$13,500 is what I paid for my JD2305 nearly two summers ago, it too had the FEL and 62D MMM. I thought the Yanmar/Cub would undercut the price of the JD's by at least a $1,000. Has anyone been able to do a side by side comparison of the Sc2400 and 2305? I believe these units are mechanical twins.
Yanmar sure is fortunate that the "American" Tractor Companies are more interested in marketing tractors than they are manufacturing them. It's kind of like a Nissan being sold by both Ford and Dodge...