Seems small to me. My "lawn" on the Alabama farm was a little over 9 acres. But - I had a Kubota tractor with a 6 foot finish mower for that. The 3 acres takes about the time as the 9 did. The trimming is a lot easier now though. We had a 3 acre lake in our yard in Alabama I had to trim around.That's quite a bit of lawn to mow!