Depends on your soil also If it's never been tilled before could be hard. We tried to till up a buds place. He had hard clay. He said" it was like kicking a grizzly bear in the groin then trying to rassle him LOL. Here's what I did. Check with local farmers and maybe one would come out and do it for you. The fellow comes over whenever I need him and the tiller he has does a great job in my plots. Good luck....marty