I'm heading over in a few days with mine. Did a mod to the closed skid plate, by gluing a flat disk on the underside. Will let you know how it works. I tried it briefly in some scrub last year with the closed skid plate un modded and found I got a lot of scraping on pebbles n twigs making it difficult to swing on the ground. If the mod works, great, if not will go back to the open plate.