I've had an ms 2000 and the 2000x extension wing now for over three years. It has been very helpful on my jobs. It really makes for a smooth running cut station . I hate site built contraptions to elevate your saw and for  material support. The ms 2000 is a very nice piece of equipment. It sets up  in less than a minute. With or without the 2000x it offers solid material  support for varied lengths with the ladder type slide out wings. With the  2000x it is outstanding even with heavy framing lumber.  Many other stands  only offer support for long stock with their rollers so far away from the  saw. If you have a five foot or under cutoff , it falls to the ground where  it might suffer damage. This stand is also the easiest I've seen to set up  and break down. I sometimes work on sites where ther are several stands  from many companies. It's so much faster it's not even funny. I know  one  carpenter who was planning on getting the rousseau stand. Two guys  struggled for two minutes to get their rousseau folded up in front of us. I  said watch this. I folded mine up in a fraction of the time , by myself and  had it in the trailer before they were done. Needless to say he bought a  Trojan. One outstanding benefit is the height. It is much taller than the  other available stands. I like my work to be up high where I can see it  without bending over. After years of use mine developed a little play in  the lock mechanism. It was very easy to fix. Trojan can supply a new lock  rod or you can disassemble it and drill a new hole for any one of the  cotter pins . This makes the rod longer and tightens up the whole stand.  The designer has since improved the locking mechanism to make it more rigid  and resistant to wear. When I got my new Makita LS 1212 I considered  getting a different stand. Nothing really compared very well so I bought  another Trojan. I'm happy I did!