Top 15 best gasoline cultivators for summer cottages: rating of 2019, which one to choose and model features

Selection options

There are a huge number of parameters that you need to pay attention to when buying such a device.

Class

The cultivator class Mantis determines for what purposes it can be used and what characteristics it differs in. The company offers its clients several options.

Household, also called amateur. A distinctive feature of such devices is their small size and affordable price. However, such cultivators cannot boast of high power, therefore they are suitable only for processing small areas.
Semi-professional, with a weight of 100 kg and allowing to process an area of 1 hectare.
Professional - an ideal solution if you need to take care of a large plot, the area of which is more than 50 acres.

Power unit

In the selection process, close attention should be paid to the engine installed in the cultivator, since it is he who is responsible for the power of the device. Among the options presented by the company, there are several

Electrical. They work from the network and differ in a fairly low cost. In addition, they boast light weight, environmental friendliness and ease of use. A significant drawback of such a motor is that it is characterized by minimal power and is not mobile, since it needs a network connection to work. Mantis equips such motors exclusively for amateur versions.
With an electric battery. The device boasts all the advantages of electrical analogs, however, it does not depend on the length of the cable. Such equipment is more expensive, but provides mobility. Mantis offers its customers models that can operate on a single charge for up to 40 minutes. It should be borne in mind that such devices are not suitable for cultivating virgin land.

Gasoline. They are distinguished by high power, but at the same time they are quite heavy. The main advantage of a gasoline car is that it is able to cope with any work, however, it is quite difficult to use. In addition, during operation, it emits exhaust gases into the air. As for the generated noise, it is almost twice as high as the electrical model. Most Mantis models differ precisely in gasoline power units.
Diesel. They are also extremely popular and boast high efficiency and durability. In addition, a distinctive feature of diesel units lies in their high torque even at minimum revs.

As for the internal combustion engines installed on the cultivators, they can be of two types.

Two-stroke. They are characterized by impressive performance at an affordable price. The main disadvantage of such power units is that they make a lot of noise during operation.

In addition, when using such an engine, close attention will need to be paid to refueling. For this, a mixture of gasoline and oil is used, and the proportion should be as accurate as possible.

Otherwise, the power plant will fail.

Four-stroke engines. Such options are more economical, however, they make less noise and are much more comfortable to use. Among the main disadvantages are higher cost, minimum power and durability. These powertrains are mainly used in professional Mantis models.

How to choose?

When choosing a cultivator, first of all, proceed from the characteristics of the cultivated land plot, pay special attention to the type of soil and the size of the area, as well as to the parameters of the engine and fuel consumption

As for the size of the plot, everything is simple here - the smaller the sown area, the more maneuverable your machine should be. Moreover, the more complex the land he needs to cultivate, the more powerful the engine should be. Traditionally, this figure varies from 1.5 to 10 liters. with., but most often they produce motoblocks with a capacity of 4 horsepower, a little less often - 5 and 6 liters. with.
Most often, vertical gasoline engines are hung on motor-cultivators, which can be two-stroke and four-stroke with a power take-off shaft, as a rule, the former are put on lightweight models, and the latter - on products of a heavy class, when the issue of reasonable fuel economy is fundamentally.

Depth parameters - motor cultivators loosen the soil at a depression of 15-35 cm, while the working width can be from 15 to 95 cm, depending on the modification.
Devices for maneuvering - there can be handles with buttons placed on them, as well as gearshift levers, clutch levers and other elements.
As for the clutch, the most practical is considered to be clutch and gear reducers, they are attached to heavy equipment. In the middle class, the belt mechanism showed itself best, but the worm gear and the usual centrifugal clutch with a chain gear are enough for the light ones.

The main differences

Agricultural machinery must be selected with great care and attention. Mechanical and electrical machines for tillage are expensive

Not every gardener is ready to shell out money for a thing that turns out to be unnecessary for him. For the sake of this, it is worth knowing well how the walk-behind tractor differs from the cultivator.

Outwardly, both units are similar to each other. They are designed for pre-sowing and harvesting land cultivation. But they have big differences. The cultivator loosens the ground. This operation is needed before planting a future crop. The motoblock does the same work, but it can still clean the area from snow in winter, transport various loads, and split firewood. This is the main difference between a walk-behind tractor and a motor-cultivator.

The motor-cultivator can be produced with a gasoline or electric engine. It offers a lot of convenience when working on small areas. The walk-behind tractor is equipped with only a gasoline or diesel engine. He moves on his own wheels with grousers. Of the motor-cultivators, only powerful units are capable of this. This is another difference that cultivators and walk-behind tractors are endowed with.

