buying a garden tiller

RPMDAD

RPMDAD

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toppick08 said:
I'll show up with a front tine and blow your candyass away.....:coffee:
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Watching with interest. Personally prefer rear tine and have used front tine once. Not to embarrass myself but currently own a mini Craftsman for flower beds . But thinking of putting a veg garden in this year and strawberry beds so will need something bigger for that...
 
2ndAmendment

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toppick08 said:
I'll show up with a front tine and blow your candyass away.....:coffee:
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You are free to be an idiot or cheap or a cheap idiot if you want.

You might check with others as to whether you should be calling me names. You may find that you are engaging someone to whom you should be more respectful.
 
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2ndAmendment said:
You are free to be an idiot or cheap or a cheap idiot if you want.

You might check with others as to whether you should be calling me names. You may find that you are engaging someone to whom you should be more respectful.
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Send me a PM, and tell me who
you are, fair enough ?.....:popcorn:
 
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ohsnoes

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toppick08 said:
Send me a PM, and tell me who
you are, fair enough ?.....:popcorn:
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Whoa! Time out! I didn't mean to start a feud over rototillers. Maybe I'll rent a small one this year and see how it works out. But thanks for the replies and the interesting thread!
 
FromTexas

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Garden Tillers - Tillers

Front Tine versus Rear Tine Tiller

The best purpose for a front tine tiller is maintaining soil that has been cultivated already. Try to till a new garden bed just one time and you'll understand the work involved in using a front tine tiller. But get one of these tillers in a cultivated garden bed and they are pretty easy to work with. So if you've moved into your new home and there is an old garden that you plan to cultivate, then you should be able to get by with one of these tillers. Front tine tillers are also a little easier on the pocket book.

Most rear tine tillers are very easy to handle and maneuver. They will pretty much turn on a dime when needed and require much less "muscle" from the operator. These tillers are the work horses in the garden. The majority of rear tine tillers are equipped for any garden job that you require from them.
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Lowe's Buying Guide for Tillers

Rear tine tiller vs. Mid tine or front tiller? - Yahoo! Answers

I thought Toppick was supposed to know something about this stuff.
 
twinoaks207

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FromTexas said:
What does that even mean? Are you drunk again, alkie? Grow up and become a man, son.
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Well I understood it! What is wrong with you? This is just a friendly little debate over which kind of tiller is better. I've been watching it because our Mantis needs repaired (for the 3rd time) and I'm curious to see what people have to say about the merits of each.
 
Cowgirl

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2ndAmendment said:
Front tine is for idiots that don't have good sense, or for those that are too cheap to buy a good tiller.
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You people will argue about any damned thing. :rolleyes: I was the first one to say I prefer a front tine tiller. And yep, I'm a woman and I can handle them.

I don't care if rear-tined tillers were the same price as the fronts, I still prefer the fronts.

Oh, and about the quote that said they're best for already cultivated soil...I've tilled many new garden beds with the fronts, and I still prefer them.



So, it's personal preference. It's not a matter of being an idiot, or cheap, or lazy. :rolleyes:
 
GWguy

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Cowgirl said:
You people will argue about any damned thing. :rolleyes: I was the first one to say I prefer a front tine tiller. And yep, I'm a woman and I can handle them.

I don't care if rear-tined tillers were the same price as the fronts, I still prefer the fronts.

Oh, and about the quote that said they're best for already cultivated soil...I've tilled many new garden beds with the fronts, and I still prefer them.



So, it's personal preference. It's not a matter of being an idiot, or cheap, or lazy. :rolleyes:
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Oh, what do you know anyway. You're just a girl.




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my-thyme

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I started years ago with a front tine. When it finally died, I decided to splurge and get a rear tine.

After 14 years with the rear tine (it gave up the ghost last year), I have returned to a front tine.

I really liked the way the rear tine pounded the dirt into powder, especially since I'm always picking out a new spot I think would be PERFECT for a new flower garden.

What I didn't like was the ditches it left behind. I like tilling between rows in the veggie garden rather than mulching (it's what my dad did, so I do it, too), and my plants always ended up on a high mound - not so great for our dry SoMd summers. My vegetable garden is almost a half foot lower than the surrounding grass at this point. I don't know where all that dirt went, but it's gone. (I believe that such a fine powder has simply compacted over the years.)

The front tine is harder to work with, and at 5', I really struggle to keep it in line - some height would sure help! But, having used both for a number of years, I prefer the front tine. My recommendation would be to get a front tine, just be ready with the garden rake to get a smooth bed to plant in.
 
huntr1

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Unless you are doing a LOT of tilling, it's not worth buying one. Rent or borrow instead.

Used a front tine when we lived in Frederick. Tilled up the entire back yard (townhouse), then tilled in sand to raise the grade for drainage.

Use a buddy's rear tine down here for the garden.

Yes, front tine will beat you up a bit. Take it slow and take multiple passes to get the depth you want and you'll do just fine.

Rear tine is easier to use and control, but more expensive to buy.

I recommend you rent/borrrow one of each and test them out before you buy. Why let other people make your decision for you. It's YOUR opinion that matters in the end.
 
Pushrod

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I use my rear tine tiller for breaking up new ground or ground I haven't planted in a while. I don't use it often. I have a mantis also and use it yearly. I just has it out this weekend and used it to work in my compost to the plot I will be planting this spring. I also use the mantis in my compost bin to chop and mix up (aerate) my compost, which gives me some fantastic results. Once you have an area broken up by a big tiller, the mantis will do just about everything you need from then on out.
I do run the mantis dry of fuel in the fall and pull the spark plug and put some oil in the cylinder for the winter. In the late winter/spring, when I add fuel, it starts up easily year after year.
 
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