"I did a lot of comparison-shopping. The last contestants were the Yanmar EX4500 and a Kubota. The Yanmar no interest financing cinched the deal. We are very pleased with the Yanmar and so far have had zero problems. The front-end loader does not carry a lot of weight but is fine for my use. We have plowed, disked, cultivated, rototilled, bush hogged, leveled construction sites, and ran an old cane mill with no strain at all. The build quality is one of the best. I like how I can micro adjust the rear lift arms for cultivating. "

"Too soon to say. But so far so very good. The model I have is EX 450 Cub Cadet Yanmar 2009."