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Read articles →Brock visits two LS tractor owners in Ohio and turns an informal hangout into a casual reliability check: both owners share their real-world ownership histories across multiple machines dating back to 2013. He briefly runs the XR3135 grapple with heavy logs and test-drives an MT25 with a mower deck in the rain. Thin on specs and settings, but useful for LS reliability skeptics who want owner testimony rather than a dealer pitch.
Rock Hill Farm is an owner-operator channel where the host documents his own equipment use and paid work, giving it a peer-perspective tone rather than a dealership or manufacturer slant.
One owner has had four different LS tractors since 2021 with no problems. Another has owned his XR3135 since 2017 with 218 hours and no issues, and his family has run LS since 2013.
Lift capacity is around 2,100 to 2,200 pounds at the pins with breakout force around 3,400 pounds. The tractor weighs around 3,500 pounds with the loader.
Yes, though operation is slower since it lacks a third function joystick and uses long hoses from the rear remotes. It handled a roughly 1,500 pound log fine with no rear ballast.
Yes, the owner calls it a dual-purpose tractor, using the loader for barn cleanout and removing it to mow grass with a 54-inch deck, with four-wheel drive helping on the hobby farm.
