Guess I'm old school, ran different machines for yrs, only thing I see is that your not learning how to master it, turning auto on is being lazy, not sure about anybody else, I loved mastering the machine ur running, wasn't overnight either, takes awhile to get the feel of you and it way its moving, sounds of the engine, if your good you know what's going on and how it's gonna operate
Robert Kinholt i agree with you, but owning a business this feature allows for less man power while digging. Meaning I can have another employee running another piece of equipment instead of running a grade rod. Also, less and less young men or women these days are willing to even get in a ditch.
There goese my job guess anyone can call there self a operator now i personally pride myself on being able to catch grade read grade stakes and being able to control my machine by my own skills it took me years as a helper before i was able to get in the operator seat now im there there's this wtf