Would like to introduce myself. Live in Southern Illinois and have owned a 2800 hour standard flow T-250 with for almost 7 years now that replaced a Cat 416 backhoe. I generally have a root rake with grapples on it that is used for clearing brush and loading logs. I bought a Marshall tree saw last winter that I have been using to clean up fence rows and overgrown areas during the winter on my farm and have recently talked to my insurance company in the event I want to do some contracting with it. Hope to upgrade to a hand control machine sometime in the future.