Will it work in clay soils, and if so, how well?
828448
How well it works on clay depends on how compacted it is. With deeply rooted weeds in heavily compacted clay, the tool is very difficult to use. I had some issues with my heavily compacted clay, where it was unable to grab the weed.
828449
have not had it long enough to know. Ground needs to be soft. I cannot see how it would work well in clay as the clay would stick to the weed holders.
828450
We have soil like that. I wet it for a few minutes until it's soft enough that I don't have to use any force on the tool. If you are not sure how much force is too much, then wet the soil a lot until it's squishy, then try the tool. It won't work as well. Let the soil dry until it works. That's the right amount of force.
1594769
I live in a very rocky / clay soil area, a dam broke and washed away the soil a long time ago. So, if you have a lot of rocks and a clay soil - you will be going through a lot of shear pins!!! They are pretty cheap so... The tiller itself has been a champ.
1641704
it is smooth I think it would work fine for clay too. It doesn't have any thing on it that would leave marks on it.
1594768
It works very well with small rocks (2-3inched) and root filled soil. I use branch cutters to cut large roots that the tiller digs up.
2116320
I use mine for drilling into the ground to loosen the soil in my gold prospecting hobby. It has held up very well with no issues, and must be of a good quality or I would have broken or bent it by now. A PVC septic line should be easy work for this tool.
1942744
Probably. With it you can 'feel' when it hits a ball that you can't see. And if you get lucky, you can pick it up and bring it in. I succeed about 80% of the time with balls I can't see in muddy water, half buried, etc. If your mud is mostly clay, and the ball is stuck in it, it may not work. One caution - don't extend it completely. About 13 of the 15 feet are good. The last two are weak.
281491
Yes, contact your county agriculture agent. For a small fee they will test your soil. Look them up on line and they will explain what you need to do..
61320
Not certain, since I use mine on a concrete surface. I think the answer depends on if you have water pooling or not. If yes, then I would guess it's worth a try and I would expect it to work. If no pooling water, and the soil is just damp, then the answer is going to be depend to your particular situation (how much moisture there is).
1881055
It has to worked in to the soil. Gypsum is used to treat soil that has a lot of clay.
611454
It should definitely work in dirt. That is where I used it to find something buried 4 inches under dirt and weeds. I don't know about water.
1285316
I'm using mine in very sandy soil; and it has a tendency to dig in to axle depth, no matter what setting, if I don't take care. That said, on the shallowest setting I can, with caution, hold it to about an inch...
1724699
We used this product on an outdoor.....Clay and or Porcelain planter...it seemed to have worked fine...we really don't know..lf it will work...on anything else...
420710
Ken -I don't see why not. If it drills into clay and silt, it should do fine with sand as long at the sand does not backfill the hole before you can set the umbrella stand.
806480
I think it will work fine. Be sure to use steel spikes to pound into the hard soil to hold it down.
1182672
If the rocks are little pebbles, this tiller would probably be fine, but with larger rocks, I would not think this tiller has the power to do the job. However, I will add that I have previously worked soil (farmed for many years) and that I only use this tiller in a small garden patch and it has worked well for me. If your ground is "really" rocky, I would think it might need a bit of preperation; plowing, disking, and raking before using this light weight tiller.I hope this helps.
1925251
I'm in the midwest, so I deal with lots of clay. Little rocks aren't an issue; it tilled around rather large rocks without a problem. With hard pack clay, you will have to go over the area a couple times, and be patient, but it can do it. Keep the ballast full or it will jump all over the place! I agree with the previous comment about tree roots; those are the real problem. Very annoying, but even then, you can get through it.
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I have used it with clay with no problem. So far, I have not found a ground make-up that doesn't work, due to it's tapered tube for holding the plugs. Once they are "cut" they are pushed into the tube which is slightly larger than the cutting portion.