I had two machines with front units back in the day. I had three or four machines in that fleet with scraper control units as well. They all worked fine when adjusted properly. The front unit was a lot simpler to work on and setting it up was just a matter of adjusting linkages to match marks that were provided for that purpose. Operators were always the biggest problem on any winch machine. Most did not understand that the clutches were designed to snap in and not feel in like a clutch on a truck. The resulting slipping when feathering the clutch beat the disks up pretty quickly. You could tell the good operators right away as you seldom got called out the adjust them. The operators that wouldn't listen showed up within a couple of days. Once the disks started warping, you got called out to replace broken rope. The warped disks would lock and the blade would raise to two block and kill the motor if you were lucky. If the line broke, you had a mess to clean up. The lines are front units are far easier to change than the ones on rear units. Welding gloves are a must when changing line as there will be 10,000 needles from the worn threads.