What else is the difference between a walk-behind tractor and a cultivator, consider the main criteria:

The motor power of the cultivator is less than. Gasoline cultivators are equipped with 1-6 hp engines, electric cultivators - up to 2.5 kW, and manufacturers install 6-13 hp engines on gasoline and diesel motoblocks. The capabilities of the walk-behind tractors allow you to work hard soil on surfaces with the possible overturning of other machines. In addition, if the machine is faced with a difficult task - plowing virgin lands, even the most powerful cultivator cannot cope with it.
Motoblocks are much heavier. Their weight varies from 70 to 300 kg, while the weight of cultivators is from 15 to 80 kg. The weight of the heavy implements provides good traction.
In productivity in terms of the main operating parameters, walk-behind tractors win:

cultivator processing area - from 1 to 20 acres, while heavy-duty walk-behind tractors can cope with plots of up to 3 hectares;
the processing width of electric and motorized cultivators varies in the range of 15-90 cm, and for some walk-behind tractors this indicator can reach 130 cm;
the working speed of walk-behind tractors is higher by default, since they are self-propelled, equipped with large wheels and a gearbox with up to 8 gears.

Maintenance of such complex agricultural machinery as a walk-behind tractor requires much more time and user skills, and repair and replacement of spare parts will cost an order of magnitude more. It is also worth noting that the fuel consumption of motor-cultivators is much lower than that of walk-behind tractors.
The cost of motoblocks is higher than the cost of cultivators. It is worth buying them for work on large land plots. The main differences between the machines end there.

The walk-behind tractor is a good helper for the farmer. He performs the main work, which is notable for the severity. These include:

plowing the soil;
cultivation;
harrowing the site;
hilling crops;
cutting of furrows;
planting crops;
harvest.

The motoblock is subject to work on an area of 3-4 hectares. This helps preserve your health. What is the difference between the units is now clear.

Maintenance and repair

No matter how flawlessly the technique is made, sooner or later certain difficulties still arise in working with it. It is good if you can get by with the usual adjustment of some workers, but there are breakdowns that can only be fixed by carrying out certain repair actions

The Mantis cultivator, as well as the manual cultivator for giving, electric, homemade, mini for giving, electro is no exception, therefore, do-it-yourself repairs of its main working components should be carried out in strict accordance with the recommendations that are indicated in the operating instructions.

In particular, if the Mantis cultivator does not start, then there may be several reasons for this:

the switch is in the wrong position - accordingly, you need to switch it to the value "I", not "O";
insufficient fuel level in the tank - add gasoline to the required values;
the fuel filter is unnecessarily dirty, therefore it must be cleaned or replaced;

the spark plug is faulty - in this case, only replacing with a new plug will help;
the fuel supply line is dirty and must be cleaned.

Quite often, many owners of this cultivator have similar problems. It should be noted here that one of the main reasons is the wrong amount of fuel in the tank - it is either not enough or too much.

In the second case, excess fuel will splash into the cylinder, falling on the spark plug. Accordingly, the engine will not be able to start.

As we can see, the cost of some components can be 1/3 of the total amount of the cultivator, so you need to properly operate the device in order to avoid damage to vital components.

Of course, in order for this to be possible, you need to carefully study the operating instructions that come with the Mantis cultivator.

Description

A motor-cultivator is an agricultural technique designed for plowing and weeding a land plot. The unit operates on low power gasoline engine, which varies from 1.5 to 7 liters. with. The loosening depth is 8-25 cm.

Motor-cultivators are available in several versions.

Depending on the mass of the device, there are:

super light - weighing less than 15 kg;
lungs - from 16 to 40 kg;
medium-heavy - 41-60 kg;
heavy - units weighing more than 60 kg.

Many people believe that a motor cultivator is the same as a walk-behind tractor. However, despite the fact that these are undoubtedly close to each other in terms of design features and purpose of the units, they still have rather significant differences.

The fundamental difference lies in the design of the plant. The walk-behind tractor has a developed system of fasteners, a wide variety of accessories, such as a plow, a seeder, a potato digger with a potato planter, a harrow, a mower, a snow blower and many others.At its core, a walk-behind tractor in terms of its functionality is a mini-tractor without a separate driver's seat. A motor-cultivator has a limited set of options; it can be used exclusively for cultivating the land.

As a rule, motor cultivators are equipped with an additional electric drive, the main advantage of the electric model is the absence of harmful exhaust, which makes the device a faithful assistant when working in greenhouses and greenhouses, as well as near the house.

