Hi Norm, the 10.5 is handling it surprisingly well really, apart from the barbed wire fence that is. I have a 100 acre block with driveable tracks all through it, the longest of which is over a kilometer each way, and I did all the tracks and mowed the front a rear house yards in about an hour and used less than three quarters of the very small tank the 10.5 has. It mows in 5th gear no worries at all and has a fabulous turning circle, you can just about do donuts with it. Have to be careful at speed in fifth though, it will go up on two wheels if you throw it around hard enough.