Not a good enough reason to pay more for a tractor that’s less equipped. My purchase needs to be able to get the job done today, not be looked at as investment. I wish JD would have worked out, but just couldn’t justify it.
Overall very happy. Had some issues in the beginning with the motor needing some adjustments and with the placement of the third function valve, but that one was on the dealer. Have only used it for moving things with the pallet forks, moved a little bit of dirt, but mainly cleaning up brush and cut down trees with the grapple.
Hooked up a grader blade I found on my property yesterday and played around with it up and down the barn drive. I do like the cruise control function. Was able to set the cruise while grading the drive and found that very helpful. Have not used the PTO yet, so nothing to say on it.