Earthquake 20015 Versa Front Tine Tiller Cultivator with 99cc 4-Cycle Viper Engine, 5 Year Warranty, Red

Assembly - a little fiddly, but not overly, can be done with one person easily. Use a wrench set, no power tools if you are not familiar with setting torsion, you'll crush the handles!Amazing, great value for Money. We had a lot of roots in a newly cleared area for a vegetable patch. It's got plenty of power - yes it nearly ripped my arms from my body as it tore the roots out of the ground, and yes as expected some of them did get wrapped around the tines. However, what would've taken a day to prepare a 20ft by 80ft hard packed grassed area was completed in a couple of hours over 2 days (rest break / allowed some moisture to sink in) - this has become a corn patch. As for our existing vegetable garden, it dug down deep and mixed in last years compost, decomposed roots, chicken poop etc.. very nicely. Typically a days work to turn and dig in was a couple of hours, over two days, after watering a little and allowing it to settle.The ground is so light and fluffy, rich in nutrients ( pitch black ) the vegetables and very happy and weeding is a breeze. No longer digging out roots for packed dirt!Removed the outer two rotors for 'weeding' between rows, had to back-off the gas as to not not 'eat everything' - very quick exercise, worked wonders so not as much round-up needed this year.HINT: when starting off a fresh area, let the Tiller DIG-DOWN a few in inches by holding it in place, this will lighten the stress on your arms with it running away on hard packed dirt. Let it move along at it's own pace, WARNING hold tight if there are roots it will bounce and throw dirt, keep everyone far away. NOTE: keep clogged grass and roots off the rotors, you can tell if its blocking up by listening to the engine working harder, turn-off, tip it back and pull out anything that is wrapped around anything (look close to where the rotors are connected together)

As stated in other reviews assembly instructions leave a lot to be desired. Directions are vague and the pictures even worse. Having said that, once it is put together, IT PERFORMS WELL AND DOES THE JOB! I am totally satisfied with the machine itself and would give it 5 stars easily. Also. all the pieces and parts where in the box and it goes together very well once one figures out what goes where.Just an update: have finished tilling my wife's 25' x 25' garden space. This machine did all that was asked of it and did it well!

Compact, powerful and priced well. Really chees up the ground and does not bounce you around. Written and picture instructions are worthless, just not right but it is a simple machine so with a little mechanical ability you can put this together in 15 minutes, half of which you will stare in disbelief of the instructions, lol.

This machine handles easily and performs very well. Great speed control and dices the dirt with ease The cultivator and versatility of switching it, makes the soil ready for planting. It is a bit heavy for a smaller person, and they need to improve on the direction of grips that powers the tines, for smaller hands they are difficult to hold very long.

I normally do not write product reviews but this tiller is so good I was compelled to share my thoughts. I religously read user reviews before I buy something and it appears all of the objections most people had with this tiller were addressed by the manufacturer. First of all it was very easy to assemble and there were no parts missing. Yes, the clutch lever should be on the bottom, not the top but that was an easy fix. I had originally opted for the larger horsepower Kohler model but it appeared it would not be available for a long period of time. I settled for the 99cc Viper engine and find it has plenty of power. It chewed through my compacted Colorado clay garden soil with little effort. it is also balanced very well so when it hit a hard spot and started to buck a little I found that if you push down on the handle bars it stops and continues to chew though. Also if you lift up on the handle bars slightly in softer soil it will pull itself through. I have raised beds and it was very easy to manuver at the ends. Overall, it did a great job and was a dream to use. I normally rent a 16hp rear tine tiller but I put in raised beds this year so that large unit was not going to work. I wanted to purchase something that woud do the job but easy to operate and affordable. This was money well spent and I recommend it highly.