1*Gawd help me.... but I agree with Lbrown59.

If the tractor has the 3pt hitch capability, it should come with the 3 pt hitch.
Having a dedicated mowing machine makes life a lot easier for me. Having to remove the FEL and backhoe from my
BX23 every time I wanted to mow would get old really fast, and leaving them on to mow would end up costing way more than the second mowing machine with all the damage I would cause. I can understand why Kubota is trying to keep the cost down, but
2* I think some of the changes they've been making in the past couple of versions is going to hurt their reputation.
3*Just the fact that people are complaining about the lack of the 3 pt hitch catches peoples attention when they are considering buy a new machine. Just my 2 cents.