[tmanbear]

I have had a lb1914 for five years. It has almost 400 hours on it and I am very satisfied. It was my first piece of equipment of this type so I have had to learn how to operate and have been guilty of all the abuse you read about and the tractor has never given me a problem. The loader has never been off but it looks relatively simple. I have dug rocks, pulled stumps, built roads, plowed snow, dug ditches, installed water tanks, etc... My only complaint is that the bucket is a little down on breakaway force but I'd recommend this tractor to anyone and buy another without hesitation. With a small tractor I think the shuttleshift is a better choice than hydro because it uses less power. The power of the tractor is very good and the only reason I need to use the lowest gears is to control speed, not power.
Bear