Craftsman 9 Torque Rating Front Tine Tiller
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“very good for me”

Craftsman 9 Torque Rating Front Tine Tiller — 

After seeing some of the reviews on this tiller I was a little nervous, but for the price & features it seeming like I had to at least give it a try. A couple of nice features I didn't know about from the online info was the on/off switch, fuel petcock,and the fuel strainer buit into the filler neck on the gas tank. It was pretty easy to set up. Basically just bolt the handlebars on & tightened everything I could get a wrench on. I added the oil, & gas, then with the starter switch in the off position pulled the starter rope rope thru about a dozen times to get the oil to all the parts of the engine,& gas flowing thru the carb. Set the choke & it started on the first pull. Then it died about 1 minute later. after about 3 minutes of pulling the starter rope & adjusting the throttle & choke to avail, I stopped & double checked everything. OH DOPEY ME, I was showing it to my son & had turned the petcock to the off position! 2 pulls later it was running fine again. I ran it for about 5 minutes with the tines engaged, then for another couple engaging & dis-engaging them. I guess this helps to take any glazing off the belt & pulley setup. Most of the soil in my garden has already been broken up from past years tilling, but things went so smoothly that I decided to bust open a little larger size this year. In about an hour I had a 16'x36' area tilled to its full depth. On my old tiller I might have had a row done in that amount of time, between fighting the tiller to keep it running, and fighting the tiller when it was running. Keep in mind that this is a front tine tiller & will occasionally buck & bounce when you're breaking new ground, but it is tremendously better than the similar old Gilson I had been using. It was much more manageable, had more power, & seemed to be balanced better. The fuel strainer/filter is nice in that the engine area is pretty compact, with little room for a proper fuel filter. The on/off switch is better than many that only have a sparkplug grounding bar for shutoff. But I really like the fuel petcock. On engines that I only use occasionally, I usually try to run the gas tank dry when I'm finished. This prevents gas from sitting in the carb to gunk up. When finished for the day all you have to do is just turn the petcock off, and wait for the engine to starve itself. This feature will save a LOT of headaches & carb cleaning in the future. Although I'm not familiar with the manufacurer of the engine (I'll be looking into this soon)it seems be sound, & have enough power for the job intended. It starts quickly (so far), ran smooth, steady, & used a less gas than what I'm used to. The tines are fairly easy to adjust on this one, so I'll probably use it to cultivate between the rows after planting too. Thus far everythings positive, & hope it stays this way. Take note: After seeing some people had problems, I took even more caution in the break-in of mine than the manual says to. Whether it was needed or not, who knows, but I try to take care of my things & make them last. I should have saved myself the time, & grief, & done this years ago.

Craftsman 9 Torque Rating Front Tine Tiller

is recommended by maildude
Posted on May 11, 2009
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