What is the difference between walk-behind and motor-cultivator

In the cultivation of cottage and garden plots are widely used various motorized means. Especially in demand garden cultivators and tillers. These are similar in individual functional tasks, but significantly different in principle mechanical devices.

Features and capabilities of motor cultivators

The target of a conventional cultivator and its motorized counterpart is loosening the soil. Related unit functions:

• the destruction of weeds;
• mixing the fertilizer applied to the soil;
• crushing of earthy lumps;
• hilling.

The working mechanism of a motor-cultivator represents rotating at the expense of the motor multisection cutter 350-700 mm dimensions.With the help of removable sections, the size of the cutter can be adjusted to make it convenient to use the tool on beds of various widths. Clinging to the ground, the working part of the unit pulls the cultivator forward. A gardener needs only to regulate the speed of movement using the control lever on the cultivator handle.

The modern market offers customers electric and gasoline cultivators. The most popular petrol models, because of their mobility.

Motor-cultivators are divided into the following categories.

1. Ultralight weighing up to 15 kg and power returns up to 1.5-2 hp Units are completed with the minimum quantity of nozzles. Suitable for processing small garden areas (5-6 acres). The price of models on average is about 15,000 rubles.
2. Lungs motorized cultivators weighing up to 40 kg and motor output from 2 to 4. 5 hp Processing area up to 12 acres. The cost varies from 15,000 to 30,000 rubles.
3. Average by weight and power units (up to 60 kg, 4.5-6 hp, respectively). They are subject to the treatment of areas up to 50 acres. The average cost of models in the range of 30000-50000 rubles.
4. Heavy motorized cultivation technology can weigh up to 100 kg and produce a power output of more than 6 hp. Allows you to handle large areas. Supported by a greater number of attachments and accessories.You can purchase a unit from 50,000 rubles.

Features and capabilities of tillers

The motor-block differs from a cultivator in the universality, big weight and power return, and also the price. The unit not only carries out the message of the functionality that the cultivator is endowed with, but also helps due to the variety of attachments to solve a wider range of tasks:

• plowing the land with a trailed plow;
• digging of root crops with the help of a nozzle of the potato digger;
• grass mowing using a mower;
• removal of rubbish and snow from the site;
• can be adapted to transport agricultural goods over short distances.

The industry produces models that work on gasoline or diesel fuel. Petrol units are cheaper (from 30-40 thousand rubles), but consume fuel less economically than diesel counterparts (from 60-70 thousand rubles). Diesel units are very noisy, and in winter there may be problems due to the freezing of fuel. Models may have differences in technical solutions and characteristics.

Motorblocks are quite complex multifunctional equipment, the target audience of which is small farms. It can be said that heavy tillers have the functionality of a minitractor.

Summary of the choice of motorized assistant

When the difference between the walk-behind tractor and the cultivator as a whole is clear, the appropriate unit should be selected based on the size of the area being processed, the types of work and its financial possibilities. The choice is also recommended to focus on user feedback. If for a dacha or a country estate there are ample opportunities for a motor-cultivator, then for more extensive farms, which are a little inferior in terms of state farm fields, it is appropriate to use a motor-block.

Some models of motor cultivators are successfully used in professional activities by landscape designers. They do an excellent job with the destruction of weeds and loosening the soil. This technique will be the perfect assistant for work on a plot of up to 20 acres.

Buying a tiller is justified when the user needs not only to work the soil, but also to carry out other operations with rear attachment - plow, potato digger, etc.It should be borne in mind that the harder the equipment, the easier it will be to manage with different weights.

Choosing which is better - walking tractor or cultivator, you need to take into account the physical capabilities of the owner. Older people and women to manage heavy machinery will not be easy. In this case, the ideal choice will be a light motor-cultivator.