YARDMAX YT4565 Dual Rotating Rear Tine Tiller 

I'm impressed not only with the machine - but - your demonstration is one of the best on RU-vid.

Reduced damage is a good selling point. Thanks from MAINE USA

I own this tiller! For the money, it's a great tool. I have used it in southwestern Virginia soil that has a high clay content. It chews right through it. Just like butter. A lot of the reviews that I read said that it shifts hard and the oil check/refill cap is hard to reach due to the brush guard and the placement of the rear cap. Both of these caps go to the same reservoir. A long spotted funnel works perfectly and makes it simple. As for the hard shifting, if you change your engine speed a little down, it shifts very simply. I love it and look forward to using it for years to come.

After watching your great review I now want one of these in my garage! I Will be purchasing one soon.

What impressed me the most is the transport mode where the tines don't rotate. Especially when loading or unloading from a truck, but also whenever just moving around, being able to move the tiller under power without the tines rotating is a tremendous safety plus which I absolutely want in any tiller I buy. Great explanation, BTW, as many reviews do not give precise, accurate detail as you did so well done!

Thanks for putting this up! Love these tiller vids.

Outstanding job of illustrating the use of the Yardmax. This was extremely insightful as I consider rear tine tiller options. Keep up the good work!

The video is true to form. I bought the same tiller and it does everything shown.Easy to put together and started on first pull.I am very happy with my purchase.

As a kid my dad used a rear tine tiller and even I could operate it. I'm seriously considering buying this tiller for next year's planting. I dug up a small garden this year with a shovel and rake. Back breaking work

I purchased one of these today and tilled one row just to see how it works, it did great, much easier than my front tine tiller. It has lots of power and very easy to operate.

It was refreshing to see an honest review of this machine. I have seen so many review companies lately that are just people that don't speak very good English with pictures of ground that has already been tilled to the nth degree. I think they are just affiliate marketers taking advantage of the unknowing uninformed public. I start plowing on a farm when I was a kid and except for 2 tours in the Vietnam War, I've been raising a big garden ever since. Once you get your hands on a good rear tine, you'll never go back. My ariens rear time broke and now I'm in the market, but at this time you can't get one of these yardmax. I am going to home depot tomorrow to get the rear tine Yard Mate. From what I can tell it's not too bad and 100 bills cheaper. It only tills rotating backwards, but I can live with that. I have also had pretty good luck with these Chinese Honda Clone engines. I had a front tine I used for various garden and landscaping work for 3 season and it never missed a lick never that I could tell used any oil. That is usually unheard of as the run hours build up. Small engines are set up with looser tolerences than say cars or aircraft. I wish I could get one of these yard Maxes, but I think they weren't prepared for the effect COVID 19 would have on the number of people who want to now grow a garden. Thanks for a great honest picture of the YardMax.

I'm still using an old YardBird front tine tiller that my dad bought when I was a kid (in the early 1960s). When it dies, I'll get a rear tine tiller. (probably never)

Hello, My wife and I are in the market for rear tine tiller. We've looked at the YardMax and Husqvarna. Lord willing we're hoping to plant our first spring garden in quite a few years. The YardMax seems easy to operate, which is key for us due to spinal injury and multiple surgeries. Its also affordably priced. Thanks for the demo! Florida

Bought this one last fall right before winter have yet to use it and I can't wait.

Great video, wish I had one, I do own a rear tine tiller, great improvement over front tine tillers, Mine only has forward turning tines, neighbor has used a number of dual rotation tine tillers, he gardens heavy, said the transmissions did not hold up as well with dual rotation tillers, However he is the only one I know that has a duel rotation tine tiller,

Bought this tiller 3 weeks ago just used it recently and it is worth every penny. Very nicely priced also.

Very nice review on this tiller. I have an older rear tine that works pretty good and does basicly the same thing. This newer model I can see is heavier duty and some improvements.

Thank you for this thorough review! Informational videos like this are a great use of the internet.

I got this from rural king. We got a Husqvarna manual and tractor keys. The depth stake was upside down and the limiter for the depth was on the drag bar. The tire also had the valve stem ripped off the tube. Hopefully I like it when it’s in working condition!

I really enjoy this tiller. I've had it two summers now and plow up a 32x32 plot running over it twice in 1.5 hours. Before this I owned a front tine Earthquake and would never buy another one of those. Broke two cast aluminum transmission housings plowing the same area, and when I did use it (three summers total) it took me probably 2-3 times longer and wore my arms out so bad they hurt for a few days afterwards. The Yardmax doesn't do that. Spent $600 at one of the local farm stores. Was a little leery to spend so much on a tiller but it was worth it. Only thing I would change is the gears shift pretty hard. I just read other comments about lowering engine speed to make it easier to shift, and I will try that.

