I am just starting a garden and need to break the ground. Is this tiller strong enough for that?
1877314
Yes. This is an economical lightweight tiller. Larger and heavier more expensive gas powered tillers may to a quicker job, but for small gardens, this is a great value. Mom has one of the old heavy gas tillers and she found this model to be easier to use due to its size and weight.
1877315
If your space is small and the ground damp it may work. The engine on mine burnt out really quickly which was a bummer!
1877316
No, you will have to turn it first. It is strong enough but some bolts won't take the stress. For an electric tiller it is still pretty good. (also depends on the ground)
1877317
Guess it depends on how hard and how big the areas are you need done. If this is hard ground, I would suggest a larger gas unit. While this will eventually do it, this is really not ideal for hard ground and would be more trouble than it is worth. I use this for a dozen or so beds that vary in size to average about 10' x20'. These beds are soft to medium hardness and this works great, love this machine. Again, if I had hard rocky ground, this would not be my choice.
1877318
Guess it depends on how hard and how big the areas are you need done. If this is hard ground, I would suggest a larger gas unit. While this will eventually do it, this is really not ideal for hard ground and would be more trouble than it is worth.I use this for a dozen or so beds that vary in size to average about 10' x20'.These beds are soft to medium hardness and this works great, love this machine.Again, if I had hard rocky ground, this would not be my choice.
1877319
A super little tiller and of course it depends on how hard the ground you are trying to break. But more than likely it is strong enough but don't know how deep you want to go which may be a small problem. Good luck.
1877320
I just use the tiller to turn existing garden in the spring and fall. Not sure it would break up established sod.
1119462
The power switch is easy to hold, and that's the easy part to answer. As far as moving it around, it does seem to be much better to pull back on it rather than pushing forward; I also tend to rock it back and forth when the ground gets harder. Bear in mind, this is more a cultivator than a true tiller so if the ground is very dry and hard/compact, it is going to have issues. We use this in dedicated garden beds, and it performs very well, but in the yard with a high clay soil, not so much. It is worth it to get an extra battery or two if you have a lot of ground to till.
1421958
Yes. Probably quite well! Make sure the material you put inside is light. This is a light duty spreader. My first one broke. Be careful to not force the handle. Mine was replaced and I intend to use for grass seed. We'll see
2173750
This not such an easy question to answer. I have tried to pull up new rootling's, they are not easy to get out of the ground, as you know, it might get them out if enough force where applied, but I did not force it that far, the bottom arm that takes the force when removing weeds etc. could break if to much pressure is put on it. To answer your question, the answer is 'maybe' .... if you are willing to try a lot of pressure on the handle, it might be ok, or it might break the plastic foot on the bottom of the pole with a lot of heavy use.
992921
The saw is strong enough. Make sure you get a long pruning blade (6" to 8") for the job. The pruning blades work great.
915074
The weight of the rollers rests on the ground. The motor of the tiller works much harder to break up soil then to run the rollers. No problems.
2234109
You are going to have some problems with the weeds getting tangled in the tines. It does not break the weeds up fine enough (especially if you want to only do a pass or two over the area) if I understand what you are thinking of doing. Also, it depends on the soil type. If you have heavy/hard/clay soil this tiller will not dig in well unless you moisten well first. We have clay in our area and preparing the area to be tilled is key to success. I understand that some people add extra weight to the tiller and that should help with digging in. You DO need to use the sand ballast tank for most jobs and sometimes that weight is inadequate to the task. This is not a rototiller. It digs in 4-5 inches at the most. Hope this helps.
2160648
I believe it will. I've taking out some huge weeds with this tool and it don't bend nor crack like others I've used. If you flip it over it acts like a small rake to pull weeds to a pile. I absolutely love this tool and don't mind weeding one bit!
960767
Yes it is, buttttt - this little machine is only good for very, very loose soil. I have the same 40' x 40' garden spot for 37 years and small stones seem to "grow". I will never get rid of them and this little machince bounces around like a rubber ball.
408243
I would contact the in ground sprinkler company that put your sprinkler system in; if anyone would know for sure if the tiller will damage the sprinkler system it will be them. It is a great tiller and extremely powerful and strong. If you are careful it should be okay but to be on the safe side contact the sprinkler system people first; they would know better than any of us would. Good luck!!
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.
582680
This requires a bigger, heavy duty lawn tractor - check with manufacturer of your tractor for it's weight capacity. It could lift your tractor right off of the ground if it's too light. Our smaller lawn tractor can't handle it, the larger one has no problem.
325352
I have only used it for a small time, I believe it will do the job, but it will take some practice using the rake to get the most out of it. The field I had a chance to rake was a couple acres , it did a fair job.
74512
Yes, as long as you don't try to go too deep in a single pass. Around 2 to 3 inches in depth at a time would be fine. allow the tiller to work at it's own pace and not force it. A good quality 12 or 14 gauge extension cord would help too.
1411628
I used mine to start a garden last summer and it broke right though to grass and dirt.
1657485
The blades go down about 4 inches. You'd have to move the dirt you tilled, then till some more to go deeper. I think it was worth the money for me for everyday planting, and maintaining flower beds. If you have a big vegetable garden, you may need something bigger
1187490
That is why I wanted it to mow a slope, and it did what I needed. It's very light weight and will take a while to accomplish your goal,but you don't have to bend over as much due to the wheels. In other words it's a weedeater with wheels.