Greg I have a kubota and absolutely love it. I would reccomend that anyone that owns a tractor that is parked outside to try and keep the rats and mice out of it. For some reason they love to eat the wires and build nests under the hood. I like to keep bait boxes all around. I had a mouse that built a nest under the hood catch the tractor on fire and cause considerable damage. I got in the habit of always checking under the hood after that happened and last spring lifted up the hood and there was a nest bigger than anything I had ever seen. I was like what the heck! I put some gloves on and started pulling out wads of grass and straw when out jumped a big squirrel. It scared the crap out of me. I spent an hour pulling that stuff out including some baby squirrels. Lift the hood and check the oil and the hydraulic levels and change the oil every 100 hours. Good luck finding a used loader they are hard to find. I would stick with the same brand loader that the tractor is because the tractor will be rated for a certain loader size. The mower requires a lot of power and so be careful about getting one bigger than the tractor is rated for. The bush hog brand is excellent and so is rhino. Don't forget to keep grease in the gear drive on the mower.
