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Now You’re Ready to
Use Your MANTIS Tiller.
If you’ve seen other tillers,
your MANTIS Tiller may surprise
you. It tills best when you pull it
backward! You see, when you
pull your MANTIS Tiller
backward, you give extra
resistance to the tines, so they
dig deeper.
(Picture 1)
What’s more when you go
backward, you erase your
footprints. So your soil stays light
and fluffy. With other tillers, by
contrast, you walk right over the
soil you’ve just tilled, packing it
down, so it’s less plantable.
Run Your MANTIS
Tiller like a Vacuum
Cleaner.
Place your Tiller at the head of
the row or area you want to till.
Start it up. Then use an easy
rocking motion. First, pull your
Tiller backward. Then use an
easy rocking motion. Again, pull
your Tiller backward. Then, let it
move forward just a little bit.
Then pull it backward again.
This will help you till deeper.
Keep repeating these steps
until you’ve tilled an entire row.
Start again on the next row. It’s
much like running a vacuum
cleaner! (Picture 2)
You Can Even Control
Depth.
For Deeper Tilling:
Move your Tiller slowly back
and forth, as you would a vacuum
cleaner. Work the same area over
and over until you’ve dug to your
desired depth. (Picture 3)
For Shallow Tilling:
Switch the tines to the
cultivating position. (See page
15 to learn how.) Then move
your Tiller quickly over your
soil surface.
For Big Weeds or Tough Roots:
Let your Tiller rock back and
forth over the tough spot, until
the tines slice through the weed
or root.
Your MANTIS Tiller
Handles Special Tilling
Projects.
Want to turn part of your lawn
into a colorful flower border?
Your MANTIS Tiller makes it
easy! Just run your Tiller back
and forth until the sod begins to
break up. Then continue tilling.
Your Tiller will chop the clumps
of sod until they’re fine. Then, it
will work them into the soil.
Pretty soon, you’ll have a soft,
fresh planting bed.
WARNING • DANGER
THE OPERATOR OF THIS TILLER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
ACCIDENTS OR HAZARDS OCCURRING TO HIMSELF,
OTHER PEOPLE OR THEIR PROPERTY.
TILLING
Picture 1
Picture 2
Picture 3
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