Macdabs -- sorry to hear about the flooding, freezing rain and generally nasty conditions! (Hope you still have your 4310 to clean things up with.)
Looked at the
M59 very intently... but the final price was pretty hard on my retinas!! Base price I got from my dealer up here with all the specs I wanted on a TLB was over $61K. He couldn't give me a quote that included the top n tilt cause the regional guys in LA didn't have a cost for him. So, if I could get them to discount the machine ~15% (not AT ALL likely..) it was still more than $7K above the JD110 (with the straight 3pt).
That price puts your considerations right in the "Big Iron" realm... You can get a low hour JD310 with thumb, extenda hoe, cab, AC, heat, etc., etc. for that kinda money.
Granted you don't have a 3pt but... there are other options for that, too.
I think Kubota really shot themselves in the foot by discontinuing the
L48. If I could have found a new
L48 within $1-2K of a new 110 -- I'd probably be orange right now!
The local Kubota guys are a whole different dynamic when you step into the store! They're "trying" to get your business --- not "give" you the business!
That said --- the parts and shop staff at the local JD are top drawer and I have a great deal of respect for those fellows!
AKfish