RAYJAY
Silver Member
I was on a budget when I bought and had to choose between brakes and a horn. Since some things won't jump out of the way when honked at, I opted for the brakes.
On a more serious note, after owning a Kubota for 10 years - bought new and excellent tractor - I DID consider 3 other brands when shopping in 2012. I would have bought a Kioti, Bobcat or Mahindra without worrying about the quality or reliability.
Maybe the LS is OK now, but after having problems with the Montana at work, I did rule that out. Our Montana made a few trips to the dealer to get it running reliably. One of our guys managed to smash the instrument panel and it was months till we were able to get a new one. Not LS's fault it was broken, but the parts system let us down.
We removed the loader to make the tractor shorter for some work in a small area and reinstalled it afterward. That was a major chore. It required two husky guys, big hammer, drill, new pin and lots of grunts and groans. We decided it will NEVER be removed again as long as we own it. Both the old and new Kubotas of mine only took about a minute for off and a minute back on and very little effort.
but the Montana tractor was built for Montana company just like bobcat was built by kioti, using bobcat spec loader. the loader ect ect was spec out by Montana not LS
had a kubota before this tractor ( about 15 years )and would never go back to kubota there dealers suck in my area .... parts are way over priced and really it just was not a great tractor for the $$$