Mantis Tiller Parts
There are a variety of Mantis tiller parts available, but lets talk about tiller maintenance first.
A Mantis mini tiller is a small garden tiller that is incredibly lightweight and has made gardening easier for more than a million people. The tiller can be used to crack open ground for new garden plots, cultivate plants between rows in existing gardens, create holes to plant new shrubs, edge lawns and gardens. The tiller can till soil in raised beds or other small-space gardens, mix debris in piled up compost, and plow furrows to plant potatoes, onions, etc.
Keep it maintained properly and regularly and it will run smoothly whenever you use it and at the beginning of the spring gardening season. Here are a few guidelines to keep your Mantis tiller running trouble free.
At the beginning of every growing season remove the gear box cover located on the back of the gear box and make sure the gear box grease level is at the proper level. The level should reach the lip of the transmission with the gearbox tilted at a 45-degree angle. Always fill the gearbox with the engine and guard attached and only use Mantis lithium grease.
Every 14 days fill your gas tank with fresh fuel. An older fuel mixture can separate and clog the carburetor and the fuel lines. The manufacturer recommends a mixture of unleaded gasoline and two-stroke engine oil in a 50:1 ratio.
Mantis also offers a home maintenance kit for their gas powered tillers. The kit includes 6 bottles of premium 2 cycle engine oil (2.6 oz. ea., pre-measured to mix with a gallon of unleaded gasoline), 1 funnel, 1 spark plug, 2 felt air pads, 2 oz. tube of transmission grease, 1 transmission gasket, 2 tine retaining pins, and combo wrench. It’s a worthwhile investment.
The Mantis tillers have several parts and attachments available including a plow, planter/furrower, border edger, crevice cleaner, hedge cutter, aerator and dethatcher.
The plow forms straight, uniform furrows, both deep and shallow. The crevice cleaner removes dirt and debris from cracks and other hard-to-reach places, thanks to 34 tough steel bristle brushes arrayed around a sturdy wheel. Great for maintaining driveways and walks.
The border edger keeps your landscaping looking neat and crisp by creating nice, clean, straight edges. Use it around your driveway, sidewalk, walkways, flower beds, and gardens.
The planter/furrower attachment consists of two tine blades. They are designed to till a narrow five-inch strip where the plants or seeds are to grow, while leaving the space between the rows untouched.
To see all the Mantis Tiller parts and Mantis Tiller attachments visit there website at www.mantis.com.
Tiller/Cultivator With Border Edger And Kickstand from Mantis
With 9 optional attachments the tiller can also trim hedges, aerate, dethatch, plow, furrow and much, much more. Weighs only 20 pounds; Easy to handle, fun to use; Patented serpentine tines spin at up to 240 RPM.
The Mantis Dethatcher Attachment Really Really Works
We bought a Mantis 4-cycle tiller a few weeks ago. I used it last weekend to till our garden. It’s a crazy power-house. But that’s not what I want to write about today. Instead, I want to briefly review and show off the Mantis dethatcher … I’m confident it did a better job than one of those drag behind style attachments you may have seen in your local garden store.
The tiller tines can easily be removed and many optional attachments can be quickly installed. These optional attachments convert the Mantis Tiller into a border edger, furrower, plow, lawn aerator, lawn detacher, crevice cleaner.
