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Read articles →A candid owner update recorded at two years and four months of real use, focused squarely on service problems: a cracked loader frame weld, a leaking front axle seal, a persistently malfunctioning DPF system requiring repeated manual regens, and an unresolved hydraulic loader valve issue. Perry also compares shuttle-shift versus hydrostatic transmissions and closes with an honest cost-versus-competency argument favoring New Holland dealers. Best for anyone seriously considering this specific LS model.
An owner-operator sharing firsthand experience from his own property and house-build site work, with no apparent dealer or manufacturer affiliation.
Four main issues: a cracked loader frame weld, a leaking right front axle wheel seal, a malfunctioning DPF needing constant manual regens, and an unresolved loader control valve problem causing sputtering and noise.
No. It only self-regenerated once at 50 hours. Every regen since has been an emergency regen with the DPF at 150 percent full throwing codes.
The owner says if buying again he would get the hydrostatic transmission for a thousand dollars more, since it is less likely to lug or stall the engine than the shuttle shift.
The owner says paying around five grand more for a similar New Holland tractor gets you the competency of the New Holland dealership and parts supply chain, which he thinks is worth it.
