So far so good. Got about 15 hrs on it and 3 of them are all w the BH. It seems to be fine for what I need. It is more a matter of keeping the tractor in one place then it is power. I dug out a few pine stumps and two med size oak stumps. I have two underground lines I need to trench for here soon too. I have the smaller bucket figuring I would get more force out of it.