Question 1

Other than branding, is this identical to the 13.5 amp Scotts model?  Same appearance and specs... any differences?  Same tines, motor, gearbox etc?

Accepted Answer

They certainly look similar.  My Earthwise took the abuse I put it through for hours, days, digging deep without overheating some pretty tough, Texas soil.  Make sure you get an extension cord that will deliver the amps to get the full power out of the machine.  I needed 100 feet.  This is about as cheep as you'll find one...  Powerzone ORK506735 SJTW Heavy Duty Extension Cord, 14/3, 100 ft, Double, from Walmart.  Enjoy.

Question 2

What width path does the tiller cut?

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HT,
Thank you for your question. The width can be either 11 inches or 16 inches. If you remove the two outside tines you can get to 11 inches.
Earthwise/American Lawn Mower Company

Question 3

I have super hard clay dirt with grass and weed will this work on that?

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Prepare the area first.

Clay seldom produces great garden, need a to amend the soil.

First, the weeds/grass.  I've gardened for years and good preparation up front on eliminating that saves a lot of work.  There are several ways I do it.  One labor intensive way it wet the area well (after soaking rains) and just shave off the top inch or so of grass/weeds.  I've sometimes buried those strips about five inches down in the bed, grass side down, and then the grass and seeds can't grow back easy.  Second way is to just use grass/weed killer several times.  It will work well on most things, but some folks don't like chemicals.  Read how to deal with the grass/weeds.  But, I would not just grind them all in with tiller as they will be growing quick.

On the tilling, hard clay is just very difficult and poor medium for good gardening.  Water the area you are going to till.  I'd do it several times.  Try to till it.  If it is really rough and not going well, take a shovel and every foot or so in the patch, shove the shovel into soil about 5/6 inches and just open the ground a bit.  You don't have to dig it out or turn over that shovel of dirt, just breaking it like that will make it easier for the tiller.

So, that is tilling the ground.  It will work.  But, how large an area are you going to do?  I generally will work up a patch under 400SF (about 20x 20 ft) area at a time.

We also have a lot of hard clay and over the years I have amended the soil adding into each 100sf area equal parts of vermiculite (from Amaz, 4SF bags), peat moss (from big box 3.3 - 3-8 SF is usually avail at HD and Lowes), and compost I make from fall leaves, grass clippings and kitchen stuff - no meat or fat bits).

So when I workup a new patch, first I kill all grass/weeds, then water/break soil a bit, then till once to break it all up, then pour out amendments and till that into the ground.

This little tiller will do the job and it does it well.  But, I would not expect it to be able to break hard unprepared clay ground for long.  If I really wanted to do that, I'd go rent machine from the big box hardware store.  But, I bought the machine for price two rentals.

One bit of tricky up front is starting it.  Read the instructions, I am a guy so of course don't do that sort of thing.  ;)  You have to depress the button on the right side before engaging or it won't turn.

The bottom line for me is before I had this tiller, I was always behind in my work.  Now I can prepare a bed in couple hours and be laying down seeds or putting in seedling.  Before it was several days of shovel and hoe or renting tiller and never being able to get everything done in one rental.  Now I can prep a bed in fall, cover it for winter or plant a cover crop and be done with it.  First planting in late winter I can get the tilling done on that rare warm day and be done with the work until next event.  Really good machine for home gardener.

Good luck

Question 4

is this available in 220-240 V power

Accepted Answer

I don’t think so.

Part Number	TC70016
Product Dimensions	101.6 x 101.6 x 41.15 cm; 13.15 kg
Item model number	TC70016
Colour	Grey
Material	Metal
Power Source	Corded Electric
Item Package Quantity	1
Batteries included?	No
Batteries Required?	No
Item Weight	13.2 kg

eART Hwise 11-Inch 8.5 Amp Corded Electric Garden Tiller Cultivator and TC70001, grey

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