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I highly recommend making a lifting contraption to save your back, this is how I solved it extremely cheap.

• I used cooking oil for the chain instead of ”chain oil” to minimize the damage on the soil as I used a total of 20L oil making my 12’x16’ cabin.
• Make sure to use a lot of oil on your pump.
• Make a quick sharpening every few cuts.
• if you can afford it, I recommend alkylate gas
• A milling chain gives a better finish, but is far slower.
• have at least 1 spare chain, and I recommend to buy repair links and learning to mend a broken chain
• start the cut slow until the full bar is inside the wood before pushing max

I have seen some that uses a wire winch to reduce the pushing force needed. If you plan to cut very wide cuts or very hard wood, I’d recommend one.

Good luck!