Showing posts with label aerator. Show all posts
Showing posts with label aerator. Show all posts

9/03/2011

Atom ATTILH6 13-Inch 6-Tine Honda 25cc 4-Cycle Gas Powered Tiller Review

Atom ATTILH6 13-Inch 6-Tine Honda 25cc 4-Cycle Gas Powered Tiller
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I was really excited about this tiller, but ultimately, it was very disappointing. The first time I used it, the tiller blew smoke like crazy and spit hot oil droplets out of the exhaust. Then the exhaust deflector fell off and it spit the smoke and oil right in my face. I might have just got 1 bad lemon, but it is not safe.
Then when I tried to return to Amazon, I found out that since it is considered a "hazardous item" because it uses a flammable liquid, it can not be returned. I emailed Amazon with the "Contact Us" button on the help screen. I am not awaiting response from them on what to do with my unsafe/defective item.

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8/31/2011

Mantis 4222-00-02 Tiller Aerator Attachment Review

Mantis 4222-00-02 Tiller Aerator Attachment
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You may not need this item, but if you do, you won't be sorry for buying it! Since I bought my current house, my lawn has been in sad shape. Patchy grass, mostly weeds, dead thatch-filled spaces that rapidly fill in with dandelions. Trying to dig out weeds has been nearly impossible, because the ground is solid clay with a tons of rocks. The white grubs only make matters worse. 3 years of overseeding, weeding, fertilizing has gotten me nowhere.
This year I bought the aerater attachment for the Mantis (bundled with the dethatcher). This thing kicks butt! No problem slicing through the dead matted thatch, cutting deep grooves in the clay. It tosses up rocks that can easily be picked up. It slices up weed roots (and dices a few grubs too) as a bonus. The weeds pull very easily afterwards, and the overseeding I've done all seems to be sprouting as the seeds fell into the grooves.
The grass looks very ugly after you run this baby, but a couple of weeks later it's looking like a new lawn. It helps to run it after rain, or water a little first. The only downside I can see is that it's pretty small, so I probably can't do the whole 2 acres every year!


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The Mantis aerator attachment revitalizes lawns easily and with less effort then the old manual way. With four sets of straight tempered steel tines, the aerator slices thousands of tiny slits in lawns, opening soil for more effective penetration of air, moisture and nutrients. Allowing in air and water, this process promotes the activity of beneficial soil microorganisms, encouraging a healthy lawn. This aerator easily attaches to any Mantis tiller or cultivator.

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7/11/2011

Troy-Bilt TB154 9-Inch 6.5 Amp Electric Garden Cultivator/Tiller Review

Troy-Bilt TB154 9-Inch 6.5 Amp Electric Garden Cultivator/Tiller
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I bought this machine last year with the money from my government stimulus check. Technically, it is called a cultivator, not a tiller, so I didn't know what to expect out of it power-wise. I was intent on putting in a decent-sized garden, but the only place in my yard that was getting good sun was also the spot where my lawn grew the thickest. I mowed the lawn and then went to work on it with the cultivator. With the narrow width, it naturally took me a good bit of time to till up approximately 16' x 32' plot of thick lawn, but I took my time and this machine did it in a day. I gave it a second tilling at a cross angle. I did have some grass come back in the garden, but this year I don't expect any of it to still be there.
With the success I had on the garden spot, I went ahead and dug up huge stretches of my yard and built planters. These spots equaled the size of the garden spot. Then, in about three stages, I gradually tilled up my entire back yard (where grass would no longer grow due to shade) and planted it all in clover. This year I added more garden space by tilling up another chunk of lawn approximately 8' x 32'. I have tilled it twice, but will hit it one more time to make sure I've gotten all the grass killed this year. I've also-re-tilled last years garden area which I had over-wintered in clover.
One thing that had concerned me was the instructions to remove the tines after each use and clean them. This turned out to be an extremely easy task, as they are held in place with ring pins and slide right off the axle. The tines are extremely tough on this machine. I've jammed large rocks in them and also bounced it off the edge of my concrete driveway. It just keeps chugging away with a minimum of care. Troy-Bilt makes a more expensive gas model, but I looked at them in the store and the tines appear to be exactly the same. This model is quiet and you never have to mess with oil and gas. Get a heavy-duty extension cord (or two)--the heavier the gauge the better to get full power to the machine.

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