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- From: baker@ctron.com (Lauren Baker)
- Newsgroups: rec.gardens
- Subject: Re: Troy-Bilt vs. Mantis
- Message-ID: <5944@balrog.ctron.com>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 14:19:25 GMT
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- I am only one datapoint, but I bought a Mantis 4 years ago,
- and it basically never ran 100%. It starts fine, but had some
- manufacturing problems, which when I sent it back under
- warranty, didn't really get fixed. Basically, it never had
- rings put around the axle, so grease leaked out all the
- time, and it had a major problem with engaging the tines.
- They did fix the ring problem, but only replaced the clutch,
- so eventually whatever was broken, finally gave out, and
- know I have the greatest little engine that doesn't turn
- the tines.
-
- SInce I live in the Northeast, I don't garden many months
- of the year, so it sits in the garage and I hoe instead
- of till. I had bought it not to turn the garden at the
- beginning of the year, but once I had planted.
-
- The other main problem I see with Mantis is that it is
- very efficient at catching rocks in its tines, so I would
- favor a larger tiller (actually one that had larger spaces
- in the tines). Probably Mantis would blame that for
- breaking it, but it had the engagement problem from
- day one.
-
- Lauren
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