2023 Cub Cadet XT1 Enduro LT 42 in. 19 HP Briggs and Stratton Lawn Tractor Unboxing & Test

Purchased via the Home Depot website. Shipped directly from the Cub Cadet factory in Ohio. I’ve documented the arrival of the shipment, setup, and testing.

[@JillyBean860]

Thanks for posting this. I'm eagerly awaiting delivery of my Cub Cadet today. I'm so excited! Your video gave me an idea of what to expect when it's delivered.

[@adventureawaits4022]

Definitely! It was fun filming and putting it together. So far it has been a great mower. I dropped the deck and changed the blades to the mulch kit.

[@adventureawaits4022]

How is it?

[@flytheater]

Yeah how is it. I just ordered one today.

[@canamrider7195]

Congrates. My LT46 was delivered 5 weeks ago. Still loving the machine and using it daily to move my split firewood with the dump cart, getting ready for winter.

[@adventureawaits4022]

Great stuff. I really want a dump cart. Did you go with the Cub Cadet brand one or something else?

[@canamrider7195]

@@adventureawaits4022 The dump cart came with a used John Deere I bought 6+ years ago. Sold the JD (was a great machine) and kept the cart. I use the Cadet with the dump cart more then I do mowing. Sure beats the hell out of hauling stuff around with a wheel barrow.

[@adventureawaits4022]

@@canamrider7195 that’s good. I may opt for a used trailer vs new.

[@adventureawaits4022]

How’s it performing?

[@mudassarnasir]

I like the cub cudect its nice but I just love my craftsman t3100 riding mower because I’m growing up with it

[@adventureawaits4022]

What are the main differences you see? Pros and cons?

[@unti419]

I bought a 2018 Cub XT1 in 2021 at a chain store that sells tractor supplies. (KZbin will not let me mention the name for some reason.) It had sat at the store for two years, dead battery, no gas, never started. I asked them to start it for me and they were scrambling around trying. The manager came out and I offered him a ridiculously low cash price, as is. I expected a counter offer, but he instantly took it, saying "I need this gone. We sell very few of these, but they keep sending more new ones." Love it, mine has the Kohler 5400. Took a little TLC from bad assembly but it still runs like new. I like the black wheels instead of the white. Home Depot used to sell a much better bumper for about $10 less.

[@adventureawaits4022]

That’s great.

[@lindif2023]

I wish my husband had took his back. He also bought from a smaller retailer this past summer 2023. He has passed away now but he had nothing but problems with it. They gave him another battery but apparently it was bad too. Now I have a supposedly new mower that will not start. I am an old lady who can drive a lawn mower but know nothing about them mechanically. 😢

[@phillipwhitley6749]

Brought mine in 2015 still works great today change the oil every 50hrs

[@unti419]

@@phillipwhitley6749 I'm at 23 hours and was going to do my third oil change, Thanks for that.

[@frankwincenty8832]

Sehr gut alles erklärt! Habe einen Seco 4x4, weil ich mehrere kleine Berge habe. Er hat bereits RC. Es gibt aber eine Bausatz für die Nachrüstung mit GPS. Das überlege ich mir noch. Er sieht fast genauso aus wie Ihr neuer Cub Cadet XT1. Grüße aus Berlin /germany.

[@adventureawaits4022]

Hallo, ich habe noch nie von dem Mäher der Marke Seco 4x4 gehört. Ich habe nachgeschaut und es sieht nach einer wirklich großartigen, leistungsfähigen Maschine aus Europa aus. Ist das GPS-Kit, das Sie erwähnt haben, damit Sie wissen, wo Sie bereits gemäht haben, und keinen Bereich verpassen? - Grüße aus Tennessee-Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Hello, I have never heard of the Seco 4x4 brand mower. Looked it up and it looks like a really awesome capable machine based in the Europe area. For the GPS kit you mentioned, is that so you know where you have already mowed and don’t miss an area? - Greetings from Tennessee-United States of America

[@gbppittpetitt8684]

Hooskie Koler junk died 3 days ago. Pieced it back together twice! Now I have 4 new tires! LED headlights! Rebuilt by me mower deck! And a brand new cub on the way! Today! Briggs&Stratton all the way! The hooskie is 15 years old. No more koler for me ever! Dump cart is 20 YO. W/real tires!

[@adventureawaits4022]

How are you liking the B&S? I love my machine.

[@gbppittpetitt8684]

Still in the first month! Good so far!@@adventureawaits4022

[@southernzen365]

Mine is coming today, from comments it's a crap shoot!! Hope it's going to be great!!

[@adventureawaits4022]

Mine has been fantastic. Not sure what the negative experiences are all about.

[@adventureawaits4022]

How did it arrive? You love it?

[@southernzen365]

@adventureawaits4022 I had the dates mixed up because I was so excited, it's coming today. I'll let you know.

[@adventureawaits4022]

@@southernzen365 sweet.

[@southernzen365]

@adventureawaits4022 it came fully assembled, just needed to add gas. My grass finally cut!! I love it. But...the attachment for the hose to clean the deck was missing and Home depot won't answer the phone. So I have to go up there tomorrow 🙃.

