Honda FG110 Mini Tiller Review 

I agree with you. I also sometimes pull it backwards but not that often. My dad had a Mantis tiller when I was growing up, and I think we always pulled that one backwards. The Honda seems to do the job the easy way. I just recently got mine out of the shed and it started right up, which is something I really like about it.

Thanks for the info.

It is more work in some ways. I would not want to till a large garden with it, but for small jobs and cultivating I really like it. I also like the fact that it is reliable and easy to start.

If a little works scares you, gardening is probably not for you.

Stupid question but did you put oil in?

With this one the instructions said to wait until year hear a change in the sound of the engine before you start to use it. You can hear the change in about a minute or two, and you know it's time to go.

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Sorry to hear that. I do not have a carburetor replacement video.

Go on honda.com they have a bunch of videos on how to do maintenance on it, including the carburetor.

It should be the same as any other small 4 stroke engine, I am sure if you search you will find one similar

Just transport wheels ... don't really need them unless you're rolling the tiller from one place to another without it running. This thing is small enough to carry around from one place to another.

Thanks, I am going to check them out.

It's part of the normal start-up process with this tiller. Once it starts you have to wait until you can hear the change in the sound of the engine, and then it is ready to till.

@@JimODonnellFarm jim, i just bought one last week. It needs no warm up time. Are you pumping primer bulb first, then choke, then pull start? Primer bulb is the key. My first run was: add gas, primer bulb 4-5pumps, apply choke, pullstart and till with zero warmup.

I am not familiar with the Mantis. I may have to get one to check it out. However, from my experience with the Honda it is very easy to start, which is probably why I use it most of the time. I have two FG 110s, and both start up no problem, even after spending the winter in the shed.

I had a Mantis and I hated it. Much prefer the Honda.

You can use them that way. From my experience it's a lot easier to just go forwards. It takes a bit more muscle to pull them backwards. Either way works though.

@@JimODonnellFarm I’ll try it that way but it doesn’t seem to bounce around and I get neater furrows

Thank you Jim, for making that video. I had a small one just like yours for about seven years but I guess I didn’t know how to look after it properly because I have just been told it is irreparable. What do you do before you store yours for the winter? We always added gas line stabilizer, and we started with fresh gas every season. I just took it into the third repair man and I was charged $40 for him to look at it. So I’m buying a new one tomorrow. And with tax it’s almost $800. Can you give me any pointers to ensure that I don’t ever have to buy another one? ( I am 77 so I don’t think I’m expecting anything unreasonable.) How do you demonstrate it is so handy just puttering around rows. I appreciate that you gave directions for starting make it look very simple. I often had trouble starting mine. Thanks.

Hi Roberto. I hope the Honda works out well for you. I really like mine and have had it for about 10 years. Jim

@@JimODonnellFarm Hola, que tal. La puse en funcionamiento hoy. Muy contento. El resultado que yo esperaba. Un abrazo.

They usually cost about $300 to $350 US Dollars.

It seems like that, but you really can get it to go about as deep as you want by doing a couple passes, and it makes its own trench and just drops down as you till.

Did you put oil in it?

Did you use non ethanol gas?