I bought my L2000 in 1996 with about 1000 hours on it and it has performed very well for me. I had a leaking oil seal on a rear wheel axle a few years ago and the local Kubota dealer could not work on it, but gave me the name of a local repair shop which did the work with no problems. I changed out the cartridge oil filter assembly with used parts from a parts dealer and now have a screw-on oil filter. Much easier to change the oil and easy to get filters. I use a bush hog, 4' box grader, and a pipe crane on the three point hitch. I use it on 11 acres of wooded property.
If you need the name and number of the local repair shop, email me and I will give you the info.