Brought home the JD 2025 a couple of days ago. I forgot to get some pics of it side by side with the BX2350.
My first impressions are generally good. Even though the specs don't say so, the loader feels much stronger and is without a doubt much faster. That's also a little bad, since the controls feel much more sensitive. Part of that is the joystick is much shorter.
The drive over autoconnect deck, pretty sweet. I put the deck on my BX before I picked up the JD, didn't time it but probably took 20 minutes but it always seems much longer. Its not difficult, just awkward, getting the driveshaft hooked up being the worst. It took me about 5 minutes to take the deck off the JD and it was the first time I did it. I think it goes on just as quick. Its not a hands free operation though, there are some large cotter like pins you have to put in on each side that lock it in place and you have to set the guide wheels so they aren't locked and let the deck set on the ground, but they are all easy to do, takes maybe 30 seconds.
The JD quick connect bucket is so simple, to me it seems better than the skid steer setup and doesn't seem to take away from the lift capacity in any way. I got pallet forks with the new JD and have switched back and forth a couple of times already. The bad part is not being universal.
The physical size is much bigger, taller, bigger tires. It seems to ride better, but part of that could be a much better seat and its a true suspension seat. I'm going to have to be careful about putting the ROPS down.
A couple of bad things I don't like. To get off the tractor you have to put it in neutral if you want to leave it running, the Kubota I didn't. I got off of it and about had it roll away on me, it smashed a yard light in the process. I will have to get in the habit of setting the parking brake. The Kubota unless I was on a hill I just got off of it and it wouldn't move, even though I probably should have been setting the brake.
The side by side pedals? Probably a wash in my opinion compared to Kubota. Probably a little more comfortable to use but I still catch myself looking down to see which pedal to push. I was in the habit of lifting up on the forward pedal on my BX, which I still catch myself trying to do when I back up.
The dealer also gave me the wrong keys. That was a little bit of a fiasco since it was almost closing time when I called them about the key not working. They got me all fixed up with in a hour with the correct keys.
