Saucymynx
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- Joined
- Dec 25, 2018
- Messages
- 48
- Tractor
- LS MT7 101 Farmall 656 Ford 2610 Farmall 140. JD 670
I moved to snow country a year ago and needed a big tractor to run a big snowblower. I am an hour from Kubota dealer, three hours from a John Deere dealer, and about 45 minutes from an LS dealer. Everyone speaks highly of the LS dealer, for good reason, so I went with an LSMT 573. Unfortunately, I had nothing but problems with the engine control electronics, with it constantly going into limp mode. The dealer was terrific and worked on it many many times trying to get it right. In fact, about a third of the hours on the machine were back at his shop. I moved on from just blowing snow to cutting and bailing hay and continue to have trouble through the summer. Fortunately you can use the cruise control function to get around the problem I was having but that just was not acceptable. The dealer took the tractor back at full purchase price with 130 hours on the clock, and I moved up to an MT 7101, which I took delivery on last week. You might think I’m crazy for going back with LS, but the dealer support here is just excellent. Also, this tractor has an FPT engine, not an LS, so hopefully I won’t have the same issues I had before. I will probably have some other problem :-(. So far, my first impressions are: it’s a big Tractor! The front tires are 30s and the rears are 30 eights, so it sits up high. The cabin layout is very similar to the MT 573, but I like the windows and the buttons on the B pillar better. So far, the only thing that I am disappointed in is that it only has two remotes, not three. My dealer is working on adding those. So, we shall see how this goes…