I kind of know what you mean. I'm about to close signing on the line for a 4240 but have come to the conclusion that I just can't sell my 580K. It's just so handy having something that can lift a full size stump or like you said, why worry about sticking your bar into the dirt trying to cut up a tree. The only reason why I didn't go with a track hoe was my land is too stretched out and driving one side to the other just takes too long and I really needed a loader that could reach over the side of my dump truck.