For those on the fence of renting or purchasing, I believe the price of this compactor is worth stowing it away for another rainy day project. I had an issue with the delivery, FedEx had delivered upside-down which caused oil to saturate the air filter which caused it not to start. Customer service was responsive but wanted me to wait two weeks for a replacement filter which I later found out are readily available here on Amazon of all places…imagine that right?? Long story short I accepted their discount offer and bought my own replacement filters for around $10 for two of them. Assembly is straight forward, took me about 30 minutes as the instructions were pretty vague and covered more than one model, unless you are a complete goof when it comes to mechanics then you should be able to put 2 + 2 together on how this sled goes together. I used this to compact the ground for an above ground pool install which included a 4” bed of sand and it did a great job making sure everything was compact and uniform. Fuel consumption is fantastic on this machine, runs for hours on end on the small little gas tank, was very surprised to only have to refuel this twice for the multiple hours that I used it. Recommend this product, functional and good quality, essentially costs the same of a 1-day rental from just about anywhere. This is my 3rd Vevor product and I’ve had zero issues with any of them.
Malcolm 
