Shultzie,
I am spoiled by the hydro/hydro tractors. In our tenure, we've owned a total of 13 Cub Cadets. Only 1 has been a gear drive, a 124. Actually, we have only owned 3 narrow frames, the 124, a 105 (our first Cub in the early 70's) and I now have a 127 (has issues). Everything else has been a wideframe, and only a couple of them are manual lift. I am much more at home on a hydro as that is what I grew up on. I was born in 74 and Dad got the #1 149 in spring of 78, so it just seems more "natural" to me. The 124 felt really cumbersome to me, and all we did with it was mow. The 149 did EVERYTHING else, and mow when the 124 was OOS. Not trying to start the gear/hydro debate, but Dad and I just prefer the higher horsepower, all hydro, hydros. My primarys are a 1450 and 1650, his is the #1 149 and the IH 782 (built in 80 with a 6XX,XXX SN). The smallest thing in the fleet now is a couple of 12's....
You can use the gear drives, and we will keep "whining while we work" LOL......