The TL is nice also, not as heavy as the TS but a nice machine. It is designed to fit between the TS and TN lineup. A lot of Vegetable farms here use TL's. In fact my dealer just sold a TL80 yesterday (it showed up on his lot yesterday and was sold before it even got there) The TS is a great machine and is being replaced by the TS-A so there are no more TS tractors being produced. All that is left for sale is on the dealers lots and whatever inventory NH might have left somewhere. Also, if your interested, the Case-IH MXU is the same tractor as the TS-A so depending on when your friend is looking to buy he can price out both the TS-A and MXU to compare.