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Posted: Mar/16/2007 7:41 PM PST
The Small Roto-tillers. Choice of a four stroke Honda or Mantiss is excellent [B]NEVER a two stroke[/B]. They eventually become a hassle when starting, no mattter how careful one is with the gas and oil. I bought mine last year (Honda) and it has to be my most valuable tool in the garden. I use it like a shovel, hoe and rake combined. To plant trees, shrubs and to make a simple hole for some plant, it cannot be beat. The tine shaft runs about 180 RPM, which is much much faster than larger tillers. http://xrl.us/u7s2 URL to the tiller in my vegetable garden. Honda FG 110 mini-tiller http://20May2006.notlong.com Working compost into underlying soil. 29 April 2006 Zone 5. The Honda FG110 was purchased one week ago. It was used to work reasonably good soil, clay with much compost over two years with no rocks. The area worked was over 1000 square feet. This little tiller did a perfect job. If the tiller got clogged with fiberous plant strings, I simply removed the outer tines and cleared the obstruction within one of two minutes. The tiller engine startes with one or two pulls of the starting cord. To plant onions I removed the outer two tines and pointed the remaining two inwards and got a perfect row for planting about 4 inches wide. I use the tiller by gently pulling backwards without the drag bar. All the work was done at full throttle as it should be with such a small engine. I consider the operation to be effortless and the result on the soil is simply not achievable with hand tools. The noise level is for all intents and purposes not noticable, since it is a four stroke engine. It is well built, and has no appearance of fragility or poor workmanship. I simply carry the tiller from place to place as required or set it in the wheelbarrow. To use this small tiller amongst large rocks is misuse in my opinion. I have no rocks. Used with common sense, and not attempting to work it in conditions where a larger machine is clearly required this little machine should last a long time. To make a small bed I remove the sod with a kick sod cutter, spade the compacted earth to the proper depth, then put the tiller to work to condition the soil. On large chunks it jumps around a little, but that is to be expected. A larger machine simply kicks them out without beating them into small pieces. The result is near perfection. Do a google to find the full specs. Worrying about turning a garden into flour like soil is probably little to worry about. I have spend my life trying to get the chunks small enough for a good garden. Usually I have had clay, but by adding city compost and composted wood chips the soil is friable. Don't leave home without it. Durgan. |
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Posted: Mar/16/2007 9:53 PM PST
Hello Durgan, I've been looking over your posts with interest. It looks as if you are attempting to journal but with each new entry in a new thread. I would suggest you look over the Journal section of the discussion forum and consider starting your own Journal there. http://forums.gardenguides.com/forum/forumdispl ay.php?f=128 |
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Posted: Mar/17/2007 1:13 AM PST
Quote: Originally posted by treeman Hello Durgan, I've been looking over your posts with interest. It looks as if you are attempting to journal but with each new entry in a new thread. I would suggest you look over the Journal section of the discussion forum and consider starting your own Journal there. http://forums.gardenguides.com/forum/forumdispl ay.php?f=128Great idea for the year 2007. At the present time I am collecting the more appropiate events that are common for all years, and posting where applicable. Here is the URL http://DurganCanada.notlong.com Durgan. |
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