You have any pic's of what you are talking about? I must have lucked out and got mine before they changed cause i sure have'nt noticed any of the things you mentioned. I sure hope they have'nt lowered their standards. I will have to try and stop at my dealer next time i get there and see what they have on hand.
I have a CT335 with the old 7TL loader on it and I just took 2 of the new 7TL's off a truck and I do need to mount one on a tractor for Sat delivery. I will try and get some picture and post them for you guys
I had too jump back and forth between the pictures a couple of time to really see the difference. Maybe it jumps out at you more seeing in person. The new bucket sizes are more in line wth the width of the tractor. Maybe if my bucket was the same width as the tractor my daughter wouldn't have ripped off a big chunk of door frame backing it out of the shed.