"Suuzzee" wrote in message
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Doug Kanter wrote in message
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"zxcvbob" wrote in message
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Doug Kanter wrote:

Do you or someone else take care of draining the gasoline before
storing
the
tiller for the winter? Others have said they have problems starting
the
engine after a year or so, which makes me wonder if they did the
type
of
maintenance required of ANY yard equipment.




I have 2 Echo chainsaws and an Echo weed trimmer, and a 4-cycle mower,
and a new Honda tiller that is too new to make a judgement about its
reliability. I run the same gas in all the 2-cycle engines, and I run
them dry in the fall or whenever I'm not gonna use them for a while.

The Mantis tiller is the only one I've had any problems with; I
thought
it had an Echo engine. The Mantis is the only one that has a
carburator
that's partially made out of plastic, and last time the tiller was in
the shop (because it wouldn't start again) they said that plastic
plate
was warped and they replaced it. It ran again for about a year.
Maybe
the newer ones have a different design carburator; mine is about 11 or
12 years old. (the big chainsaw and the weed trimmer are much older)

Buy whatever you want, and good luck with it.

Best regards,
Bob

Ya know....I could do this with a spade & fork if I could just get
everyone
to LEAVE ME THE &$%@ ALONE for a weekend! :-) If you saw a gardener with
explosives and wires duct taped to his chest, would you leave him alone,
or
try and chat?


Keep an extra couple of spades and forks around for company. Tell them,
"We
can chat while we work." Word should spread fast that there is a lunatic
gardener digging up your yard and everybody best stay away until the
digging
is done.
Suz

The word's already spreading, although the dog owners are responsible. I've
asked a few to NOT stop their dogs on my property. Some of the morons ask
why. I asked "Excuse me??? I asked you politely". The nerve of me, thinking
I have something to say about what happens on my property. Must be out of my
mind.