[@Israyafri10]

Hi, I have exactly the same tractor, I’m at 5hrs already so I’m about to do the engine break-in oil change, have you done it? If so what type of oil filter did you use?

[@adventureawaits4022]

Yes, I’ve done it. From what I read, changing the oil filter isn’t necessary on the break in change. Only on the next cycle. I bought the synthetic Briggs & Stratton oil off Amazon. Be careful, it’s easy to overfill. Draining was very easy as well.

[@user-nz6on6os6w]

I had mine delivered to me last year 2023 by Home Depot From Brownwood,Tx No Book, it was already put together, had problems getting it started, one front tire doesn't keep air in it, Haven't had it a year yet and now it doesn't go forward or backwards, and I haven't paid it off yet, I believe I made a BIG Mistake Buying

[@adventureawaits4022]

I’ll tell you what, I wouldn’t ever buy a lawn mower from HD, or any store that keeps the mowers out front in the weather already assembled. It literally says on the manual that rain water will damage it. You should seek help from the store, as that’s on them. I only bought my mower through home depot, but it was online and a model not sold at the local store. It shipped direct from the Cub cadet factory, not home depot. It has been incredibly reliable. You should also contact Cub cadet, as it has a warranty. What model Cub is it?

[@user-nz6on6os6w]

@@adventureawaits4022 XT1 2023 19 horsepower, and me being female and in my 70s, it's difficult for me here in Comanche Tx to get help with fixing anything.

[@user-nz6on6os6w]

My 2023 XT1 Cub Cadet riding lawnmower has 42 inch deck and 19 horsepower

[@adventureawaits4022]

@@user-nz6on6os6w pretty much the same as mine. You should definitely contact Home Depot and Cub about what you are dealing with.

[@jp-us9rq]

Nice mower!! Mine is 4 years old 91 hrs on it.not a cub though jd e130..

[@adventureawaits4022]

Right on! Did you buy it new?

[@jp-us9rq]

@@adventureawaits4022 yep

[@tonyarroyo6118]

If you look carefully you can get a screw gun to take the crate apart

[@adventureawaits4022]

On mine they actually had mix match screws everywhere, with different heads. Was quicker to break it, but definitely looked first.

[@LIGHT7CODE7]

You should paint the hose connector yellow or black, looks dumb green.

[@adventureawaits4022]

Never bothered me. I do think it should’ve been yellow and black though to keep the esthetics.

[@LIGHT7CODE7]

@@adventureawaits4022 lazy on cub cadets part imo. I just keep mine off until needed.

[@kevinc6763]

I bought mine from a dealer as opposed to a big box store. I always thought it was just a rumor that lawn tractors from Cub and Deere were the same construction quality regardless of where you buy them from. I was wrong. My good friend is an over the road driver that delivers cubs. He took a factory tour and indeed their are assembly lines strictly for construction on big box store models. They are made from a lower grade material in a lot of areas. Why? To keep the price down by 200 to 300. I just went with my local dealer. Coulda saved 150 at the box store but I'll take higher quality components and service over the slightly lower price.

[@adventureawaits4022]

The price is the same wether bought through a dealer or big box store. Same model number, etc. They may have specials at times, but it’s shipping direct from the CD factory. Sometimes free shipping can be a difference. Who you buy it through is only the middle man from the factory. Not sure I believe what you are saying, but to each their own.

[@kevinc6763]

@adventureawaits4022 respectfully disagree. Deere for instance has internal model #s unique to box stores. Try to find the sku for Deere BG20444 at a dealer. You won't. Because this model is specifically for the big box store under certain manufacturing specs. I.e. less expensive components. You'll find its counterpart model at dealers with less plastic and thicker steel decks. It is what it is. Will a box store model fail? Not always, but it is made with components of lesser quality.

[@adventureawaits4022]

@@kevinc6763 I can’t speak for JD, but could imagine that could be the case due to the large range in products they sell from consumer level to commercial farmer. For CC, I see no difference in the model I have and the same at the local dealer. The one I have isn’t available at Home Depot in person, only available through online purchase and it came direct from Cub, but Home Depot.

[@kevinc6763]

@adventureawaits4022 correct. It's a game. Externally the model numbers and specs are the same. Internally they are not. You cannot buy the Home Depot version of the identical model number at my dealership. While the consumer believes they are getting the identical dealer product based on model number and specs, they simply aren't. Is it a massive difference? Is it doomed to fail? Not necessarily. It's just different and produced with lower components. I do not doubt for a sec your's came right from CC. But, when they process an order from HD, those HD models are passed onto the consumer, and not the same model a dealer would buy. That's all I'm saying.

[@dlaw929]

There's a video from another guy who says they are the same at the bid box stores and independents. He said otherwise they would have to have different part number for replacement parts. Make sense to me. The assembly line is probably because big box stores sell higher volumes.

[@rlee8625]

Ull definitely regret your engine choice anybody with any sense would got the kholer 7000 series it already started popping running like shit when u had your daughter on it I made this same mistake many years ago

[@adventureawaits4022]

Wow, alright.

[@jayirving6996]

You should have done some market research and read some reviews.. u bought a piece of shit built by MTD with a fancy paint job..

[@adventureawaits4022]

I did my research, and it’s great! Haven’t had an issue. Go about your negative life.