Tiller

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Motor hoe with gasoline engine
Motor hoe in action, behind the hoe shaft the brake spur (black)

A tiller is a gardening tool for shallow loosening of the soil and for weed control. The achievable working depths are between 2 and 10 cm.

The soil loosening is achieved similarly to the tiller by a rotating horizontal shaft (chopping shaft) provided with rigid, angled knives (chopping knives). The chopping shaft is mostly driven by a petrol engine, but there are also devices with diesel or electric motors . The rotating chopping knives, which are relatively short compared to the milling cutter, cut up the soil and crumble it. With the so-called drive-wheelless motor hoes, the further movement of the device takes place through the driven hoe shaft. In some cases, wheels are mounted outside the garden bed on the hoes without drive wheels for easier guidance and easier transport. But there are also devices with drive wheels (drive wheel hoes). The working depth of the tiller can be regulated by means of an adjustable brake spur that penetrates the cultivated soil and by the operator acting on the device by means of the handles on which it is also guided with regard to the working direction. The working width varies between approx. 10 and 100 cm, it can be changed by adding or removing chopping stars. In Germany, the chopping stars must be covered with protective hoods for reasons of accident protection. If the possible working depth is used, and if no particularly deep tillage is required, the use of the power hoe can replace digging up the garden beds by hand with a spade . There are devices on the market with drive powers of approx. 300  watts to 5  kW . In some cases, wheel-less tillers can be converted into a two-wheel tractor by adding wheel sets instead of the hoeing tools .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bodo Frahm: BGJ Agricultural Economics . 4th edition, Ulmer, Stuttgart 1980/1991, ISBN 3-8001-1049-0 , p. 122
  2. ↑ Bodo Frahm: BGJ Agricultural Economics . 4th edition, Ulmer, Stuttgart 1980/1991, ISBN 3-8001-1049-0 , p. 453
  3. ↑ Bodo Frahm, BGJ Agricultural Economics . 4th edition, Ulmer, Stuttgart 1980/1991, ISBN 3-8001-1049-0 , p. 122
  4. ^ Ulrich Sachweh (editor): The gardener, Volume 3, tree nursery, fruit growing, seed growing, vegetable growing . 2nd edition, Ulmer, Stuttgart 1986/1989, ISBN 3-8001-1148-9 , p. 17 f.
  5. ^ Ulrich Sachweh (editor): The gardener, Volume 3, tree nursery, fruit growing, seed growing, vegetable growing . 2nd edition, Ulmer, Stuttgart 1986/1989, ISBN 3-8001-1148-9 , p. 17