I live on a small tract of land a little over 8 acres, and own the 29hp 4X4 with a front end loader, and let me tell you that thing is an absolute delight, I have never done anything to the tractor other than regular maintenance and you talk about handy to have around. My family has a hunting ranch in the eastern part of the state and I use it there too, we don't do spring time food plots, so in the early fall when we plant all our plots the fields are over grown and that little dude just keeps cutting. I purchased mine in mid 2000, and I would recommend Kubota to anyone, it's a great little tractor and stout for a little guy.