Tiller Work

SIKSUKR · 05-10-2010, 09:07 AM

Well Steve, I did rent a tiller from HD yesterday to finally tackle a bunch of flower beds that have been untouched and overgrown for 7 years. Uuhhg! With so much neglect on my part there was a lot of roots running everywhere. I spent maybe 1-2 minutes tilling and about 7 minutes cutting off the roots that had wrapped around the blades. I did manage to make a dent in the overgrowth but my expectations were lowered on the volume of work I expected to get done. I think in my case I would be better off with even a much smaller tiller like a Mantis. Next weekend!

BTW $34 for 4 hours for their smallest "full-size" tiller.

ACutAbove · 05-10-2010, 05:00 PM

If you have a split boom weedwacker like the cheap kind they sell at home depot the homelite brand and a few others I believe. They used to sell a small rotortiller attachment for. I think it was like $50 or $75 when I bought mine. Works really well for small areas.

SIKSUKR · 05-12-2010, 09:59 AM

I do actually have a weedwacker that you can purchase attachments for. A tiller is one of them along with a power sweeper, edger and so on. The one that made me laugh is the snow thrower attachment. I'm sure that one works just great.

RLW · 05-12-2010, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by SIKSUKR

I do actually have a weedwacker that you can purchase attachments for. A tiller is one of them along with a power sweeper, edger and so on. The one that made me laugh is the snow thrower attachment. I'm sure that one works just great.:laugh:

Don't

they work great for clearing off roofs.

chipj29 · 05-18-2010, 06:46 AM

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Originally Posted by ACutAbove

If you have a split boom weedwacker like the cheap kind they sell at home depot the homelite brand and a few others I believe. They used to sell a small rotortiller attachment for. I think it was like $50 or $75 when I bought mine. Works really well for small areas.

I just bought one of those at HD for my weedwacker. It was $89, and it does work really well. I am going to use it primarily for fixing parts of the lawn that need help. I am not sure it has the guts to do real garden work.

ACutAbove · 05-18-2010, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by chipj29

I just bought one of those at HD for my weedwacker. It was $89, and it does work really well. I am going to use it primarily for fixing parts of the lawn that need help. I am not sure it has the guts to do real garden work.

I used mine to do a 2000 sq ft section at one of my old houses. I was suprised at how good it did...these days I use my skid steer with my grapple attachment to rip things up....

RI Swamp Yankee · 05-16-2010, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by SIKSUKR

... I think in my case I would be better off with even a much smaller tiller like a Mantis. ...

I have a Mantis. It is a fantastic beast, you can't kill it. In real overgrown area it is more like 10 minutes tilling and 1 minute to pull the pin in each side, remove the blades, dump the junk the blades pick up.

SIKSUKR · 05-17-2010, 07:18 AM

That makes so much sense.I was looking for quick release pins on my rental.I think they were missing cuz there were bolts that didn't look like they factory installed.

05-10-2010, 09:07 AM	#1
SIKSUKR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,075 Thanks: 215 Thanked 903 Times in 509 Posts	My tiller story Well Steve, I did rent a tiller from HD yesterday to finally tackle a bunch of flower beds that have been untouched and overgrown for 7 years. Uuhhg! With so much neglect on my part there was a lot of roots running everywhere. I spent maybe 1-2 minutes tilling and about 7 minutes cutting off the roots that had wrapped around the blades. I did manage to make a dent in the overgrowth but my expectations were lowered on the volume of work I expected to get done. I think in my case I would be better off with even a much smaller tiller like a Mantis. Next weekend! BTW $34 for 4 hours for their smallest "full-size" tiller. __________________ SIKSUKR

05-12-2010, 09:59 AM	#3
SIKSUKR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,075 Thanks: 215 Thanked 903 Times in 509 Posts	I do actually have a weedwacker that you can purchase attachments for. A tiller is one of them along with a power sweeper, edger and so on. The one that made me laugh is the snow thrower attachment. I'm sure that one works just great. __________________ SIKSUKR

05-17-2010, 07:18 AM	#8
SIKSUKR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,075 Thanks: 215 Thanked 903 Times in 509 Posts	That makes so much sense.I was looking for quick release pins on my rental.I think they were missing cuz there were bolts that didn't look like they factory installed. __________________ SIKSUKR

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ACutAbove Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Holderness Posts: 219 Thanks: 7 Thanked 9 Times in 8 Posts	If you have a split boom weedwacker like the cheap kind they sell at home depot the homelite brand and a few others I believe. They used to sell a small rotortiller attachment for. I think it was like $50 or $75 when I bought mine. Works really well for small areas.

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