Hello, just joined when I saw this thread
I just recently bought one of these off Ebay
First impressions......it came very well packed, bolted into a steel frame, and that inside a cardboard box
A bit of assembly is required, nothing challenging, then you will see its not a tinny affair (like I suspected) no shortage of good metal on this machine........and the "tines" are good chunky quality
It started up first go (after petrol/oil added) and runs very nicely......then I put it to work, it has ample power, but I have noticed one fault, it tends to "hop, skip and jump" when the tines hit a patch of hard dirt, and this happens at "shallow" depth as well, i've figured what it needs, is "weights" on the front, (ala Howard) and am now constructing a carrier to bolt on the front, for some weights to sit in.......its handy as there are 4 bolt holes in the front of chassis already there!
I'll give an update when I get my weights sorted
Hope this helps