The mulcher kit for 48" deck is currently available from cub cadet, not on
b/o cost is 107.00 the kits come with our new units, the 48" deck is in
limited supply, not as common as others. We only have 46" decks. HydroGear
is manufacture of trans. oil does not have any I.D. other than produced
for cub cadet. the mtd pro can use 20/50 in the transm. made also by hydro
gear..... cub will not say its ok, they want to sell the high $$ stuff,
some cub trans fluid is synthetic mix. seeing how you don't need to change
transm. fluid much id stay with cubs. factory mulching blades are a 2 blade
set each spindle, total of 4 blades for 2 spindle deck. cross blade setup.
hope this helps. Kenny



"Jerry E. Miller" wrote in message
rthlink.net...
I recently purchased my second Cub Cadet. I am hoping some of the members
of this newsgroup will answer a few questions that I have about my new
Cub.

I purchased the 48" mowing deck. I was assured this decking was a
mulching
deck. When the tractor was delivered, I noticed the deck was missing a
mulching plug. I was told the plug was on backorder. Does MTD make a
mulching plug for the 48" Cub deck?

Is there any difference in the blades required for a mulching deck and a
non-mulching deck?

Who manufactures the Hydrostatic transmission used on the Cub 2186?

Who is the supplier of the transmission fluid packaged under the Cub name?

Thanks for any info.