Has anybody else noticed that the BR350s seem to be plagued with a lot of little problems? I don't want to bad-mouth the machine too much, because I really like running that cat. But we always seem to have some little problem. I mentioned the door latch, for example. And the tiller flaps (elephant ears) have intermittent issues... sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. The buttons on the joystick seem to have a short cycle life. Like the other night, the blade curl and swing functions quit working early in the shift. I think they just replaced a switch and did some electronics testing. But still, these little things all add up to a lot of maintenance cost, and quite a bit of downtime over the course of a season. We still have some mystery leaks... find some ATF in the snow, but after two mechanics go over the whole machine, they can't find a leak.
I realize all cats have little issues from time to time, but we don't seem to have the same kind of annoying troubles with our bullies. And the BR350 is the second newest machine in the fleet. Anyone else have this same experience?