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Posted by Jonno on October 5, 2007, 3:08 am
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I believe the Honda ones are good too.
You could ask for a demo?
occam@internode.razoron.net wrote:
> We are thinking of buying a tiller for our neglected garden, both for
> current "garden beds" and to make new ones by cultivating the soil
> (now a collection of beautiful weeds on a very uneven ground), then
> just keep tilling until the weeds are decreasing in density. Finally
> mix in soil improvements etc. and then use shallow and/or narrow
> tilling to help keep weeds down.
>
> Last time I did it with spadework - lots of it, and the garden beds
> masses of weeds shows I made a good job of preparing the soil. Now I
> am older and lazier (and my back hurts more).
>
> My brother (in Sweden) sells the Mantis tiller and he tells me that a
> Mantis is what I should have. However, these are rather expensive
> outside USA, including in Australia.
>
> Therefore I would like some advice on
> 1) would a tiller be of great / some/ little help?
> 2) is a 4stroke engine to be preferred above a 2stroke one?
> 3) is a Mantis worth the extra money?
> 4) or, what tiller / type of tiller should I buy?
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