Years ago I owned one with a Grand Cab on it... L5030HSTC (where my screen name came from. Nice medium sized Kubota but not nearly enough beans for what I do (commercial forage) so I stepped up to an M9000 with a cab (2004) and subsequently purchased a used (2002) M9000 open station. Have them both yet today, one has 6000 meter hours on it, the other has 2000 hours, both have been issue free (other than required maintenance) and both are hydraulic shuttles which I find is better than a hydrostat. The hydraulic shuttle has no dry clutch and is easy to use with a loader (both have loaders on them). For medium usage a 5030 is a dandy tractor. Like I said, not enough beans to run forage equipment and really not enough tractor weight to pull them around either.