How to Choose a Reliable Cultivator for Your Garden

Cultivators are aggregates designed for soil cultivation. They are intended to significantly ease manual labor, as it is well known that on dachas, women and elderly people primarily work. The choice of such a device directly depends on the expected volume of work and the preferences of the land plot owners. The cost of the equipment is determined by its functionality and level of complexity.

Features of Modern Cultivators

On the current domestic market, the following are available:

• Lightweight models with small weight, small soil coverage, and loosening depth of about twenty centimeters. With such a device, dacha owners can quickly prepare soil in greenhouses, flower beds, and rows. Specialists recommend preferring a model with electric or two-stroke gasoline engine. Additional attachments offered by the seller are not worth purchasing, as they can significantly increase the weight of the device, and it is not certain that these components will be useful in dacha conditions. It is necessary to purchase lubricant and a belt;
• Small cultivators weighing about 15 kg. are intended for processing areas of six to ten hundredths of a hectare. They feature greater loosening depth, and the coverage is up to forty centimeters. An electric model will cost less than a gasoline one. However, devices of this type must be connected to an electrical network with stable voltage using an extension cord. For safety reasons, it is not recommended to use electric aggregates in humid conditions;
• Medium-sized equipment is not suitable for women's hands, as the weight of such models reaches 48 kg. This cultivator can effectively and deeply loosen large gardens.

Of the above-described modifications, a small cultivator is ideally suited for standard dacha plots of six hundredths of a hectare. It will be an excellent aid in soil processing and weeding rows, and it is convenient to transport and store. For plots with complex terrain, it is better to prefer lightweight models. The advantage of network devices lies in quiet operation and absence of exhaust emissions. Gasoline cultivators are relatively noisy, and two-stroke engines require a special oil-benzine mixture. Four-stroke variants are more economical and have a longer engine life. The choice is yours!