Cultivating
Now You’re Ready to Cultivate or Weed.
Guide your tiller where you want to weed and start it up. Pull your Tiller backward slowly, then let it move forward a bit, in a gentle rocking motion. Watch it slice, shred, and bury those weeds!
Got tough weeds? Lighten your pressure on the throttle to slow your Tiller down. Then work back and forth until your Tiller chops up the weeds. It’s easy and effective!
Your Mantis® XP Tiller
Can Weed Between
Narrow Rows!
Your Mantis XP Tiller is a precision weeder that can easily fit in tight places. So don’t be afraid to weed anywhere: between plants and shrubs, in corners, against fences, on raised beds, in wide rows, even in very narrow rows. Your Mantis XP Tiller weeds six* to nine inches wide. So you can run it in a tightly planted garden without damaging your delicate plants. That’s good news for
Fuel Tank
Handles
Tine Rotation
Tine Teeth
Back
Front
Tilling Position
Tine teeth point in the same direction as the rotation of the tine; or toward the front of the Tiller, away from the operator.
suburban gardeners, who often have to plant rows close together!
*With optional Planter Furrower attachment. (Item #6222)
Fuel Tank
Handles
Tine Rotation
Tine Teeth
Back
Front
Cultivating Position
Tine teeth point in the opposite direction as the rotation of the tine. Tines point toward the back of the tiller, or toward the operator.
To do this you must take off the tine assemblies (both sides) and replace with only the outer set of tines. Do not operate with only the inner set of tines. Damage will occur using this set of tines.
Cleaning the Tines
The installed weed reducer will help, but remember, any tiller will tangle in tall grass, stringy vines, or
use a knife, pruner, or brush
cutter to chop up the overgrowth. If the tines become tangled anyway, turn the engine off completely before trying to clear them.
From time to time, you may want to remove the tines to get them completely clean. To do this, please follow steps
tines. Also, do not reach your fingers and\or hand in between the tine blades. When finished, simply return the tines to their starting positions.
The optional Tine Detangler (Item #1322) will clear tines in a jiffy. Contact your local authorized Mantis® dealer or call
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