Glad you liked it. As you can see from my post, I paid about 12,800 on the tractor. I liked the belly mount but they do run 4-5 hundred more than the 3pts. But I have several areas that are too low to get the tractor into. So I will use a 3pt to back into those places. Last year I was set on a Kubota. I still feel they are a great machine. What really put me over was the 3pt extensions and the amount of view over the front while cutting. Another thing you need to compare is the specs on the Kubota to the NH. When I compared pto hp, lift capacity, and break away I also had to go up a model with orange to match the power. This usually makes the price comparison close to the same. The FEL comes off in about 5min and the backhoe in 10 if its not on flat ground. I think I could do it in 5 on a decent surface. Each has 2 pins and out. No nuts and bolts. 113hrs is nothing. Your not even supposed to beat on them till after 50. Only thing I didn't see you mention is what type of mower. After alittle looking around and thinking it out, I'm going to return my side discharge and get a rear discharge. I cut for the first time last sat in a month and my 5 acres looks like I just ran a hey cutter over it. I also noticed how hard a time the mower had on the outside since it had to blow into 4' of field weeds where the property is divided from the neighbors. I had to get off and lift the shoot to kick the grass out about 5 times. Again, the rear discharge is also about 400 more but I'm not dealing with the clogged shoot every weekend. Plus, with rear discharge the average turns the tractor has to make is less over it's lifetime since it all discharges out the back. When I'm up by the drive I continue to cut so I'm not blowing debris toward the house and cars. Its just safer to blow out the rear. Ok, I'm done. Hope this helps. In closing I'd say to go to any search engine and search Kubota then NH. You will find only a handfull of used NH and 10 pages of 25 a page of orange. Personally I feel this counts for something.