flowers@ucla-cs.ARPA (Margot Flowers) (04/25/86)
I tried this some time ago on net.garden but got no information. Since
the subject of lawn mowers has come up in net.consumers I'm going
to try it here:
I am curious about the usability and reliability of modular grass
whacker type tools. They are modular in the sense that the grass
whacker part comes off the bottom and something else (like a bush
whacker, a saw, a tiller, etc.) can be fastened there instead. Does
anyone have experience with these? The advantage of these, besides the
fact that you buy one motor instead of N for each tool, is the ease of
moving around the yard -- part of ours is very steep and traditional
rolling tools can't be used.
I'm particularly interested in how well the tiller attachment works.
The ones I've come across are 1) Sears and 2) Green Machine. The Sears
model has a rotary cultivator attachment and the Green Machine has one
that is sort of like two arms that go back and forth. In both cases one
arm cancels out the motion of the other so there should't be a problem
holding the thing in the soil. However, I'm wondering how well it works
to try to cultivate at such an angle at the end of a stick, and how well
it really digs up the soil.
Does anyone know about these or any other similar models?
Thanks for any info.
Margot Flowers
Flowers@LOCUS.UCLA.EDU (new style); Flowers@UCLA-CS (old style)
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