My 2 Biggest Regrets Buying My First Tractor

Nice tractor, Adam! It should serve you well. Thanks for being upfront regarding your arrangement with LS. You're always a straight shooter, no BS kind of guy so your opinions and suggestions are helpful to me. The snow blower is a nice addition and also provides the benefit of some additional rear ballast. Look forward to seeing it in action!

DJ from Sandy Lake Implements did a very nice job for the LS company. It’s so important to have a dealer that is knowledgeable, reliable and helpful. This looks like a great partnership.

Thanks to people like you, I went up to the next size tractor and got myself a TYM T574HC. We've got a 16 acre farm, and 54 chickens and a couple of pigs, and about 1/2 the land is in woods. We cut firewood for heating so we got loaded tires and a 3rd function valve as well. Picked up grapples, 48" forks, a 66" leveling box (we have a 1200' gravel driveway) and the bucket it came with. Our tractor is much like the one you just got. We've only got 12 hrs on it = got it last Thursday, and love. Hope you enjoy yours as much as we're enjoying ours.

Beautiful setup! DJ did a great job presenting, and was very close on his guess for added weight with our Beet Juice Tire Ballast. The 17.5-24 rear tires on the LS 357 require 62 gallons for a 75% recommended fill. At 10.7 pounds per gallon that adds over 1,300 pounds of out-of-sight ballast. If any viewers are interested in how much weight Rim Guard can add to their unit, our website has a Tire Fill Tool with over 2,200 tire sizes that should be able to help you.

We couldn't be more excited for this partnership and to see everything you do with the new LS!

I bought a 41hp open station LS in 2013, 800 hrs on it now. It's been a great machine and done everything I needed it to. I really love the big front tires. My only regret is not getting a cab tractor!

I am glad you are able to be open and honest about the review. Sometimes, companies don't want negative feedback. I want to know the good, the bad, and the ugly. Kudos to LS for not limiting your review. This tells me that they have confidence in their products. I look forward to seeing it in the future and what you think. Thanks for sharing your experience with this tractor and in the future.

Wow that is awesome Adam. In 2007 I was ready to buy a tractor and had allergies really bad so that made the cab decision for me. Never once have I regretted the cab! Warm and dry in the cold and nice and cool and clean when it’s hot and dry. I have a Kubota L3940 cab and it is my best piece of equipment. Someday I hope to build my channel and have some kind of partnership with an equipment company . Really enjoy your videos and look forward to seeing what you do with the tractor.

The LS company sounds like a great one! You did a great job of comparing the two tractors without any negative comments on either one! Great job, Adam!! I hope you can get LS a lot of business & they can help you own this tractor. I think we'll need a few extra videos to see all the things it'll do!! 🤔😉👍God bless you and your family!! I hope y'all have a blessed Christmas season! Thank God for His gift of Jesus to us!! ❤️ 👍

CONGRATULATIONS! My first tractor was a Kubota L2501 HST. That model doesn't have a single "bell or whistle," but I learned about tractors w/it, and from that decided what I wanted / needed. I then bought a cabbed MT3-57, but mine is a power shuttle vice an HST. I wanted a "stick shift" rather than the HST, because you get a pinch more power and I just prefer a "stick" over an "automatic." The only thing I don't like about it is that the room in the cab is a bit tight. Truthfully, it's okay when I'm just driving / working, but when I need to move around in the cab, it's tight. I FINALLY figured out where I could put a toolbox, and I'm VERY HAPPY w/the location and ease of installation and use. I can send you some pics w/written descriptions if you like, but it does NOT require ANY modification to the tractor. If you look @ the FEL boom on the right side of the tractor, you'll see a single 5/8" hole @ the back of the boom (cab end of boom). I used a piece of 4" x 1/4" angle iron that was about 12" long for a "shelf." On one end I drilled a 5/8" hole through the vertical part, and put a short 5/8" bolt w/washer (as a spacer) through it and that hole on the back of the FEL boom. The angle iron is held in place by the bolt on 1 end and it rests on top of a grease fitting "shroud" on the other end. It can't come off that grease fitting "shroud," and it doesn't hamper the function of the loader or anything else. I also took a "standard" ammo can and drilled a 5/8" hole through it on 1 side near the bottom, on the end closest to the lid hinge. It rests on the angle iron "shelf," and is held in place by the same 5/8" bolt. I don't have to move the box to get to the grease fitting to grease it. When I open the box, the lid opens toward the rear of the tractor and just misses the running light (you could of course mount the box 180 degrees the other way, so that it opened toward the front). It's worked great for over 2 years, and again, if I took it off the tractor, you'd never know it had ever been there! I watch your channel, and I'm sure that tractor will serve you well; again, congratulations! : )

I bought an LS XU6168 back in 2019 and I absolutely love it. It’s 65 hp to the pto and has a cab. It is small enough to do small jobs and it is certainly big enough to run my 12’ batwing mower. You should love it !

Congratulations on the upgraded tractor Adam. I am sure that the increased lift capacity will come in handy when you're moving logs around. Stay safe, healthy and warm. Bill H from Cranberry Township

Congratulations on the tractor upgrade Adam. As an LS owner myself I am excited to see you on an LS and to here your honest opinion and experiences with an LS tractor.

Congrats on the new unit! Great work on your partnership, well deserved. Looking forward to seeing how it works. I have an Original Tractor Cab on a 1025R now, which works great for me. We are considering a move to a larger property, but until then I'm living vicariously through you!

Can’t wait to see this in person! Also really looking forward to a 6 month or 1 year review after you’ve really put it through its paces. Congrats again to both you and LS!

Glad to see you have a safer tractor; weight makes a BIG difference!!! Some people think LG is a off shoot of New Holland. But the truth be known New Holland and Case International are paired up. LS tractors are a subsidiary of the LG Corporation. Also LS makes tractors for New HOLLAND under a 100hp?!?!? I know in LS start up they had considerable amount of electronic issues; I will be following your adventure with LS. What I have found through the years of being a CAT&CUMMINGS knuckle buster is that ground connections are critical to sensors!!! The best example that comes to mind is my single mom niece who bought a used riding mower (CHEAP) and was told it needed a battery!?! I checked it out and the battery appeared to be good; the problem was where the ground cable was bolted to the frame! Cleaned the connections and applied a little Never Seize and walla problem SOLVED!!! I have a ANTIQUE riding mower and the current battery is somewhere in the age of at least five years old and it's a Walmart battery which most say they are a one year battery??? Grounding is very important as is PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!

I did the same thing. I bought a open station 40 hp tractor. I recently updated to a cab tractor and 60+ hp tractor. The bigger tractor can lift 1 ton. There are a few things like IBC totes full of wood and 1 ton fertilizer/seed bags that the bigger tractor can handle. Nice upgrade Adam!

Looking forward to see how this tractor performs. The color caught me off guard. The color does not matter as long as it performs and holds up over time. Your channel will be good for LS brand awareness . Competition is always good, it makes companies make better products and address issues.

Kinda sad to see the Kioti leave. It was what brought me to your channel 4 years ago when I was searching for my first tractor. I ended up with a CK3510SE and I couldn't be happier. One size up would help feel a little more stable when moving full totes of firewood, so I totally understand the upgrade. I gotta disagree with getting a cab. As a desk jockey, when I'm outside, I want to be outside. Hope the LS treats you well.

Awesome Adam, I'm actually in the research phase of buying a tractor so it's great I get to see the LS product and what you do with it. Nice tractor!