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- From: tadams@wedge.sbc.com (Tom. Adams 529-7860)
- Subject: Re: Troy-Bilt vs. Mantis
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.215550.15383@sbctri.sbc.com>
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- Organization: Southwestern Bell Technology Resources, St.Louis, MO
- References: <5944@balrog.ctron.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 21:55:50 GMT
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- In article <5944@balrog.ctron.com> baker@ctron.com (Lauren Baker) writes:
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- I have a Mantis and I love it. It works fine for midwest soil, and
- produces much much finer soil that large rototillers, with none of the
- pounding big tillers do to you. Only problems I've noticed are:
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- 1) Weeds quickly clog up the blades. You have to stop and clean them out
- often in 4-6" weeds. Mantis sells a tool for this that I keep meaning to buy.
-
- 2) The tiller will bounce out of the ground easily. It really light and
- the two stroke engine runs very fast. Doesn't seem dangerous, but it is
- a surprise the first time it happens.
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- 3) It's awfully easy to have it climb a chain link fence, or get wrapped up
- in loose fence ends when you trying to get close to such a fence.
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- Tom Adams tadams@sbctri.sbc.com adams@swbatl.sbc.com 314-529-7860
- misology (mi-sohl'-ogee) Hatred of reason, argument, or enlightenment.
- -- misologist n. Not in any way connected to the word management.
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