I think as soon as Mr. Bubenberg gets a report back from Randy Lackender re an easy installation for the Baby Boomer, it would make sense to buy from him. At this point, Lackender has (1) A hoe with a hydraulic bucket, (2) Experience with this type of product, (3) Satisfied TBN customers who can attest to the quality of the product and (4) Pictures of the product on his web site. Oh yeah, and (5) a thumb attachment.
The only negative thing that I can think of is the rather obtuse way one must proceed to get it set up for the PT (order a quick attach plate from PT, ship it to him, get the proper quick connect couplers for the auxillary hydraulics, get a 1/4" to 1/2" adapter. Yikes). Maybe when Hans gets through with him, Randy can just send out a PT-ready hoe. Is this too much to hope for?