The only problem with tillers (30 years of using one) on new ground is that you plow under all the grass and once you have planted/seeded, all that grass just comes right back up and you spend the next 4 months picking it out. You MUST kill the grass (herbicide or cover and wait) BEFORE you till or it's just twice as much work.

I ve been trying to buy it, home depot is waiting to get some. Apparently it has a very high demand. Great video... !!!

very nice machine

Mine is on the way!

love this machine.just buy one

Brig's motors run 4 ever.

Used mine for the first time today. Bought for an excellent price at Rural King.

nice tiller and pirce

This was a great video. I have used just about every type of tiller. Front tine small and large, rear tine small and large. I would rate this rear tine as in the lower middle. Still would require a bit of muscle to get the job done and if you have a large garden like I do and grow cover crops, this tiller won't till them in. Not without a lot of sweat and tears. I currently rent the Honda MTA or Honda FRC800 tiller to tile in cover crops and it does a great job. But of course the Yardmax is less than $700 and the Honda is north of $3,000. I am buying neither model and may end up just buying a King Kutter for my tractor.

Hits a rock, rock gets left behind, doesn't pick up rock......Savage

Looks like a copy of my 11 year old Cub Cadet. Mine still outperforms more expensive units including a big hydraulic drive 13HP unit I rented once. Mine came with a Honda motor and starts with only one pull since day 1.

You might want to skip tilling a row one way then till at 90 degrees. Tiller seems to work better like that.

Thats an ok tiller . But I like the barreto tiller just a great tiller . A bit pricey but it’s a great tiller . Hope in time you might do more videos. Hope your doing well .

Only issue I have with this model is the throttle is really cheap plastic. Everything else on it is built like an absolute tank. Went ahead and bought it and love it so far. Great video!

Quit talking already. I'm convinced and went and bought one today. Price, handle, bumper and side guards were the selling points for me as most tillers are the same. Some guy posted that the huskvarna furrowing attachment will work here. Units look the same.

I dont have this but would like to-- a couple nice features, transport and the handle bar adjust similar to a steering wheel.

hey great post. same as a Husqvarna tiller we have only trouble is some people have broken alot of sear pins

I use a barreto 918 not cheap but it is the best out there. No belts,chains all hydraulic driven. Thats not a bad tiller for the price.

Had mine a year now,,love it but am having issues with forward speeds when moving it in non tiller mode moving it to garden spot,,,sometimes if i increse throttle it runs very fast butmost times its very slow...what am i missing,,in transport mode is there a way to adjust speed,,something isnt right or it wouldnt run fast one day and very slow next day,,overall its a powerhouse,,does a great job

I have learned that your definition of very large is different than mine. A 20 x 25 plot to me is very small

Whoa!! It has a Briggs engine...great. But then I see those tines gumbo balling up and now it's a no go.

Just received my tiller today. Pretty easy to assemble. Would not start. Disconnected the black wire on the front to the oil sensor. Started right up. Bad sensor. Engine won't start if the sensor says no oil. Haven't tried tilling with it yet. My yard is all mud at the moment.

Could you do review over Rotorazor hand saw.Thinking about buying it,but does it suck?

yeah!!! reminds me of 1990's Snapper. you think you can remove the 2 outside tine sets and dig a ditch? I have been shopping and this one moves to top of the list for me!!

Spent all day in the yard with this machine. As expected, it's about 10X faster than doing it with small electric tiller. Surprisingly though, the small tiller is a bit better with rocks. This machine hits a large rock (or a root) and stops. The small one jumps up and down and eventually knocks it lose. With the Yardmax, I have to go around front an dig it out by hand. Smaller rocks it can handle fine. Tips: Adjust the handle at just below belly button level. DON'T put it at crotch level. You will regret it when it hits a root. Unlike the smaller tillers, when it starts to bog down in heavy clay (and it will), lift up a bit on the back. Don't try to muscle it around too much. You'll just tire yourself out. Let the machine do the work. Use forward and reverse and stop the tines for easier turning. This is not a great machine for heavy work, but it's adequate.

