Out here in the boondocks it has worked out pretty well for me, but it did in Las Vegas too. Up here my neighbor has a small landscape business as well as a regular job, so if I need a tractor /bucket/blade, it's allways there. He has a key to my place and I have one to his. 'Nuther neighbor is a licensed electrician and admits he's no mechanic.I can weld or repair whatever they bring over and it works out. Plus we all plow snow on our own road.