My husband had a chance to run one of the John Deere Excavators the other day in Columbiana, Alabama while building a pad for a house. Overall he liked the excavator. Some of his main likes were that it was comfortably air conditioned and also had a heated cab. He also liked the fact that it was quick. When called upon to do something it was quick about doing it. He loaded 45 dump truck loads of chert that day. Some of his dislikes about the machine were that the cab was a little small. However you have to realize that my husband is a pretty large man weighing in at around 365lbs. So I’m not really sure if that comment would count or not.