RE: (ET) Tilling

["Elie, Larry (L.D.)" <lelie ford com>]

Simple solution Darryl; use the hand-tiller accessory and a long cord.  
I know it isn't heavy enough to till deep, but it is easy, and it might 
be good enough for that job.

Larry Elie

<snips>

"
I'm spoiled, and I like it that way.  I don't want to face this 
experience again next year, but I am not going to rebuild a fence to 
get the ET into a garden patch that is only 20 times the size of the 
tractor.  (It is also an irregular shape, and there would be a lot of 
time spent manuevering to deal with bordering walls, hedges and 
fences.  

So, this seems as good a place as any to ask:
Did anyone ever build an electric, walk-behind rototiller?

I am not aware of one on the market today, but perhaps sometime 
in the past some company built such a thing.  If not, has anyone 
converted a gasoline walk-behind tiller to electric?  I'd rather gain 
from someone else's experience if possible before taking on such a 
project.

While a battery-electric unit would be OK, I'm wondering if a corded 
version would be feasible.  Limited to 1500 watts (15 amp, 110-volt 
circuit), operating something like a corded electric lawnmower.  
Don't especially want to go to the expense of batteries for 
something expected to see such limited use, but a surplus AC 
motor (furnace fan motor perhaps), on a discarded tiller body might 
with my collection of pulleys and belts might do the job, and justify 
investing the time.  No batteries makes it easier to transport too 
(lighter, can lay on its side).

Thoughts?  Leads on where to look for an existing unit?  Thanks in 
advance.
"


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