Sun Joe 16-Inch Electric Garden Power Tiller. Reviewed and Tested

[@LetsDoThis321]

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[@aedwards28]

So glad you demonstrated how to adjust the wheels and use the tiller. Thanks for the demonstration, very helpful.

[@user-dd2jg6kv8y]

That SunJoe rototiller is awesome. I used it to prepare a concrete pad. I used a vevor electric post hole digger and then the Sunjoe rototiller. Made easy work of hard ground.

[@richardjjg]

Just bought the same model. This video helps a lot for how to use it in the real field.

[@LetsDoThis321]

Thanks for the comment. This little guy keeps going strong for me. I think if you treat it right you will get years of life out of it.

[@richardsorice4509]

I borrowed a friend's Sun Jo tiller and used it today. Yes, I had a problem with roots and vines wrapping around the drive shaft and was able to get better tilling done by moving backwards instead of forward. Really would like it to be heavier so that you could till moving forward to see where you're going. It saved me a lot of time compared to turning the soil with a spade, but if I buy one will have to be heavy enough to move forward, rather than backward.

[@GardeningwithDave]

Yes! Try walking backwards and wear gloves to help reduce the vibrations. Great review.

[@asokohome]

Your videos look so cool and close to nature.

[@TrafishAquatics]

Great review, used in the exact aplication i needed too!

[@LetsDoThis321]

Thanks for watching and giving the comment. I just finished tilling in another year's worth of old chicken bedding for this spring garden and it's still running strong.

[@jamesc7273]

These things are bullet proof. I tilled almost a half acre in the yard to reseed. Worked great still goes.

[@alexleyva6492]

Thanks for the video, now I can see the problems that probably can happened.

[@andrewmorke]

Thanks for your review.

[@daverome1142]

Thanks for video

[@springhollerfarm8668]

I live in Stone county, Ar. and was considering an electric because they are so much cheaper but it looks like a no go as they named it Stone county for a very good reason.

[@user-dd2jg6kv8y]

big rocks are any rototillers nightmare. Not just the Sunjoe. You need an excavator or some kind of heavy tractor with a claw on the back ripping the ground open.

[@cvx5422]

How do you adjust the wheels? I have looked high and low and all the the videos tell you how neat it is you can but not instructions….. pretty cool,!

[@marklandgraf7667]

Thanks, man.

[@LetsDoThis321]

Your welcome! 🤜🤛😃

[@johnlivingston9217]

I like this light but capable machine, digging holes are real quick and easy even with clay soil.

[@amananaher]

Thanks for all info

[@LetsDoThis321]

You bet! Thanks for watching and taking the time to reply.

[@hemidancer64]

I just purchased this tiller, and I've never tilled before, so please forgive me if this question sounds dumb, but I've watched several youtube videos on how to use it, and I notice that a lot of folks seem to walk backward when using it vs walking forward. Is it easier this way?

[@LetsDoThis321]

Very good question actually, and I have the answer for you! Thanks for watching by the way. When you walk forward with the tiller the tines will climb up to the surface and start driving around like a car. When you pull back on the tiller it will want to dig in deeper (the best it can if the dirt is hard). Think of the tines spinning around as if they were wheels on a car if a car is aggressively driving forward and you hook up a tow strap to it and pull the car backwards those wheels will be smoking digging into the surface burning rubber working really hard trying to keep the car going forward. The tiller is the same it wants to take off running forward like the car and you are pulling back on the handles causing the tiller to dig in fighting you to go forward while you pull it back.

[@LetsDoThis321]

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[@ImmaTwoPops]

Thinking about this buying this model on Amazon,how does it do breaking ground for the first time ?

[@LetsDoThis321]

It's pretty light so it tends to bounce on top the soil with hard ground, but the unworked ground I have is pretty hard because a pickaxe also bounces on top the soil. I've seen folks strap a 25 pound Olympic weight on top the unit to load down the tines a bit more for hard soil. It's tuff to say though because ground hardness varies so much. My guess is that if a pickaxe does not take much effort to break through then this tiller could do the same, but if you have to swing a pickaxe with all your might to chip out a chunk of soil this tiller will not do it for you.

[@ImmaTwoPops]

@@LetsDoThis321 thank you 😎

[@GardeningwithDave]

Great video! Thank you for sharing. Are you still using it in 2024?

[@LetsDoThis321]

yes, plan to use it soon to till the gardens for this spring season. I have a bunch of chickens and I toss all the old bedding (and chicken poo) in the garden and till it in with this little beast.

[@rickavila5275]

Why my tiller all of a sudden stops. Is it overheating? As a couple of minutes stops working

[@LetsDoThis321]

Sounds like it's going into thermo protection cutting power to the motor till it cools down. This usually happens if your extension cord is undersized for how long it is. Minimum size for length is: 14 gauge up to 50 feet and 12 gauge up to 100 feet. The longer the extension cord the more voltage drop you will have causing it to drawing more current and more current creates more heat.

[@user-lz6dm5lk9y]

Will this unit work on hard, compacted, clay-like soil? Can it till down to a depth of 2' ? Thank you!

[@LetsDoThis321]

It will bounce around on the top, probably won't get too far. I've seen folks put weights on it to load it down but it will risk breaking the unit. It's ideal for well worked soils.

[@user-lz6dm5lk9y]

Thanks, that is what I thought was probably the case. I guess you would need professional equipment to break up compacted soil that is clay-like.

[@LetsDoThis321]

I've rented the big walk behind tillers 13HP 500+ pound unit www.sunbeltrentals.com/equipment-rental/0700080/13hp-hydraulic-rear-tine-tiller-rental/ It did well breaking up hard clay soil I had. Then I used it to work in sand, mulch, and top soil. For digging though I use a little backhoe. This vid I use a little back hoe to dig some hard clay soil a few feet deep kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2rCmImDbJ2AopI @ 3:05

[@nimster64]

Will it till through hard soil? And how about a front lawn?

[@nimster64]

So it will? I found a used one for a decent peice

[@LetsDoThis321]

sorry, I tend to heart questions I plan to get back to. For hard soil. The tiller is very light and will tend to just want to bounce and walk around on hard soil. I've seen people put 25lb Olympic weights at the bottom of the handles to put more down pressure. But I also seen people breaking the gear box pushing them to hard like that. Rule of thumb if you can dig into your soil with a hand trowel you can till it with this. For grass. the tines are small and compact and tend to want to wrap just about any and all things it can around the shafts. I have not tried tilling grass my self with this unit. I'm just basing it on all the stuff that gets wrapped up in the tines from my clean garden beds. Looks like you gave me some more ideas for videos on testing this tiller!

[@nimster64]

@@LetsDoThis321 thank you for the reply he only wants 50 bucks for it so might be worth trying the weight method. I will see if he still has it

[@haydee2819]

What does it do to the soil?

[@MG956_]

Turns it into dirt powder

[@indersidhu2064]

Prise pls.

[@Anto-kz5hk]

No it did not

[@LetsDoThis321]

I hear ya, it has its use cases where it works well. But everything else forget about it ... I use it only for box gardens twice a year fall and spring. I don't think this will work well for anything other than we'll prepared soil.