bankshotone:  We bought one out of Mississippi as I recall, priced similar to what your looking at from MTL, it is galvanized and just a heavy built chopper really. We cut up to 4" branches and trees with it and have been satisfied. Bushwhacker was the company I think, it's been awhile. I recently bought a root grapple from Quick Attach, they are in Minnesota and American made. They have a huge selection of skid loader attachments and I thought their brush cutters looked impressive. I would also suggest giving them a call before deciding by on line price quote, the grapple was a fair amount cheeper than online quote for some reason. Email good if you have more questions. Good luck !