I use my buddie's LS on my property when I need one. It's a kind piece of machinery. I consider it's the jx2025,and brand new, was only $16k with attachments. His property is mostly a pretty steep hill, or it goes up and down that mighty. I consider it's 25hp.
My other buddy just picked up a genuine kind John Deere,same size, for $25k. I don't see the $9k difference. I'll definitely look at LS and Kubota in the future. whether you don't need 4wd, and an old Ford would be mighty for you.
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