Thanks Ken, we originally bought it to mow tree lines, you know, how when you neighbors limbs are growing over the line and scratching up the side of your combine?  That's where this comes in.  We have also used it to mow steep ditches for the local township.

JDboy, it's like anything else you get used to it.  I actually think it would be harder to use the levers because you would not have the controls right at your finger tips.