Wouldn't want to be without it
Model Year: 2003
Completely rearranged my little part of the world with this thing. Works great. The BH particularly I find invaluable. Fixed my sewer and my brother's saving $1000's. Built a patio, cut down a road, hauled wood, skidded logs, and a million other things. Only 2 problems I've had...blew a hydraulic line once and the HST destroyed itself just outside of warranty, and with very low hours and no catastrophic loss of fluid (so no excuse for this happening). Kubota paid half to have it fixed but it was still extremely expensive. I take very good care of this tractor and there was absolutely no reason for the HST to have quit. When my original dealer went out of business the next closest dealer was pretty crappy. That's where I had to have the HST replaced. They didn't even go to bat for me with Kubota, I had to do that myself! Gets about 3 hours to the gallon light duty and 2 hours to the gallon heavy duty. Some non sub-compact attachments won't work on this, even though the 3-point is cat 1. Couldn't make a non sub brush hog work--too unwielding. I'd only use a sub-cut tiller on this as it is sized perfectly for weight, horsepower, and tiller width. I know some people use a full size but I don't recommend it.
Pros: 4 wheel drive, BH, hydro static drive, fuel economy, fold down ROPS
Cons: Brake is almost non existant, headlights are blocked by FEL at night -- mounts some aux lights high up on ROPS, if you ever lose HST fluid it will be instantly destroyed before you can move it