I'm Matt and I have a Kid 8x8 that I just got up and running a few months ago. I'm a land surveyor and my trade requires that I go places most atv's can't. I'm in central Louisiana and have a lot of water in my area. The preferred machine of choice in my line of work is a Marsh Master (Coast Machinery, LLC. | marshmaster.com: marsh buggies and swamp buggies from marsh master). For anyone who has priced one, knows that they are beyond the budget of the average guy but well worth it when you see what they can do. I've been quite impressed with my Kid, but still have much work to do on it. I'm currently looking at trying to purchase a Kid I found with the Perkins diesel. I've been browsing this 6x6world forums for some time now and have seen some interesting machines out there. Hope to get to know some of the folks out on the forums and get some insight when I hit a stumbling block with my 8x8.