It has been 25 years since I operated excavators or hyd log loaders. It was wild, I rented this machine and had them switch the swing so it is the same as my models, they can do this with the flick of a switch. I got on the hoe and operated it like I was running my models, almost like a PRO ! LOL They are almost the same price as the models as well, $25 bucks per hour.... Sure can move a lot of dirt in a hour...