My 3 yr old daughter loves all things digger or "Scoop", as she is a Bob the Builder fan, so this was a Christmas present to her. 
She is very happy sitting on this with it up against her sandbox and digging in the box without doing much riding. More exactly: she loves this toy and does not care that she is much to tall to ride on it. I will say that it would be better if the arm could be raised higher.