Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

like other people I picked this up at Lowes for 200$ to help cleanup our yard, we have a decent size patch of our yard that that is plain old dirt. Nothing but good ole hard packed clay, were talking hard to break with a shovel type of clay. This seams to be a concern of people, how well it works on hard clay, well obviously you won't be breaking through in one go nor two possibly not three, but you will. Perhaps this is a fault of this cultivator because it's rather light but by breaking the surface with a shovel first helps immensely. Once you get through the hard stuff, or if you don't have a hard layer of clay this little guy will dig and dig and dig all day long, literally. just yesterday I used this cultivator for 6-7 hours with breaks for raking. I've used it for hours straight with the tines completely buried in turn it slows down but still has enough power to break up the larger chunks. using this has pretty much transformed our yard from nasty hard packed clay to a much softer easier to work with dirt. BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE!! This Cultivator is not made by Troy Bilt, but rather MTD. 2 reasons: 1) Home depot sells the EXACT same machine, it's a yard machine by MTD, right down to the bolt patterns, plug, handles, and trigger mechanism. 2) It's also the EXACT same machine sears sells under the Craftsman brand, right down to the bolt patterns, plug, handles, and trigger mechanism, but not the wheels. The salesman at Sears confirmed that their cultivator was made by MTD. While This might be a bad thing to some, it solved my only issue with this machine: the lack of attachments. While Troy Bilt, nor MTD make attachments Craftsman does, and since this is the exact same machine they fit perfectly. Craftsman makes 2 attachments, a de-thatcher and an edger. BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE!!! If you buy two or more edgers you can use just the tines and use as a lawn slit aerator!!! And both attachments work wonderful, so not only is this a cultivator but but it's also a de-thatcher, an edger and a slit aerator. I am one happy camper, and so is my yard especially my lawn. [...] Slit Aerator: buy 2 or 4 edgers only install tines and no wheels.