The cultivator design includes the following elements:

frame;
diesel or gasoline engine;
fuel tank;
U-shaped handle with unit control buttons;
rotor for fixing cutters;
special bracket from the coulter attachment;
wheels.

Cultivator with a washing machine motor

The ultra-light electric garden cultivators offered in the gardening market have a minimum power of 750 watts. The products provide loosening of the soil layer to a depth of 8-10 cm on a strip of 20 cm.

Electric motors from industrial washing machines deliver power up to 2 kW. If you have a cultivator platform with cutters on the shaft, a chain reducer, then you can try to assemble an operating unit with an electric drive (see photo).

Electric motor from an industrial washing machine on a homemade cultivator

Keep in mind that the cost of an electric drive for a household washing machine ranges from 3 to 6 thousand rubles, the price of an industrial product starts from 9 thousand rubles.

The cost of your labor does not pay off if you consider that the garden cultivator Hyundai T 1500-E with an electric drive of 1500 W is offered through the Internet trade for 10,200 rubles.

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Manufacturers

Most of the cultivators are produced in European countries, as well as in Japan, China and Russia.

Among European brands, consumer recognition was gained by the French Pubert motor cultivators, Italian Benassi, German MTD and Danish Texas. Among the most popular American units are Craftsman, as well as Partner, and of the Japanese brands, the palm belongs undividedly to Honda.

In our country, motor-cultivators of the brands "Krot", "Leader", "Favorit", "Neva" and "Master" are produced.

Separately, we should dwell on the Chinese units. China is a country where there are a lot of small farms, so motor-cultivators are widely used in the country.

First of all, the units are made from metal of our own production, which, unfortunately, leaves much to be desired, therefore the machines are significantly inferior to analogues from other countries in terms of strength and wear resistance parameters. The same can be said for the plastic elements, with this disadvantage applied to products manufactured under the brand names of well-known American and Japanese brands, manufactured under the supervision of parent companies.

As practice shows, gear wheels, cylinder rings and chains are most often broken. Quite often it happens that the fasteners in the nodes and the carburetor are made in bad faith.

At the same time, a large number of small enterprises operate on the market of this country, which simply copy old samples of well-known brands, as a rule, they are made for export to Russia and other CIS countries, such cultivators usually bear Slavic names - "Zubr", "Aurora" , "Sadko" with "Bulat" as well as "Giant", "Proton" and some others, they cost 2-3 times cheaper than their counterparts from European countries.

However, all of the above does not mean that Chinese products are necessarily of low quality and short-lived. In fact, there are large brands in this country, whose products have received high ratings from consumers all over the world, which is confirmed by European quality standards.

Features of motoblocks

A motoblock is a tractor, a harvester, working on its own plot of land. The high power of such machines allows you to install on them various attachments... With its help, they remove snow and debris, transport goods. Potatoes are also planted and harvested along with other root crops. The walk-behind tractor has big differences. It costs more than a cultivator. The final price depends on the type of engine, its power, from the manufacturer's plant. But the brand is not always the main difference.

Large land areas require powerful machines. All of them are equipped with a power take-off shaft. In areas with poor soil, use heavier implements. Wheel weights are sold to increase weight. Among the features of the product is the width that the block captures during operation. The scope of delivery includes cutters that can be installed and removed. This allows you to change the working width.

Gasoline is expensive today. It is recommended to purchase gasoline cars for areas with a small area. On large areas, diesel units cope better with the work. The disadvantages of a diesel engine include a large amount of noise and difficulties associated with freezing diesel fuel in cold weather.

For the processing of summer cottages and farm plots, various attachments are sold. They are designed for soil cultivation, for cleaning the territory, for irrigation, for moving goods, for planting and harvesting crops.

Cultivators Mantis

These garden assistants were created by the American company Mantis, which has been producing various equipment for working in the garden and vegetable garden for about 40 years. The motorized cultivator was the first model of the company and is now the backbone of its products and meets all the requirements of the US standard for reliability, environmental friendliness and safety.

Appointment

The main purpose of Mantis cultivators is the most necessary and demanding large investment of effort earthworks: plowing and weeding. But a wide range of attachments developed for them allows you to expand the field of application to versatility:

Different types of plows make it possible to perform additional operations simultaneously with the main tillage:
- the plow cuts a furrow for the subsequent planting of potatoes, throwing the soil to one side of it,
- the hiller "digs" a furrow with the discarding of soil on both sides of it, pouring it to the plant roots from the aisle.

The aeration cutter loosens the soil on the lawn to improve the access of moisture and air, for overseeding and fertilization. It differs from a conventional cultivation cutter in the direct arrangement of cutting elements and in a smaller penetration depth into the ground - up to 3 - 4 cm.

