ericbellville
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JUST WONDERING IF ANYONE OWNS OR KNOWS ANYONE THAT HAS BROUGHT ONE OF THE NEW LS TRACTORS WHAT THEY THINK OF THEM
NEW LS TRACTORS
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OhioTC18
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LS is a fairly new entry in the US, made in South Korea. In fact New Holland will be selling LS made compacts in the near future.
LETHAL GTS
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Tractors have been sold under GoldStar, Fiat-GoldStar, LG, LG-Fiat, LG-New Holland, LS and LS-New Holland names in South Korea. In North America, they have been sold as LG Montana, Montana, Farmtrac LandTrac, LongAgri LandTrac, McCormick Tractors and Landini.
Whew....now I can take a breath...
Montana, to my knowledge, has just been phased out and replaced by LS. We have a local dealer who sells these. Their salesman use to work here and their main tech is a guy we let go because of his shotty work.
Their tech started showing up here around January looking for parts for the Montana's stating that they could no longer gets parts from Montana and were told by the manufacture to source the parts locally from wherever they could find them and then they would be reimbursed.
Take it for what it is worth, this is my first hand experience. I was standing at the parts counter involved in the conversation.
Whew....now I can take a breath...
Montana, to my knowledge, has just been phased out and replaced by LS. We have a local dealer who sells these. Their salesman use to work here and their main tech is a guy we let go because of his shotty work.
Their tech started showing up here around January looking for parts for the Montana's stating that they could no longer gets parts from Montana and were told by the manufacture to source the parts locally from wherever they could find them and then they would be reimbursed.
Take it for what it is worth, this is my first hand experience. I was standing at the parts counter involved in the conversation.
LS Tractor
I bought a LS 7010 about 1 month ago. LS stands for Lasting Solutions. South Korean company, large conglomerate started out as LG Cable in 1962 got into the agricultural business in the late 60s early 70s, owns KLM, Fiat, Landini, McCormmick. 72HP, 63HP on the PTO, 4 x 4, heated cab, AC. Engine is Iveco (Fiat), 20 gears forward, 20 gears reverse, shuttle shift, heavy loader with 6 1/2 foot bucket (convinced the dealer to give me a 7 foot bucket) Mechanic told me that the engine is the same one they put in the 90HP tractors, they just turn the pump down. Told me that if I want more HP he'll just turn the pump up. Tractor works great! 3 feet of snow here and the tractor chews through it. Only faults I can find so far is that there is no heater vents on the rear window so it frosts up quick. (not a good thing when you're blowing snow!) The creeper gear shift is right where you want to put your left heel and the emergency brake lever is right where you want to put your right heel. If they moved both back 6" then the floor would be clear. Back wheel base is 6 1/2', front wheel base is 7'. I'll have to set the front wheels in this summer when I go to plough ground. All in all it's a good tractor and the dealer is very easy to deal with.
I bought a LS 7010 about 1 month ago. LS stands for Lasting Solutions. South Korean company, large conglomerate started out as LG Cable in 1962 got into the agricultural business in the late 60s early 70s, owns KLM, Fiat, Landini, McCormmick. 72HP, 63HP on the PTO, 4 x 4, heated cab, AC. Engine is Iveco (Fiat), 20 gears forward, 20 gears reverse, shuttle shift, heavy loader with 6 1/2 foot bucket (convinced the dealer to give me a 7 foot bucket) Mechanic told me that the engine is the same one they put in the 90HP tractors, they just turn the pump down. Told me that if I want more HP he'll just turn the pump up. Tractor works great! 3 feet of snow here and the tractor chews through it. Only faults I can find so far is that there is no heater vents on the rear window so it frosts up quick. (not a good thing when you're blowing snow!) The creeper gear shift is right where you want to put your left heel and the emergency brake lever is right where you want to put your right heel. If they moved both back 6" then the floor would be clear. Back wheel base is 6 1/2', front wheel base is 7'. I'll have to set the front wheels in this summer when I go to plough ground. All in all it's a good tractor and the dealer is very easy to deal with.
LETHAL GTS
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Welcome and good luck.
I think that just about covers it.
Welcome. Stick around. I think you'll be useful here.
I think that just about covers it.
Welcome. Stick around. I think you'll be useful here.
Thanks. Now I can tell my wife "see you're wrong, I am useful!"
Bill
I have a new LS J2030
I recently purchased a J2030H with FEL. I used it to bush-hog my 2A of pasture. The PTO shaft got too hot to disconnect without gloves. In the past I have used my '46-2N and the shaft was never hot.
Any ideas??? Thanks.
BTW -- LS is "Leading Solutions"
I recently purchased a J2030H with FEL. I used it to bush-hog my 2A of pasture. The PTO shaft got too hot to disconnect without gloves. In the past I have used my '46-2N and the shaft was never hot.
Any ideas??? Thanks.
BTW -- LS is "Leading Solutions"
thanks - the u-joints may need a little grease, but then they are no different than when I used the 2N. I did check the transmission fluid. So clean (the tractor only has 5 hours) that it was hard to see, but a piece of tissue found it. It was filled to the line. thanks again. My dealer says that the J2030H isn't enough tractor for a 5' BH.