I'm glad they tightened all of the parts on the tiller Yardmax sent you for review. I bought my YT4565 from a Rural King Home and Farm store. It was fully assembled and prepped to go by their machine repair shop. Just add gas and go. I checked the oil while still at the store and it was full. After getting it home I checked all of the exterior nuts, bolts, knobs and all were tight. I was impressed with the job it was doing while I was turning part of my lawn into a garden. 30 minutes into the job, I lost all drive power. It wouldn't go forwards or backwards and the tines wouldn't engage. After checking the trouble shooting pages in the owner's manual and finding nothing relevant to the problem and calling YM tech support, receiving a recorded message to leave name and phone number for a return call and waiting 30 minutes for the returned call, needing to get the job done due to time available to do it and rain predicted for the next 5 days, with the possibility of the dirt under the grass being mud the next time I had time available to till and plant, I decided to do some experimental inspection hoping I would find the problem and be able to fix it myself without voiding the warranty while waiting for the return call. Upon removing the belt cover I immediately noticed the drive belt wasn't in alignment with the tension pulley. Upon further inspection I found the set screw for the bushing lose allowing the bushing to move due motor vibration and motion of the belt pulling the belt out of alignment with the tension pulley. After loosening the set screw a little more, tapping the bushing back into alignment with a rubber mallet, retightening the set screw and reinstalling the belt cover, I was back to tilling and enjoying the great job the YT4565 does with the greatest of ease. Evidently YM tech support doesn't work on weekends. It's Sunday and I still haven't received that phone call. With my garden now tilled for planting today, I can give the machine a 5-star rating. However, due to the inconvenience of YM's poor quality control and workmanship, I give YM 1-star. If I wouldn't have had the knowledge and tools to fix it, the machine shop where I bought it would have had a 3-5 day waiting period even know the work would have been done at no cost under the warranty. If the weather follows the forecast, It could have set my garden plans back 1-2 weeks. I wrote this review more to inform anyone with minimal mechanical experience what their problem may be should they experience a lose of drive power than criticism to YM. However, I'm very disappointed with YM's carelessness in workmanship and quality control. Is that the reason for the $100 less price difference for the YM4565 from Husqvarna's model exactly like this one...?

Could you review some lightweight aluminum floor Jack's?

i like the tiller pros easy to start, neutral on the times, great power and more con will not work well on very uneven ground i had very little control,and worst con the depth stake weak bad design bent on my first use trying to get it replace but i will end up with the same problem. they need to be reinforced the bar or made with a thicker piece of flat stock

It sure was shaking you up there on that 18 foot pass after the first pass, you can tell you were having a bit of difficulty keeping it straight and we're using all your strength to do it. I couldn't control it at 63 bring a women lol but I enjoyed your video and actually be like this machine.

Husqvarna must own yardmax it's the exact same tiller as the Husqvarna DRT 900H

That is the exact same tiller that DR sells as their own new tiller

Thank God for a good review video. It is near impossible to find good rear tine tiller reviews. Mostly all robot voices reading factory specs..... doesn't help at all

I almost bought one of these. I really like the price and travel gear. Plus it's got a Briggs engine, so it'll be reliable. I started looking at this one after my uncle bought his. It did really well at first. He loved it the first season. But he did have to tighten a ton of bolts that were loose when unboxed. My real issue is parts availability. Second season it broke. I know everything does, so that wasn't the issue. But Yardmax was the only source for parts. Im sure it's a clone, but nothing in stock at the repair shop fit and my uncle didn't want to pay to order parts and not be sure they'd work. At least that's what he told me. I haven't found anything that says for sure what (if anything) it's copied from. That's the main reason I won't buy one. I don't know what happens when they roll out a new model and stop supporting this one. I dont know If I'll ever be able to get parts. My front tine is 45 years old and I could build an entire new one with new parts if I wanted. There's little to no info about this one. This video is pretty much all that I've found. It's a quality review and I enjoy the channel. I was excited when I saw this tiller, but it seems like a fleeting tool that once broken might not ever be repaired again. I'm not bashing the brand at all. It looks nice. But until I know for sure where to get parts, I won't buy one. And I wont recommend them. For as much as they get used, my equipment needs to be serviceable for many years. They're expensive and I don't want to have to buy another.

My brother or anyone that's viewing this... Do you think that 2 of these machines could do the job on 200 meter square of land...? thanks!

Excellent explanation, I have one the same machine , it does excellent work on the garden 🪴 area

I especially like the ability to drive the machine without the tines turning. I'll be actively shopping for a new tiller soon and will definitely look at this one. I'm assuming it's chain drive and not drive shaft powered, right? The price would indicate that. Thanks

Can you bolt a hiller/furrower to the back of this tiller, so you can make up rows for corn and other raised vegetables ?

