^ True. I used to work for a dealer selling them, and I could see the differences, but to me they were pretty much the same. How's the service out of yours? We had only sold a handful of them and I left the dealer before I ever saw them again.
Yes, John Deere has their own special way of making life miserable for non-Deere dealers. I work for Deere now, and it's even frustrating to me and I can get any part I want. Deere puts their own specs on motors and transmissions which means they change just enough to make it their own aggravating crap.