My National has a control box on a 6' cord, so I can directly eyeball the pads going down. I like that a lot better then my old Manitex 22101S with its center mounted fix controls. Several of the crews I work with a lot, maybe feeling sorry for the old man, or just trying to hurry things up, start putting on my pads by the time I'm getting out the truck cab, and then throwing out my cribbing. It bugs me a little, but I've decided I have had enough practice doing these chores and if they want to they can have at it. One thing about that tethered control box, I was cautioned by the guy I bought the rig from, to NEVER forget to properly stow it in it's rear compartment, and then secure the compartment door. Or... you may pull up to your job and find it's been dragging down the road and all you have left is frazzeled wires. So far I have remembered.