You can't have your cake and eat it too. If you want lots of high dollar features then your going to have to spend the money on a nice xx20 series model. If you just need to get work done and could care less about whether the thing has a rubber floor mat or if there is trim around the shift handles, or you can't afford the fanciness of a xx20 series model, or you want a removable loader, than the 3000E series is for you. People complain "ugh the E series doesn't have a removable loader, that's ridiculous, blah blah blah". No it's not, it's a value line model tractor that gives you the most bang for your buck. Honestly, what do you expect? that they're going to give you a feature laden, high dollar tractor for a cheap price? that's the entire point of the series!, you have to cut costs somewhere.