wrote:

Thanks for the quick reply.

My father-in-law has a huge tiller on his tractor. He does the
initial tilling for us every Spring. So I need something to go
between rows, or to use in the flower beds, etc.

Does the Troy-Bilt seem about the same as the Mantis?
The Troy-Bilt is he
http://tinyurl.com/77chl

It's a 4-stroke, which means no gas-oil mixing.
I have a $100 gift certificate for Amazon.com, and they sell the
Troy-Bilt (not the Mantis), and free shipping.

I don't know anything about the TB. 4 cycle typically is smoother but a
2 cycle usually has more torque/power per cc of displacement.


The mantis is an "animal". I dug up a very large rocky area last year to
put in a 20' round patio and 3 sidewalks. It handled it with no problem.

You don't walk behind it though, you pull it backwards.

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Steve