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Anyone here own a Mantis cultivator?
We have a dedicated garden, about 25' x 40'.
The soil has been worked every year for about 8 years. So I'm not looking for something that needs to break sod or heavy clay. We can't afford a more heavy-duty tiller this year, and I'd like to have something of my own so I can stop borrowing tillers. The Mantis seems decent for the price. I see that Troy-Bilt makes a similar cultivator in the same price range. The Mantis comes with a free edger, and they have a plow/furrower attachment for $50. They also have a 1-year, no-hassle return policy. Can anyone comment on these cultivators from personal experience? |
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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. |
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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. Well, I went ahead and ordered the Mantis. They had a glitch with their ebsite. They list the Mantis at $299, but if you do a Froogle search, there's a link that puts it at $269. It added to my cart just fine at that price. Looking forward to it. |
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On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 13:23:13 GMT,
" wrote: 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. Well, I went ahead and ordered the Mantis. They had a glitch with their ebsite. They list the Mantis at $299, but if you do a Froogle search, there's a link that puts it at $269. It added to my cart just fine at that price. Looking forward to it. I have the "easy start" version...wouldn't sell it for three times the price I paid. |
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wrote in message ... We have a dedicated garden, about 25' x 40'. The soil has been worked every year for about 8 years. So I'm not looking for something that needs to break sod or heavy clay. We can't afford a more heavy-duty tiller this year, and I'd like to have something of my own so I can stop borrowing tillers. The Mantis seems decent for the price. I see that Troy-Bilt makes a similar cultivator in the same price range. The Mantis comes with a free edger, and they have a plow/furrower attachment for $50. They also have a 1-year, no-hassle return policy. Can anyone comment on these cultivators from personal experience? I just got a Crafstman Cultivator/Edger with a 4 cycle engine (no mixing of gas and oil). It also has Incredi-Pull for easier stating. I've used it for an hour so far and like it a lot. It's smooth running and doesn't bounce around. I chose it because of it's small size, the oil mixing issue, and also because it was the heaviest engine. I believe the extra weight helps it dig in better. I had tried a rentedmantis a year ago to dig up a strawberry patch but I foubd it hard to work with and fairly bouncy. |
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Be sure to follow the directions and work backwards especially when
breaking new ground, and don't try to go down 6" on the first pass (juist like any tiller). I've had mine for two years. Gave up my Troy Horse after my back surgery ub 1991 and went to sqaure foor gardening with a Mantis. I still have two more ruptured disks and am able to use my Mantis just fine for putting in new beds and moving beds to different locations on my 1/2 acre lot. I owned a Garden Way cultivator I bought from Troy years ago when I had the Horse and it was real bad about getting hung up with rocks, weeds, etc. The Mantis will to but not nearly as bad. I've never drained the tank (live in East Texas) and it takes about six pushed ogf the primer and three pulls with the choke on full to start and then the choke goes off immediately. Every engine has its own little trick. My Dixon rider does not start at all doing what they said to do, but it starts every time. Bruce On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 20:31:38 GMT, "FDR" wrote: wrote in message .. . We have a dedicated garden, about 25' x 40'. The soil has been worked every year for about 8 years. So I'm not looking for something that needs to break sod or heavy clay. We can't afford a more heavy-duty tiller this year, and I'd like to have something of my own so I can stop borrowing tillers. The Mantis seems decent for the price. I see that Troy-Bilt makes a similar cultivator in the same price range. The Mantis comes with a free edger, and they have a plow/furrower attachment for $50. They also have a 1-year, no-hassle return policy. Can anyone comment on these cultivators from personal experience? I just got a Crafstman Cultivator/Edger with a 4 cycle engine (no mixing of gas and oil). It also has Incredi-Pull for easier stating. I've used it for an hour so far and like it a lot. It's smooth running and doesn't bounce around. I chose it because of it's small size, the oil mixing issue, and also because it was the heaviest engine. I believe the extra weight helps it dig in better. I had tried a rentedmantis a year ago to dig up a strawberry patch but I foubd it hard to work with and fairly bouncy. |
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