Well lets see here
1 year on a quad track 450 with trimbles old version- very slow had a hard time keeping up with you if you were gojng to fast, accurate to within 5 tenths
3 years on a 627 with the latest version of trimble- very fast kept up with 27 no matter how fast you went and was accurate to within a few tenths, took lots of abuse
spent a few weeks on a 6t with trimble dual head system- it was faster then the old topcon but no where near as fast as 3Dmc2, when in auto the fstest you could run was full throttle first gear, was nice have the dual heads since even when you angled the blade it still knew where the blade was, and you didnt have to worry about breaklines and shoulders and things like that, and was accurate to within a tenth
6 months on a 6t with topcons old system- hated it, very very slow, auto would only keep up in 1st gear, was easier just to free hand it, accurate to within 5 tenths
6 months on 6t with topcon 3Dmc2- Loved it, kept up with me no matter how fast i went, auto works great, but had to be careful when you were finsihing and had the blade angled, since its only a single head it doesnt calibrate when you have the blade angled, can get you in trouble fast if you forget about it and ur cutting a slope that has break points in it, and also had a hard time with the blade chopping if i didnt have a 1/4 blade full, accurate within a tenth
1 year on 8t with 3Dmc2- same results very fast, exspecially in auto, but the 8 was more balanced and auto would cut smooth as glass even if i was pushing half a yard of dirt, accurate to within a tenth
about a month on a 14M with topcon MM- when using MM had to run about 1st gear half to full throtle, accuarte to with a few hundreths, now they have 3Gmc2 would like to run one with this sysyem