Troy-Bilt Trimmer Plus Add-On Garden Cultivator #GC720R

List Price: $99.99

Features:

• An ideal add-on cultivator for turning soil in home garden beds
• Compatible with most attachment capable units on the market
• Heavy-duty gearbox
• Heat treated 8-inch steel tines
• 2-year limited warranty

Accessories:

Ryobi 181616 Click Link w/Big Knob

Customer Reviews:

Makes the TrimmerPlus idea worth while [Posted on 2004-06-06]
I recently got a great GoldBox deal (combined with a coupon) on the 4 cycle curved shaft trimmer. I have an old Red Max commercial grade trimmer that blows smoke, makes a racket but tears the hell out of anything. I wanted a smaller trimmer for my wife to use. The 4 cycle is nice and torquier. What makes the deal is this tiller attachment. I chewed up my garden in 5-10 minutes. Then I laid out the peat and the compost, and turned it all in. Beautifully tilled soil and all chunks ground to a nice size. Don't plan on tearing up sod with it, but if you have a yearly garden turnover/break-up chore, this is the ticket. Great idea and functions far better than you might imagine.

Tough as nails, and worth every penny! [Posted on 2004-06-24]
You can't hurt this thing. It tears through ANY soil, roots etc and does so as well as the big tillers that don't fit in a household garden. This is useful for small vegetable gardens, but the best use is refreshing the soil around shrubs in your foundation beds. Its litle head gets in tight spaces, and you can drop it straight down into a spot you couldn't wheel a big tiller into. It gets roots tangled around it, but clears easily. The tines are indestructible, as is all the rest. I'm glad I got the 4-cycle 875R trimmer, because this thing uses all the torque it puts out. A very good investment. Saves a whale of a lot of storage in the garage, too!!!

New homeowner, old unkempt yard [Posted on 2004-07-01]
I've never touched a lawnmower, weedeater, or any other garden tool up until 2 months ago when I bought my first home. The landscaping needs a complete overhaul, and thanks to this cultivator, I think I'll be able to do it myself. I've already redone the rock-hard old raised beds in the front of the house. Now if only I could buy an Add-On Handyperson attachment!

Borrow one and test drive on YOUR soil first [Posted on 2004-07-11]
When I first borrowed a friend's mini cultivator a few years ago, I was in heaven. Finally, something I could use to till my soil that was light enough for me to handle and easy enough for me to start, yet tough enough to really churn up the dirt. Unfortunately, when I got around to buying one of my own, I didn't buy the same brand. Instead, I bought a Ryobi. Since I also needed a weed eater, I figured that going with the attachment plan would save me money.

Although I like the trimmer very much, I'm not as impressed as the other reviewers with the cultivator attachment. It just doesn't feel very powerful. I attempted to use the Ryobi cultivator to work an established herb garden, and am about to give up and rent a more powerful cultivator. Perhaps my soil was too hard and compacted to work well with a mini cultivator. The Ryobi barely dug into the ground, turning up only the surface soil. I was extremely disappointed.

I do think that once I work up the soil with something stronger, the Ryobi cultivator will work well for maintenance tilling. I was impressed with how maneuverable the cultivator was. I could work around fairly densely planted herbs and perennials without destroying any desirable plants.

Based on my initial use, the blades seem quite durable and don't seem to get tangled with weeds very easily. Switching the attachments works well, too.

One design aspect that I expect to remain a drawback is the handle style. I found the handle bars on the other cultivator (unfortunately, the brand name escapes me--Stihl, I think) much easier to handle than the one-long-handle arrangement on the Ryobi.

For looser soil, the Ryobi should work fine for you, but unfortunately, my yard just isn't as cooperative as the other reviewers.

Tiller attachment [Posted on 2007-01-09]
Good for small garden tilling. A little touchy at first but you get the hang of using this tiller fast.Worked better than I expected.

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