I Can't Believe I got This For Free! Turning Trash Into Treasure! AND Meet My New Babies!
Today we turn a customers trash, Mantis Tiller into MY Treasure! How to repair a 30 yr old Mantis Tiller that has been sitting for 10 years!
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My name is Bre. I took two years of small engine repair at the local college. When I left school, I fell into a wonderful job at a local small engine shop where I worked the counter for a couple years. In 2010 my husband and I opened up our own small engine shop in central Arkansas where I am able to work alongside my family and best friends. We saw over 2,000 pieces of small engine equipment every year, and answer 1,000's of small engine questions. We specialize in brands such as Briggs and Stratton, Kohler, Echo and Shindaiwa, but work everyday on MANY other brands like Stihl, Husqvarna, Honda, Craftsman, Remington, Red Max, Troy Bilt, Scag, Bad Boy, Hustler, World Lawn, Poulan, Mantis, Etc.. Hopefully, my experience I share, will save you Time, Money and Frustration in the future!
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Wow thanks for the quick response no wonder I watch all your videos keep going learn a lot thanks again
You said to watch your other videos. Tap the link above. I could not find it. What does the link symbol look like.
Please Stop operating a chainsaw with your hair flowing all over the place.
Where did you get the long hemostats in this video? It wasn't listed in any of the links on your Amazon products page... 😕
😊Got one. Needed carb kit. Got the carb kit and aftermarket carb. Aftermarket works fine after adjustment. Airfilter setup of the mantis is crappy(way too small)
The joy on your face when the tiller started- GOLD!🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
And that cackle of excitement!
I have one that I need a throddle cable. Where can I get one. Thanks
There's nothing like the thrill of hearing that engine fire up for the first time !
A pretty gal that's handy with tools and repairs...what's not to love?❤❤❤❤❤
Just rebuilt my Mantis, with a Lil help from you TKS......
I have long wanted a Mantis tiller. Last week I was given an old one that had set in a storage unit for years. This video happened at the right time for me. Thank you.
I rented a Mantis tiller a couple of years ago from home depot. LOVED IT !! I couldn't believe how big of a job such a little machine could do.
The most genuine woman on KZhead. Same in person as on camera!!!!!
Thanks Dave!
I could tell you are a very genuine person. I told my oldest to find one who can fix things like you can. 😂 @@Chickanic
She remembers details about each different carburetor……😎
Great for the Garden Bree😊 Cute chickens 🐔
I'm way older than you and I remember when you saw Mantis Tiller commercials on TV all the time. So fun to share your VICTORY. Love your channel and believe it or not, I'm learning!
Yes we do and you’re showing your age sir or ma’am 😂
Bre! You are a pure delight to watch and listen to
That’s why I don’t lend my stuff out. I’ll give it away if I don’t want it anymore but I don’t lend out my equipment or tools because most don’t take care of them the way I do.
The pure joy on your face when it started was fun to see. Good job.
Best outdoor equipment tutorials on youtube.....well done!
You are SUPER-FUN to watch! I'm hooked.
I love how excited you got once it took off. Obviously you love what you do. Great job on that tiller
Love turning trash into treasure videos. So much fun seeing your excitement when you get them running. I know its a rewarding feeling. I had chickens when we lived in New Jersey. They are lots of fun to watch and not a ton of work. Lots of eggs. Love the videos, keep them coming. Regards.
Use tread lift feeders for your chickens when they are close to being full grown, zero waste. GRANDPA FEEDERES is the best brand. Have a door/gate that keeps predators (opossums, racoons, foxes) out of the coop where they roost.
Love how you explain everything completely and camera angles so we can actually see what you’re doing, Thanks for sharing your knowledge
Had several Poulans over the years and cut many trees. If it is what your budget can afford they get the job done. Finally was able to get a Husqvarna but the Poulan brand never let me down
Buff Orpingtons are the friendliest, most lovable chickens.. My MOST favorite. I have fourteen of my own w/ 2 beautiful Roos
Thanks for reminding me to pull my Mantis out and see if it still fires. Been in my shed for.. five years? Got it for free ten years ago and then started doing no-till gardening so it's just been sitting. Did five-year ago me store it properly the way Bre shows? Probably not, five-year ago me was pretty stupid and wasn't watching this wonderful, informative channel.
You really take pride in your work. But when you do what you love you never have to work. Thanks for sharing
Good Lord Lady! You impress me and I ran a VW shop as a young fellow. I told my son's about your channel as they will both be buying homes and then mowers here in sunny Florida where the mowing season is very long. I have always preached buy once, cry once to them.
Thanks for all the little details you share with us most mecanics won't. Job security I guess! Great video and great job on the tiller. ❤
I could watch you work all day long! Bringing something back from the depths of hell is soooo satisfying. Good luck with the babies - they are adorable👍
The pleasure and satisfaction of a first start and run is on your face, and your eyes light up! You are a true MotorHead!
My Poulan has worked very well for me. Used it just a couple of days ago after it had been sitting all winter. Yes, I *DID* fill the tank and carb with Mystery Oil! Started right up after I changed it out for good gas. I learned THAT little trick from YOU, Bre! Thanks!! ❤
Congrats on being a new chicken Mom! Great episode on the Mantis tiller. Lots of good info.
I have had my Mantis for 13 years now, and it still kicks ass! My favorite parts of this vid are when Bre gets excited when the Poulan & Mantis pop off and start running. I do the SAME thing when I get a friends' small engine running. Feels good! Good to see the little "Ckickanic's" running around too, Lol. Great vid, Bre. 👍
Really loved seeing the carb repair on the Mantis. You made it look easy. Thanks for the video. P.S. Your really going to enjoy raising the chicks. Talk to them regularly and when they are older they will come to you when you call.
