Originally Posted by Beoceorl
I've used a dirt scoop quite a bit around our little farm. They work best on loose soil, gravel, and sand. They will dig up packed soil, but you have to go slow and take small bites. Loosening packed soil with a box blade (using the rakers) or disc helps.


I can see why it wouldn't be optimum on packed soil. But my purpose for one would be to move around a load of loose topsoil that I have delivered and dumped. I've got quite a few low spots on my place that I want to level up and a day of doing it with a wheelbarrow and a shovel is a lot of work. I've had enough of that.