It's heavy enough with a couple cinder blocks to dig in and grade the dirt or gravel. I needed to work up a piece of bare ground, about 3,000 square feet, and plant grass seed. I added a piece of steel angle, to each front bar, that I had drilled and added a total of (14) 1/4" x 1-1/2" stainless bolts. That digs up the soil nicely after several passes. Planted the seed, removed the cinder blacks and just used the drag to rake in.