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Never been banged or thrashed! You are actually part of the machine. When it goes up you go up, when it goes down you go down. Your hands never leave the control panel. On a walk behind the machine and the control panel are moving up and down and you are trying to maintain constant pressure and control of a moving control panel. On a track machine you have a center of balance and when you are walking behind it and go over a ridge, bump etc. the machine stays level until it passes the center of balance then the front end drops to follow the terrain and the rear end goes up quickly putting counter pressure on your hand that is controlling the machine, causing you to "not have proper control" On a walk behind you can not go as fast as the machine is rated because you are worrying about where you are stepping, looking out for trip hazards.

A lot of the attchmnts are meant to be used going in reverse. Like when using the leveler to grade out a yard to get ready for sod, it is used going in reverse. This is a problem on a walk behind because you are walking back wards and have to go slower so you can watch where you are stepping. That means the speed you paid for is unusable. When using a tiller or power rake you are walking back wards watching where you are stepping when you should be focused on the attchmnt and that sprinkler head that is 4 inch's away, or that new tree that you are about to hit. When you are scooping up dirt with bucket you need good momentum, when digging out dirt and sod you need good momentum. You cant get that from a walk behind. When using your power broom to sweep dry powdery snow off of a walkway do you want to be walking and slipping on the patchy ice underneath or do you want to be " part of the machine "?

The walk behind will tire you out, twist your ankles and robs you of the speed you paid for.

On the dingo there is a flow diverter for the hydraulics that sends more power to the attchmnt and less to the drive wheels. When you learn how to use this lever you have plenty of power for trenching, tilling etc. I have used mine to trench through 6 inch asphalt. I live in Ok. where most of our ground is solid red clay and have no problem trenching.

My dingo runs an average of 6 hours daily for 4 years. I don't do anything buy hand if I can figure out a way to use the machine. Dig valve box's, pull out fence post, carry a strap of brick, raise the trailer to change a tire, push over small trees, dig my foundation for my shop, dig the sweet potatoes out of the garden, move a storage building, whatever and at the end of the day I still have the energy to go home and play with my kids.