Which rotovator???? Any for sale? Advice needed

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« on: May 19, 2006, 21:51 »
Hello Everyone :D

Instead of hiring a rotovator, I am thinking of buying one.  Can anyone recommend a make and model of a rotovator.   :?: My soil is soil for about a foot then clay!

The rotovator would be used quite a bit on the allotment and other areas in the garden I would like to start cultivating on.

I do not want to spend a fortune, but want something that will last and spare parts are easy to get.  I know, I want my cake and to eat it too!

All thoughts or advice gratefully received.

PS we live in Surrey.

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« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2006, 00:26 »
Hi Southmead
If you go for 2nd hand check out local papers and house clearance auctions - pay upto a hundred for one that works. Don't worry too much about spares - the garden machinery guys always seem to get them from somewhere.

My Merry Tiller is 30 years old, cost 80 plus 87 for a service including parts. It's brilliant and well worth it.

If you want to go new, it's worth a day trip to France from where you are. Check out the Bricomarch and Leroy Merlin who have great prices compared with the UK.
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« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2006, 06:31 »
like john ive got the merry tiller, its a very good machine. alot of the newer machines like mountfield ect are a bit on the tinny side, they work, but in my opinion you have to work with them!. hondas are very good ive used and sold them in the past, very well put together and very reliable, you may have to pay a bit over the £100 for a good rotavator in our neck of the woods (surrey) :wink:

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« Reply #3 on: May 20, 2006, 09:45 »
I forgot you are in Surrey, tell me does ones chauffeur or gardener drive one's rotovator? :)

I'm sure I'll get corrected if wrong, but I think with the Merry Tiller it was so well built that little goes wrong with the tiller and worst case is you put a new engine on it.  - is that right gwiz?

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« Reply #4 on: May 20, 2006, 13:31 »
belt or at worse engine. there`s a few on ebay at the mo. parker, our chauffeur, would`nt use any other type......but he has been getting a bit above his station of late. :lol:

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« Reply #5 on: May 22, 2006, 09:43 »
My Mantis is brilliant. Got it off eBay. They are quite expensive but you can get a range of attachments if you want, sometimes you can buy off eBay with attachments already, as I did.

It knocks my heavy soil down to seedbed tilthe, and saves me a huge amount of raking.
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« Reply #6 on: May 22, 2006, 22:37 »
Hello everyone

Thank you for all your replies, they have helped me a lot to try to decide what to get.  I cannot afford a new one, so it is second hand only.

Do the Merry Tiller's or Honda's have a reverse gear, as someone mentioned that it was back breaking work without a reverse gear.  Any thoughts?  Or should I let the chauffer suffer, after all I pay him enough!

I keep looking on e-bay, but they are so far away!  I am happy to travel but..... I will keep looking, if you hear of any decent ones for sale, please let me know.

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« Reply #7 on: May 22, 2006, 23:25 »
The Merry Tiller only goes forward but once you get the knack of it, it's not so hard to control.

Does take a bit of practice to get the knack though.

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« Reply #8 on: May 23, 2006, 05:29 »
thats odd, the merry tiller ive got goes backwards as well, or rather the tines can be put into reverse which amounts to much the same thing.have you got a belt missing john? :?

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« Reply #9 on: May 23, 2006, 06:26 »
No belt missing, although I'm told I have a screw loose.

Perhaps it is a model thing - my MT Major from 1976 doesn't have any gearing

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« Reply #10 on: May 23, 2006, 07:23 »
What model is your Merry Tiller gwiz?

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« Reply #11 on: May 23, 2006, 08:25 »
Quote from: "john"
I forgot you are in Surrey, tell me does ones chauffeur or gardener drive one's rotovator? :)



If you cant get his chauffer to do it, I'll get on to the house staff to sort it out.  Damned hard to get decent hired help nowadays in Byfleet  8)

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« Reply #12 on: May 23, 2006, 08:35 »
It's probably your house prices that make it hard to get staff!

Having said that, they are pretty crazy where ever you go in the UK.

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« Reply #13 on: May 24, 2006, 17:08 »
righto, sorry for the delay, the model ive got is a merry tiller super major model AC3481

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« Reply #14 on: May 24, 2006, 20:28 »
Hi to all ,my Merry Tiller titan gt as high and low gear as well as reverse, my Norlett 5 hp as reverse as well, the Norlett as just been stripped and repainted its been very reliable, Briggs and Stratton engines take some beating in my opinion. I need to make some room in my shed so the Norlett might have to go. Is there any one out there what knows any thing about victorian wood morticers? await to hear from you, thanks.   Mick



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