To tell the truth I've had good luck with them but I'm the only one that runs the hoe. Have a ripper, 30, 36, 72, and the tilt bucket. The holes on all of them except the 72" were off but since I have a coupler the pins never come out so it doesn't matter. Only one I couldn't drive them into was the ripper but about ten min. with the die grinder fixed that and we're good to go. I ordered the hoe with a 48" Werk-Brau so I would have a good bucket for demolition, rock loading, etc. The ripper weighs about 1000 pounds, the shank is 1⅞" thick so I'm pretty sure that it will take anything this 210 hoe can give it. The trenching buckets I got for $2000 apiece so if they fall apart I'll get a good one. IMO I believe unless you're digging in dirt with boulders or solid rock if you wreck a trenching bucket you should learn how to run a hoe.