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SMALL ROTARY TILLERS


Rototillers are popular with home gardeners who want large vegetable gardens. The garden may be Tilled a few times before planting each crop. Rototillers may be rented for single-use applications, such as when planting grass.

A rototiller is typically propelled weakly forward by the rotating tines; most rototillers do not have powered wheels. Rototillers which can move backwards are uncommon because such movement can seriously mangle the operater's feet. A rototiller works best when sunk into the soil, but this prevents it from being propelled forward by the tines. Dragging the rototiller backwards is easier and more effective than pushing it forward, but care must be taken to ensure that the operator does not stumble and pull the rototiller on top of himself. Rototilling is much faster than manual tilling, but not easier. Rototiller operation is exhausting work that can require great strength. Sub-surface objects, such as tree roots and buried garbage, can cause a rototiller to abruptly and violently move in any direction.


AGRICULTURAL ROTARY TILLERS

Tractor-drawn rototillers are driven by a Power Take Off . They are used for roadmaking and for cultivation between rows of vines. Rototillers are unpopular for this use because they tend to clog with debris. Disks are often more appropriate for modern Agriculture .