Customer Reviews

Yard Butler RC-3 Rotary Garden Cultivator

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I bought this in hopes of keeping weeds under control. It looks like I bought this for naught. It is made of EXTREMELY lightweight aluminum and in no way weighs even near 33 lbs shipping weight that include the worthless tool, tons of paper, and a ridiculously huge cardboard box (the box is heaviest) and will not work at all on hard or normal soil due to the extremely lightweight aluminum construction. I feel this was a total waste of my money as it did virtually NOTHING except give me a backache. It wouldn't penetrate the soil wet or dry and didn't even plow one weed under as the tips would not even make dents in the dirt. If you have hard or even regular dirt do not waste your money on this contraption. Get a motorized tiller instead. If your yard is made up of compost and/or other soft purchased ground fill, by all means this should/could work for your yard, but if you have regular soil like most everyone, unless you are superman you will break your back getting nowhere fast or slow and feel like stuporman instead for wasting your money. Who has a yard made entirely of soft material like compost? Don't waste your money on this hunk of junk! Looks like it would work but does not in real world situations. It might if the thing were heavy and made of cast iron but then you'd be sore from the weight of the thing.

EDIT 11/25/2010

This useless thing is still hanging unused taking up space doing nothing. Save your money and space. I'm thinking about getting a Garden Weasel.

I bought this cultivator online because I couldn't find a 3 wheel model in my local Home Depot. The product is strong and the cultivator wheels do a good job turning the soil. My main complaint is that the wheels are individually removable with a single hand screw. These screws tend to work loose and allow the wheel to wobble or fall off. Since the screw head is plastic, you can't use a plier to tighten it down hard since you may break them. I'm sure a bit of Loctite would solve my problem, but I haven't taken the time to fix it. However, the product would have been better if the screw heads were metal allowing you to torque them down really tight.

This tool is like the old Garden Weasel but made from durable steel handle that adjusts in length. I use it in my flower beds and vegetable garden for weeding and it works like a charm. I don't think it would be good for heavy clay soil that has never been tilled before but it works great in established garden areas for weeding,

Works great , had to do both front and back lawns , due to buying a forclosure, and the bank not watering. I tried rakes, airator ( engine and manual) rototiller is a bit much and expensive. Lost wieght in the process.

This definately helps break up the ground pretty easily. The little pieces come off easily for cleaning. Definately not for big jobs.

My main complaints about it would be that the handle doesn't stay extended very well when putting any amount of significant force pushing down on it. Sometimes you have to do that in order to really get into some hard dirt.

The little blade things or whatever often collect vines of the plants you are tilling and will get quite a bit accumulated on them. It can be difficult to get off of there. I don't know that there is anything you can do about it though...it's just the nature of the tool.

Very inexpensive and I'm glad I got it.

THIS IS A PERFECT TOOL FOR PREPARING GROUND FOR SPOT PLANTING OF GRASS, ETC. WITH POOR SOIL HERE, SPOT DAMAGE TO THE LAWN IS COMMON - THIS TOOL IS PERFECT FOR PREPARING GROUND FOR SPOT PLANTING REPAIRS. TOOL ARRIVED PROMPTY FROM VENDOR.