Finally got a chance to use this a couple of weeks ago. Works as advertised. Chewed through clay soil like butter. It struggled with the hard pack, but honestly, nothing I've tried works well in the hard pack we have (think concrete's cousin). I did have some issues with the on/off switch that I'll have to resolve but to be fair I didn't read the instructions well enough and put the throttle/switch on wrong the first time and it could be that to caused the issue. I just choked it to stop the engine the one day I used it and I'm sure I can correct the issue when I have time. For the money, this can't be beat.