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Read articles →Distinctive for its four-year owner perspective: the creator already runs an older non-cab LS MT357-sized machine and is now walking around a new cab version for comparison. He covers cab visibility, DPF regen operation, warranty terms, hydrostatic transmission feel, and standard features he contrasts against Deere and Kubota pricing. It's a pre-work walkaround with no loader or implements running, best suited to buyers weighing whether LS's value proposition holds up from a real user.
Posted by the Ray Builds Cool Stuff channel, whose host presents as a longtime LS tractor owner sharing personal impressions from his own property rather than a dealership or sponsored source.
No, the transcript says it has a good emission system and you do not have to put any additives into the diesel fuel; it uses an automatic DPF regen instead.
It regenerates automatically every 50 hours to burn off particulate, and the regen cycle might take 10 to 15 minutes; you can override it before parking the machine.
It comes with a six-year warranty: three years bumper-to-bumper, and six years on drivetrain and emissions.
The owner put several hundred hours on his similar-size LS tractor and used it with a grapple to rip 30-foot cedar and juniper trees out of the ground.
