I think the Kubota is a nice machine. I think it has a lot of benefits, a standard cab, standards hydraulic lift, and a much more luxurious interior. All of which you can get on the Deere except the interior. I don't want to hammer your likes but for what I do I can't justify the extra cost of the Kubota. If you added all of the options the Kubota has to the Deere it would be a better comparison out of the gate, no question buy the Deere would still be cheaper. I drive my gator through woods where trees and brush and trees and if I had a cab it would be scratched and broken all the time. So the cab is really a turn off for me. If I wanted a cab the Kubota is definitely the best cab. For my uses and for what the OP describes the cab would limit the where I can go and with brush and a lot of times I have to squeeze out by a tree where I have to park and a cab door would not open. As for the hydraulic lift I would prefer hydraulic but the electro hydraulic works great for me. As you may have heard me say before I don't hate/dislike Kubotas in any way, the only reason I don't own one is my local dealer burned a bridge with me while my JD dealer would drive half way across the country just for something simple. I still do my homework. If a Kubotas ever to good of a deal to pass up I will got the near 250 miles to the next dealer. The savings on a normal Kubota tractor to a John Deere would not make sense to me just because of the distance would make it more expensive to own the Kubota over time. When considering to buy a new tractor or in this case UTV I still check both out. And a Kubota RTV 1100 is a really nice machine but for my purposes it makes no sense to spend the extra money on a Kubota. If you felt as though I was hammering Kubota in anyway I apologize. Kubotas are great machines. I just don't like my Kubota dealer and sense have had a good relationship with my Deere dealer and have became fairly loyal with him. He always gives me a fair price. There are plenty of machines that Kubota makes better. I would take a M59 TLB over a John Deere ________. John Deere doesn't make a TLB that size and I would LOVE one. I would even consider a L39 over a 110. I think Kubotas compact TLBs are nice and if my Kubota dealer wasn't a *ss, who knows what could've happened. I guess I should say that if the OP is going to be using the Kubota for something like a lot of snow plowing where a cab would be really handy, maybe a 1100 could work for him. But I wouldn't find myself buying a Kubota. The RTV is a nice machine and if I offended you I am sorry.