We have that same tiller and it is the perfect tool for small jobs or tilling raised beds...which I don’t recommend you do unless it’s a ‘soil emergency.’
I’m not lazy; just more pro-permaculture these days. ;)
Beau uses it to make me easy-to-plant rows in The Big Garden for my Gladiolus and rows of cutting flowers.
I have a regular tiller too but I think it works me more than I work it. Brings up a lot of weed seeds too. No-till and hand tools are the goal but the full size tiller is good for breaking new ground and the small tiller will be good after that for mixing amendments into the top 2 inches until I have good tilth.
I’m going to go over the big garden area once with the big tiller since it’s back to grass/lawn and then I’ll probably sell it.
Since I fed the goats hay on that area, I’ll till it, rake it and cover it with plastic for a while and solarize the soil. Ought to be nice and rich but also loaded with grass seed. Not hot enough yet so the plastic will have to stay on for months. End of July or maybe even wait until end of Aug.
Need to till it soon though while it’s a good time of year to sell a tiller. Big tiller sale money will pay for small tiller service and then some. The same tiller goes for $8-900 this year and I’ve only had it for two years and used it twice. Have all the literature for it and it ought to clean up and look like new. Always been under a roof. Might get enough money to buy plastic for the high tunnel, especially if I can find the parts to fix the Stihl myself.