Who rents tillers?
Homeowners, primarily. Many people enjoy planting and caring for their own flower beds and cultivating small gardens to provide fresh vegetables for their tables but don’t want to invest in a tiller that will be used only a few times a year. Commercial-grade tillers available from rental yards also are more productive than inexpensive models designed for home use. “We have 2- and 5-horsepower tillers,” says Jerry Price. “We rent twice as many 5-horsepower units as the smaller ones. They have more power and can do more work.” Landscape contractors rent tillers before seeding or sodding new lawns, for making new flower beds, and for maintaining established beds. Lawn maintenance contractors are frequent renters of tillers. They generally own a limited selection of equipment, and yard work for many is a sideline or weekend business. They rent tillers and other equipment as needed and include the cost of the rental in their fee. Operators of nurseries, orchards, agricultural businesses and
