This thing is a beast. Heavy. Powerful. It arrived in a wooden crate delivered right to my residence by a panel truck with a lift bed. I will say, had i not had a Kubota tractor with front end loader, i would have struggled getting it into the garage. Once inside and unpacked, i used a block and tackle to hold it off the ground as i assembled it. Added oil and gas and it fired up on the third try (after remembering to turn on the key!) I used the same block and tackle to load it into the back of my pickup and took it to camp three days later. Used the included tractor hitch bar to balance it on the tailgate and lower it from the truck. The hardest part was pushing it up the hill on uneven ground to where i wanted to use it. But once positioned it started on the first try and warmed up quickly. through trial and error i learned the best position for the adjustable handle...which was lower...and i used two hands and my body leaning on the handle to control the beast. Within about an hour and a half i had reduced three oak stumps to fine chips and dirt. I was very impressed!This is a very heavy duty machine for what it is...about the smallest one man stump grinder you can buy that is not a joke. The cutting bar is direct drive...which i thought would throw me all over the place, but it worked well and chewed away at the stumps.My advice...be patient! Take your time and let the tool do the work. And do not be too aggressive. When i got into a left to right, diagonal up to down pattern you could just work away at that stump with ease.Keep a rake handy because so many chips build up in front of your wheels you have to stop and remove them in order to reposition the cutting wheel.I love this thing and completely appreciate finally receiving a product that works actually BETTER than i had hoped.The only nit picky thing i can give is that you have to tip the machine back on the wheels to get the cutter off the ground to start it. It has a string pull start so this is a tad awkward to do. But manageable. It needs a way to prop the wheels off the ground to start, then a lever pull to lower the cutting wheel. I suggest this with no idea how to design such a thing. Also the safety stuff (gloves, glasses, hearing protection) is basically junk. Do not wear shorts when cutting (duh) as occasional wood chips sneak past the rubber guard into your shins. Not painful...but stings. Like being dumb and weed eating in shorts. Oh and your shoes fill up with chips and dirt if your pant sleeves do not cover your shoes.