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(More customer reviews)We are experienced gardeners with numerous pieces of farm and garden equipment. We purchased the Troy 146 EC cultivator, which includes the "electric start" option, this past weekend from a Big Box Store to finish tilling compost into a few beds. We already own a smaller 4-tine Honda cultivator - that works fine, but wanted a 6-tine to speed up our planting process. The cultivator performed as expected in the "tilling category" however, in the "get it up and running" catergory - it hopelessly failed. I don't like to have to repeatedly pull start any equipment and therefore, purchased the "electric start" attachment for an additional $40 right off the bat. The first 1-3 pull starts were perfect - tiller was up and running and we used it for about 15 minutes per start before turning the engine off. Let me say that the equipment comes with a fairly complicated "start protocol". The engine cannot just be "primed" and ready to go like the Honda. There are 3 positions for the choke/start that one must go through to supposedly get engine to start. However, for us the procedure ONLY WORKED if you had an extra hand on the ACCELERATOR BAR - giving engine even more gas & thus actually engaging the cultivator blades to get engine to start. HIGHLY DANGEROUS and nearly impossible for one person to start. After tiller starts, and I might add - using the electric starter since your arm will really get a work out, it runs fine. If you like the challenge of starting equipment this way, you will be fine. But for me, that's not good enough. I feel this piece of equipment should start as easy as a lawn mower and be safe to start. This product would have gotten a higher rating, perhaps a 3-4 star, but in my opinion, if one cannot start it - especially without having to engage tines, then equipment becomes unnecesary.
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