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Old 26-10-2012, 09:30 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
David Hill David Hill is offline
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Default Diesel rotavator


I tried this rotavator at home on my light soil and it was OK, just too
heavy and it got bogged down sometimes.
Today I passed it over the allotment which is clay soil and it is a
dream, quite muddy conditions but it is up to the job. Like a knife
through hot butter. Neve did the revs. go down even through parts that
have not been forked over. Its a messy thing. Chucks mud at me. A few
modifications like mudflaps need to be done somehow. It is also an art to
turn the thing around at the end of a pass.
All in all a pretty good experience.

Baz

One way was to hang a Hessian sack across the back so it drags along
where the flap plate should be.