisitions]]