The lift was actually pretty nice to have. The basket was big enough to take up everything I needed. The only problem I had was when I took it into the back yard I laid down 3/4 plywood to drive it on and when I went around the back corner the plywood twisted with the tires and I accidentally ran over the valve box for the sprinklers. It was heavy enough that it snapped the line in the ground so after I finished, I had to have the sprinkler guy come and fix it.