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Read articles →A first-time tractor owner's one-year, 60-hour ownership review of the LS MT125 sub-compact. Distinctive for its candid likes-and-dislikes format, it covers the reversed engine layout and cooling airflow, 50-hour service filters and fluids with actual part numbers and costs, 2WD/4WD wet-brake safety considerations, loader capacity math, and real-world property use. Practical depth makes it useful for anyone seriously comparing sub-compact options.
An owner-operator sharing first-hand impressions after roughly a year of use on their own property, with no apparent dealership affiliation.
A little over a thousand pounds, though the LS 1101 loader is rated slightly under 1,000 lbs because of the quick attach plate factored into the rating.
Fuel filter, air filter, oil filter, transmission filter, and hydrostatic filter, plus changing engine oil and hydrostatic fluid. Filters cost about 50 to 55 dollars from an LS dealer on eBay.
The front of the crankshaft faces the operator platform to save space for the radiator, and it blows hot air away from the operator instead of into their face.
Yes, since brakes are only on the front axle through the hydrostatic transmission's wet brake system, so 4WD ensures braking even if weight shifts forward.
