EarthWay 6500 Rotavator with Adjustable Handle and 5 Tine Attachment, Quick Change Implements, and 61 CM Steel Wheel Garden Cultivator

I bought this because. at 78, I am not as flexible as i used to be but I enjoy growing vegetables.I was hoping that this would be a multi purpose machine with different attachments for preparing a seed bed, ridging potatoes and hoeing between crops.The first two it does and it will clear seedlings but it won't remove more established weeds.Annoyingly, Earthway make an attachment to do this but it doesn't come with the machine and is not easily available in the U.K.Such a pity.Having had this machine a year the cultivator attachment is very good but does not clear weeds.Another minor irritant is that to change the cultivator tool you have to remove one of the tines of the cultivator before you can remove the bolt to fit another implement.There is a simple solution, of course, I regard that bolt as a captive bolt and bought another M10 x 50 mm coach bolt to use with other attachments.I know this tool has been around for a long time and I am puzzled that the manufacturers have never thought of this for themselves .Having said that, a combination of this machine and a varomous wheel hoe for weed clearance has made it possible for this old man with a duff leg and only one eye to continue to grow most of the food we eat.

Not easy to put together - no washers included. But it works