I have to say I'm really impressed with how some of the European companies are adapting miniexes for taller building demo; using them to bring tight structures down from the inside out, one floor at a time (kinda like we used to in the old days with sledges and wheel barrows).

Just to play devils advocate I suppose you could say that the technology creates a new skillset that must be learned. That being said, I see where you are coming from; I guess it has a lot to do with a company's bottom line. I know I can't afford one so I tend to stick to what I can reach, so to speak. I have used high reach equipmenet in the past and am ambivalent. I have seen them used correctly and seen them used where they were absolutely unecessary.