I have just finished my first season with this electric extractor. I'm selling the hand cranker immediately! this gives you the freedom to walk away and return to either speed up the motor or turn the frames. yes, I took longer, but I worked it around laundry, dishwashing, etc and saved my shoulder. I screwed the legs down to a couple of thicknesses of plywood covered with a new tarp and arranged the setup in one corner so that I didn't have to step onto the tarp to reach the extractor controls. no tracking stickiness throughout the garage and house. the legs are long enough for a 5 gallon bucket to set under the spout. cleanup amounted to unscrewing the legs, tipping the extractor to the side to get the last of the honey and opening the garage doors to let the bees clean up all the stickiness.