I believe that many LS owners, especially the owners that have had LS tractors for long periods of time, are not on here... least not active. I asked my dealer this question when I was doing research on LS machines. He is a dealership with many different brands. He said that the first LS Tractor he sold was back in 2013 when he became a dealer, and he has no idea. Now, LS has been around a lot longer than he has been an LS dealer, but say an owner puts 150hrs a year (that about what I do. I consider myself a 'light user' even though I am out on it as much as I can be) thats only 1050hrs. Some might be more, many are likely less.
LS tractors have been around a while now. But not nearly as long as Kubota, JD, etc. They are not heavily used machines... what am I trying to say here?... if a person, say a farmer, who buys an LS a few years ago, puts 2000hrs (40hr work week) a year on their tractor, I do not believe they have time to come on here to say how many hours they have on their tractor. Though I cannot speak for everyone. Maybe that farmer does have time, is on here, but only bought his LS for light utility work around the shop while his large JD pulls implements though the fields. I really dont know. I can only share what I do.
Another factor to consider is trade in. I know, for a fact, that the resale value of my tractor is garbage compared to a Kubota or JD. That said, whats to prevent me from trading in this XR for the new MT3? Get something out of it while I can for an upgrade? I'd start all over on the hour meter too. (I'm not going to do this though)
I'll let you know when I hit a 1K hours. Its going to be a while though. :thumbsup:
