My daughter wanted to clear about 5 acres west of the house when she was about 12 - - - -sat in front of me for a couple of hours till I allowed her to work on her own - - - -I kept her off the steep parts and she did a great job. Now she runs about anything - - - not enough experence on an excavator but loaders, dozers, bobcats, roadgraders - - - She still feels intimidated by the dump trucks and semis