Tubular stabilizers and TNT are both dealer installed accessories for the L series. There are sound logistical reasons both are not factory options. If your dealer can稚 handle those installs, you probably should find a different dealer.
Not to interrupt the train of thought, but my little off brand who would have ever thought, Kukje who, Branson came standard with them and a lot more whistles and bells like air compressor high back seat, arm rests, adjustable tilt, adjustable lumbar, tilt and telescoping steering and on and on.........
On the big vs small, my take is that as farms consolidate and get corporate management, a great idea for farming efficiency if you ask me, there is a shrinking of the holes into which you plug equipment. However, the small operations, especially around here, keep growing and growing in number and every one of them has to have a tractor or two and implements and on and on.
IRS site published a comment a year or so ago that the majority of food in the US was grown by small farmers who were in the hole $5k on average, on their Schedule Fs.
On the "we will build what we want and the masses will just have to buy it", I recall a GM CEO saying that many tens of years ago, only to have Toyota and Datsun enter the market place a few years later and baby, life hasn't been the same.
On OEMs design teams pulling up sites like TBN and gleaning design ideas, if you don't think they do, you missed it. With competition being what it is in the small tractor market, an OEM wouldn't last long without satisfying customer's needs.
That's what made green great in the 60's when cotton was king around here. They had folks out in the field....1st hand knowledge......seeing what the farmers needed, getting it back to the designers and getting it out the door. Seems red had problems at the top at the time and missed that GOLDEN opportunity.
Instance referenced herein was 60 miles from the local dealership (which was a good sized operation) but the owner made the trip frequently to get first hand feedback. As a result, that dealer is part of a multi-million dollar operation today and there is no red dealer in town, nor orange of which I am aware.
So why isn't there any green in my lineup today? I had numerous green and blue over the years and when I retired, I was looking for something "cushey" to suit me in my after years. Branson won that toss. Still a lot of green implements however and my Branson 6530C can run every one of them.