Einhell Rotavator

I purchased an Einhell Rotavator last year and apart from trying it out at the time, this is the first time I have had the opportunity to give it a thorough test. Like all machinery you have to get used to it's good and bad points. I had been using a Merrytiller Major previously on our very heavy clay soil. Comparing the two, the Major was noisy, 4hp side valve Briggs and Stratton engine (Einhell, quiet, 4.5hp ohv engine of unknown manufacture, believed to be Japanese). The Major was too heavy for me to handle now that I am 82, the Einhell is more manageable, lighter and 9inch depth of working as against the Major's 10 inch depth. It will work very well at medium to low rpm and is reasonably economical on fuel.

As with any Rotavator (or any machinery) you have to know when the soil is at the right moisture level to work well. When the level is right it will make quick work of fining down the tilth. When you use a mechanical means of cultivating you need to approach it like a farmer and go over the ground many times to achieve a deep tilth.

Taken all round, I am very pleased with the Einhell.

 

I have got a quarter acre but only do a small vegetable plot these days, the rest is grass, 20+ trees and flowers (and weeds). The trees are mainly conifers and my prize Oak (which I planted about 30 years ago, it has a straight 25ft trunk). I've never known an Oak grow so fast, especially on cold heavy clay.