At your request: I own a Troy-Bilt Horse with an 8 HP Kohler engine (Mid 90s). I am very happy with it, esp the weight (I think it's about 300 pounds). However, the tines only spin in one direction, (the same direction as the machine), it will run away from the operator.

Shut it off again at wide open throttle! I like that!

I have to plugs on mine in the front and back which one does the oil go in because the instructions aren't very helpful I just bought mine today

Wish u did this video with texas blackland dirt.

LOOKS alot like3 my Cub Cadet RT 65 But my tires are WAY taller... Love my Cubbie w/ a Kohler 6,5 hp.. gotta be made by the same folks!!!

I bought one like that in 3year I didn't use it. This morning I took to the garden. Unfortunately, the idle is not stay on. What's wrong with that. Do you have any idea, what is going on with my tiller?

MDT makes most them

Just picked mine up yesterday How do you set the two back bars?

Thanks for the review. After owning it for a few years, do you feel the same way concerning this tiller? I will use this pretty heavily for garden and horse arena use until I can get a tractor.

i want one, but i dont know where id put it. i need a bigger garage...

If buying all over again would you buy this same tiller? If not, what exactly would you get? Moving up in grade appears to triple the expense.

It sucks the belts don’t last and they’re hard to find

Looks like a great tiller. How does the Yardmax name compare to say Toro or Troy-Bilt?

I’ve seen two depth sticks one in the front and in the back. Can you tell me where does the oil go. In the front or the back?

I need one bad. Can it be purchased directly from yardMmax?

how wide is it and how much ?

Be nice to know if it was Belton or chain driven. Oh! Awesome vids man🖒

Is it me or do all the new tillers look like copies of each other

I am looking for a tiller this looks just like the dr tiller. Are these made by DR ?

I've had rear tine tiller most of my life. Are the counter rotation a lot better ??

can't find it in stock anywhere

Do you have any tips when it won't start? I just assembled it, put oil in it, and fuel and it won't start.

has anyone used the furrower with it?

Is there a video that shows how to fill up oil in this machine and how to drain it? There seem to be two openings, both with dip sticks and they are located at the MOST INCONVENIENT plane on the machine.

they have vertical tine tillers I would like to be able to test drive one counter-rotating tines tillers I thought you meant that one half went forward while the other half went backwards you say the time stopped rotating if it hit something hard not sure how that works but if it's like a belt slipping how often you got to replace that junk

How do I put oil in? I just bought this new tiller

Hmm 5 years later any updated concerns? Im always more curious on long term reviews

Is this tiller belt driven?

I have an older model Powermate 196 MD - E . I have an issue with it stalling at a slight incline. I changed the carb and filter. It still happens. any ideas?

The smaller tillers don't cut deep enough. ith the more expensive makes like BSC from Italy they cut with more depth.

Amazon link is for a front time tiller. Incorrect link.

The Husqvarna tiller...I saw a couple of videos where they had problems with the main handle bar breaking. Does this one have that problem?

It can easy to start, but for 3 to 4 minutes then it shut off.

Turn down the intro volume for crying out loud. Sheesh!!!

+Real Tool Reviews Just a suggestion, mainly for reviews of impacts, drills, etc. but I'm posting it here because it's the latest review: Even though you're American, not all your viewers are. So even if you consider the imperial system to be the standard, I'm sure that many people would appreciate if you added the metric values at least as captions.

One hour to do 18' feet. Yikes I got a lot of work cut out for me.

I really don't know why but some do break alot then get pissed lol. it's all in the operator

Can not find any ware in va.usa

Don't be fooled by the video. We received our tiller a couple weeks ago. The adjustable handle will not lock down because the part is defective. Several phone calls to service yield nothing more than "just tighten it" but they refuse to send us the new part to needed to tighten. Now the tines don't rotate. We've tried every trouble shooting fix and still can't get them to rotate. My conclusion is we either received a lemon or it is a p.o.s. I'm banking on the latter and this thing will probably sit in the back of the garage, never to see the light of day again.

Who wants to use a tiller that you have to stoop over to operate when at full depth? if that handle doesn't adjust upward anymore more than what it shows in this video that's a deal killed...it hurts my back just watching that.

Be careful when buying a Yardmax I bought one got it home and then realized it had a Chinese motor on it!

I'm a dealer for them an they are nice but troy built horse is the best start at $2800