It has been extremely reliable, knock wood, and I have been able to service it myself without much mechanical ability.
I use a 6-foot bush hog, 9-foot pull type disk, loader, and a 100-gallon 3-point sprayer. Don't empty the fuel filter and water trap at the same time or you'll play hell bleeding and restarting - I finally soaked my t-shirt in some gas and held it in air cleaner. I would not want 2-wheel drive model.