RE: Mantis Tiller
- To: "'perennials@mallorn.com'"
- Subject: RE: Mantis Tiller
- From: P* S*
- Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 08:03:03 -0800
This is interesting, Martin. Now I'm going to have to scamper home and
check out my Mantis engine.
I suspect we might also have an "e", because we bought ours from a farm and
landscape equipment company-- they told us to use a 50-50 oil/gas mix, but
that regular unleaded gas was fine.
Sue P.
"Words are a heavy thing. They weigh you down. If birds talked, they
couldn't fly." (Marilyn Whirlwind to the Flying Man, NE 4.6)
> The Manitis Tiller can have several different engines made by different
> manufacturers. Mantis used these often randomly although it is more
> common now to see the engine variations reflected in the model Numbers.
> Foe example those ending in E are equiped with a Echo Engine. This often
> accounts for why one engine starts harder then another, they are in fact
> different engines
>
> We bought ours through a distributor we had done business with for years
> and he pointed this out to us. Since we had always had good luck with
> Echo we had him obtain one with an Echo Engine from Mantis for us.
>
> Always starts on the first or second pull, no special gas or care it just
> hangs in the back potting shed.
>
> w martin
> myg1728@aol.com
> http://www.oakmediacreations.com/myg/index.html
> Zone 5, Southwestern Lower Michigan
> Martin's Yard & Garden
>
>
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