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Read articles →This is a delivery-day first impressions video from an owner replacing an aging International tractor, not a hands-on demo. It covers why they chose the LS XR4040 over Kubota, John Deere, Mahindra, and Coyote, the LS/New Holland shared-manufacturing connection, price comparisons, cab-vs-no-cab reasoning, and the 37hp-vs-40hp decision. It briefly starts the tractor and lifts the bucket, with fewer than five hours on the meter, and promises a follow-up detailed video.
Posted by the buffcleb channel, an owner-operator sharing personal shopping reasoning and first impressions rather than a professional or dealer review.
LS offered the most economical way into a newer machine that met their needs, with standard features like rear hookups that New Holland charges extra for, at a lower price point.
LS and New Holland are the same company out of Korea, parts are interchangeable, and the tractors come off the same manufacturing line, just with different stickers, but LS costs about $8,000 less.
Their wooded property means dealers said cabs often need windshield replacements at $1,000 each, so they skipped the roughly six grand cab option.
The 40hp XR series had four inches more ground clearance, beefier loader brackets and axles, and felt worth the extra cost over the budget-grade G Series.
