Bob Mounger wrote:
Steve Calvin wrote:

I guess I'm in the minority on this one. I bought a Mantis a few years
ago and it amazes me. I had a section of yard complete with a maze of
pine tree roots that I could hardly dig up with a shovel, pick, and ax.
I must have worked on it for about an hour and only got about a 3x3 foot
square dug up. When the mantis showed up, I fired it up and did the
whole area in about 15 minutes.

I've seen very little that can stop it.


ps. except maybe clay... I've never tried that.

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Steve


I live in Dallas with a very heavy clay soil.
My Mantis does well. I have never had startup problems either.

Hope this helps


Good to know. I guess maybe we're just lucky? My usual description of it
when someone asks is that "it's an animal".

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Steve