They have high scores on durability. you can read reviews at http://products.howstuffworks.com/cub-cadet-lt-1045-lawn-tractor-review.htm
Cub cadet makes a great line of tractors. You can find your cadet at www.tractorhouse.com
There is a comparison, pros and cons, about cub cadet tractors at www.consumersearch.com. Enter cub cadet tractor into the search box.
Cub cadet is a division of international harvester.
MTD
The company headquarters for Cub Cadet tractors is in Cleveland, Ohio. They have several dealers throughout the nation to assist you with parts and repair, however.
Cub Cadet Contractors specialize in builder tractors, commercial mowers, and utility vehicles. They have many other services that they can provide and you can check them out at www.cubcadet.com.
IH Cub Cadet was a premium line of small tractors, established in 1960 as part of International Harvester. The IH Cub Cadet was an entirely new line of heavy-duty small tractors using components from the previous Cub series tractors. In 1981, IH sold the Cub Cadet division to the MTD corporation, which took over production and use of the Cub Cadet brand name (without the IH symbol), to present day, the MTD models are NOT built anywhere close to the standards of the older IH Cub Cadets, which is really sad and probably a true injustice to the public in that they are "assumed" to be.
You can find cub cadet lawn tractors online at tractorcubs dot com. They have many models to select from and do vary in prices. They generally are fairly average in prices.
Hardware stores such as HomeDepot.com and Lowes.com are good websites to research different cub cadet tractors. Since they have more variety of these tractors online, their may be a tractor cheaper than what you find in a store.
If your cub cadet lawn tractors is fairly new then it would probably be best to fix it rather then buy a new one. If it is old then you might want to consider a new one.
The cub cadet lawn mowers are available for purchase online. There are several online stores available, with major stores such as Lowe's and Home Depot offering a few select models.
You can find used equipment anywhere in the world at Equipment Locator Service (ELS) at http://www.equipmentlocator.com/gc-fp/lawn-tractors.htm. You can find new and used lawn tractors there, including Cub Cadet.