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growmore
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Practice Beats Theory. Don Valley South Yorks
Mantis Report
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November 15, 2005, 22:15:58 »
I took the mantis tiller onto the Lotty this morning ,Filled it up with 2 stroke fuel followed instructions for starting per hand book and no probs it started .I was Amazed how quiet it was was expecting something akin to a strimmer etc with engine having a roar sort of but it was really quiet...Used it for 10 minutes getting feel of it akin to using a vacuum cleaner .Soil was very wet but it coped OK with it .Then at end of row i upped the revs and walked backwards with it this made a nice straight shallow furrow .
It was digging and tilthing to about 8 ins in depth ...
As I had some largish bunches of everlasting onions (Welsh onions ) to set I took mantis to back of green house (rarely dug soil ) which is a confined space and would have been impossible to use my husqvana in there despite it having reverse ..I did a forward and back motion again with Mantis this time taking my time and letting it dig up to guard on tines no probs at all with it finished up with a ridge about a inch higher then soil each sides about 10 yards long nearly a foot wide and 9inch deep. I managed to set onions just scooping soil out with my hand trowel and treading them in with my boot .
I then reversed tines other way up as recommended for hoeing weeds etc I started at end of a row between some leeks drawing Mantis backwards I finished up doing 4 rows of leeks and 4 rows of spring cabbage it was a breeze ,Weeds between rows would be about 2 to 3 ins high it lifted them out and chopped them up no probs..
I still have the ridger furrower attachment which I bought to try yet but all in all first impressions were excellent ..Ok It would take you quite a time to cultivate a full lotty with it but it would be possible ..But I will use it for tilling rows for carrots parsnips etc.
as well as getting soil to a fine tilth for seeds . It certainly wont be just hung in shed not getting used I can think of loads of jobs for it ..I was well impressed with it ..Cheers Jim
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growmore
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Practice Beats Theory. Don Valley South Yorks
Re: Mantis Report
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November 15, 2005, 23:31:58 »
hang on Wardy while a resins my bow and tunes my violin up ...haha ..Jim
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spacehopper
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Its a jungle out there...
Re: Mantis Report
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November 16, 2005, 12:32:59 »
Thanks for the report. Sounds like a good investment. :)
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Make the most of today, because you'll never have it back again.
tim
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Just like the old days!
Re: Mantis Report
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November 17, 2005, 10:39:56 »
Good report, Jim. Perhaps I should eat my words, citing incompetent usage!!
But the main reason that I parted with mine was the noise. OK on an allotment, but not in a closed-in village. I find the 4-stroke Honda only just acceptable.
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tim
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Just like the old days!
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November 18, 2005, 10:30:12 »
Thought that this was rather helpful for the newcomer?
http://www.extremehowto.com/xh/article.asp?article_id=60159
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