Can't help you there. Are you too old of a dog to learn new tricks. Not being a smarta$$, I'm sure someone who's never run either can learn the JD controls. It's simply all about muscle memory.
I just spent my first day on my JD310 and, at day's end, could run it blindfolded. Even reaching around every couple minutes to bring the backhoe up to home position cause it bleeds off.
I'm used to my Case cat which had both a bucket/blade and a backhoe. Just like the JD. BUT,,, DIFFERENT CONTROLS.
Before that, or actually at the same time, My 39 Ford 9N with a bucket and a back blade had very
different controls. No problem.
Now going form my wife's 2002 minivan to my own 2002 Jeep Cherokee ( Or our older but same series '99 minivan) is a whole nuther matter. Why oh why do they change the wands that control lights, wipers, turn signals, and why can they not have radio and ventilation controls in the same place????
I own five Chrysler products of this vintage. NOT ONE IS THE SAME!
The vehicles are the same so "New and Improved" means they moved some of the switches.?!?!?!