The lawn rake will be able to mechanize the cleaning of lawns from last year's caked grass, as well as from dead stems before sowing and fertilizing.
A lawn cutter will perfectly trim the edge of your garden lawn to meet your landscaping requirements. If necessary, the simultaneous processing of the site can be used in conjunction with a cutter for cultivation.
The Paving Slabs Cleaner Brush will ideally clean the inter-tile space on garden paths and in front of the house of any debris.

Photo of the Mantis cultivator with a 4-stroke engine

Peculiarities

The main feature of this cultivator is its compact size in synthesis with high power, which allows you to obtain high labor productivity with the possibility of processing even hard-to-reach corners of your site.
At the same time, it has a full set of nodes necessary for operation:

Frame, in the lower part of which there is a motor and working bodies of the cultivator, and in the upper part there are two handles to hold it in an upright position and control it.
The power unit is in the form of an electric or gas engine.
Starting starter device.
The clutch drive is of a centrifugal type and the engagement knob is located on the handles of the device.
Mounts for the installation of working equipment.

The original distinction of "Mantis" is the patented by the company serpentine cutters of a special shape, equipped with self-sharpening knives. With their help, you can plow up to 2 acres of land in just an hour (or weed up to 4), even in virgin areas of the plots.

The cultivator is equipped with a worm gear, which eliminates problems in the event of stones falling into the device - it automatically switches to idle to allow the removal of a foreign object.

Advantages and disadvantages

The advantages of using a motor-cultivator of the "Mantis" brand stem from its design and the variability of the complete set:

Small dimensions allow you to process every corner of the personal plot with it.
The powerful 12,000 rpm motor ensures high productivity.
The proprietary cutters give a record plowing depth for such devices - up to 25 cm.
The variability of the hitch makes the cultivator universal.

Also, the great convenience of the unit is the ability to change the width of cultivator tillage: it will depend on the number of cutters used - two or four.

ATTENTION! Careless users may note such disadvantages of the device as demanding fuel quality and the need to pre-pump gasoline before starting the engine. However, these problems most often arise due to inattention to the content of the user manual and other inaccuracy.

User manual

The Mantis cultivator and its operating instructions differ little from similar recommendations that are typical for other small-scale mechanization tools. In total, there are several main points:

the device is controlled not in a straight line, but in a reverse way, i.e. the person walks backward, moving the cultivator behind him. This circumstance forces us to be more attentive to the process of work, otherwise inaccurate control can lead to damage;
accordingly, it is necessary to conduct a thorough check of the territory on which the work will be carried out. It is necessary to remove all foreign objects that could interfere with the stability of the operator, as well as the correct operation of the unit;
make sure that there are no bystanders or animals in the area to be treated. It is forbidden to operate the cultivator in alcoholic intoxication, as well as under the influence of potent drugs that affect mental clarity and coordination;
Before work, you need to dress appropriately, i.e. avoid loose clothing, parts of which can get under the cutters. The device has a strong enough vibration, therefore it is also recommended to wear gloves;
check the tightness of all fasteners before use. If necessary, tighten the bolts and nuts until they stop;
avoid working on steep terrain. If there is a slope, but it is small, it is possible to perform work, but you need to monitor the device when turning and changing movement;
at the end of all work, it is necessary to thoroughly clean the cultivator from dirt, dust and vegetation residues. Only then can the device be removed to a closed and dry room.

When working with gasoline units, you need to be especially careful, because the fuel is highly flammable. That is why the storage of the cultivator should be carried out in a room where there is no possibility of sparks and open flames. You also need to be careful when refueling.

Gasoline Mantis

If a little fuel gets on the body of the device, then it must be immediately removed with a dry cloth, only after that any work can be done.

Compliance with these elementary standards will significantly increase the operational life of the Mantis cultivator, without losing its performance.

Principle of operation

The main task of the cultivator is reduced to loosening the earth with star cutters.Unlike the same plow, the cutters do not turn the soil layer, this protects the soil from erosion and is considered a much more reliable and modern way of agricultural processing of the site.

The motor-cultivator is controlled by the operator using the buttons located on the handle. The design does not provide a seat for people.

Usually, active horizontal cutters with knives are attached to them, they are able to dig ditches for planting potatoes, which can then be easily backfilled with earth - for this you just need to swap the left and right disc cutters.

The opener is considered to be a very important structural part of a motor-cultivator; it is a metal rod made on a frame near the cutters. Its tasks include braking actions, thanks to which the cutters go into the ground to the maximum.

You can get acquainted with a detailed review of the MTD brand motor cultivator by watching the video below.