You give a great presentation, when you do anything you explain yourself so people can understand what you did, how you did and why. About your baby chickens, it will be less expensive once they grow up. There are different foods you can feed em.
Great video Bre!! Love that old equipment!! NICE gift! It's SO satisfying when an old machine fires back to life!! I love my old Sears tractors. They were actually built to WORK!! Unlike the plastic and tin ones you get today!!
The Mantis tiller reminds me of the old Lawn Boy mowers. Three things that would kill them? Straight gasoline fuel. dirt in the reed valves and worn crankcase seals. Definitely outlasted Briggs and Stratton engines.
My father worked on small engine repair the last 40 years of his life. He repaired a Mantis Tiller and gave it to my brother. One tank full of paint thinner and it was done. I grew up in Grove, Ok and now live in Tulsa. We raised 5 buildings of chickens at a time. There was 8,000 in each building. From new chicks to laying eggs and off to laying houses. As a teenager I worked all over NE Oklahoma and Arkansas on chicken catching crews. Good luck with the Chicks, since you are the Chickanic you should do good. At that size they will eat 24/7 and grow fast. Believe it or not back in the early 70's we would open the ends of the building and let the chickens out. Main predators during day was crows. At night they all went back in building, so we closed doors.
last 40 years of his life? you can say most of his life
Don, what is a chicken catching crew? Is it what it implies?
@@mgomez5606 pro tip..no matter how long youve been unemployed theyre always looking for chicken catchers..very few last
Don, actually catch them bare hand?
Like Rocky, Don?
Great video, and great job on getting the mantis to run!👍🏻
the look on your face when it started!! Victory !!!
I'm new here, watched about 10 videos, & you've already saved me money..thank you very much 😊
The eggs you get from your own chickens will be higher in vitamins than store bought and will stay fresher longer if you dont wash them they have a coating on the outside that helps keep them fresh you can smash up the shells and feed them back to the chickens let them run free and your yard will be bug free in no time good luck
Bre, Google welcome to chickenlandia! Dalia has many videos on raising chick's to chickens and how to set up for your chick's and how to care for and prevent illnesses in your chick's/chickens. She started out in the suburbs in her back yard and now has a beautiful chicken coop/run at her home in a more country setting. This should help you get going. 😊
A Mantis tiller and a One legged Mule (aka) row buster is all a man or woman needs for a garden.. my,my the good ole days.
I love this gal! She's very helpful. I've learned a lot from her videos.
To tell you how good Mantis tillers are ... I can never find a used one for sale. If, by some miracle, I find a used one for sale, I'm buying it.
That why you are the Super genius, great job Bre.🇺🇲
I used to work in a service business. When we'd get an item that the customer gave us, not wanting to deal with it, we'd try to keep our joy a little low-key if we did well. We thought if the customer heard about our success, (you're on the internet!), it wouldn't make them feel like such a schmuck.
Good morning Bree and I really enjoyed the new video...... Have a GRRRRRRREAT week!!
Can’t go wrong with a mantis got mine shortly after that video you had awhile back best decision ever!!
Retired OR nurse here. The similarities between your troubleshooting and repairs and the healthcare field’s diagnostic and surgical procedures is amazing!
Lady, I have a Tru-Fuel tale to tell that will blow your mind. I have worked on small engines of various types for over 30-years and have never seen this done. There is a man in my neighborhood who owns 1/2 acre of land with a house. He bought an $8,000 zero-turn 60" mower to cut the grass. One day he was mowing the yard and ran out of gas. Instead of going down to local gas station to buy more gas, he takes two unopened cans of Tru-Fuel and pours it in the gas tank of the mower so he could finish mowing. Well it wouldn't run. So he came to me to get me to come and look over the mower to see what was wrong. He did not tell me that he had put Tru-Fuel in the mower. The mower wouldn't start. So I checked for spark. Good spark. I checked to see if the fuel line was blocked. Fuel flows freely. While checking the fuel line, I noticed the fuel was "pink" in color. I asked him about it. That's when I found out he had put two cans of Tru-Fuel in the mower so he could finish mowing the grass. That's when I told him that the mower's carb and engine was not designed to run on Tru-Fuel. It took me almost four (4), hours to get that mower to crank and run. And yes, I charged him a pretty penny for it. This is one of those people who "lives by" Tru-Fuel. He buys 4 and 5 cases of Tru-Fuel at a time just for his weed trimmer and leaf blower. Stihl weed trimmer and Echo leaf blower. To him, Tru-Fuel is the best thing ever made for small engines. You should do a video on this to show people why Tru-Fuel won't run in a 4-cycle motor.
we had one chicken live for 12 years, she stayed with our horses
I I love your wicked witch cackle when you get one running
One of the best videos I have ever seen. Learned little trick about the diaphragm and gasket placement I didn't know. Thanks Girl.
You know you got it when you get it!
Cute little chicks. That's the only way is to be self-sufficient.
I love my mantis tiller. It was acting up the other day until I cleaned the air filter and what a difference.
my neighbor gave me his craftman 25 hp ride lawn mower. I put new tires on it took off the mower pressure wash everything, rebuild the carb, adjust the valves, new fuel hose and rubber hose for the fuel pump, new fuel pump, cleaned the 2 magnetos and flywheel magnet, set the air gap on them, new seat. It runs great; use it to tow my garden trailer around or go to the hardware store or grocery store post office in my town of 3000 people .
Did you give good qulity H2O to collage foosball players?
Chickanic for the win!!!!! For the babies, check them for pasty butt ie. dried poop on their vents. If they get it DON'T pick it off, use a wet swab or cotton ball. It doesn't seem to be a problem after they are a week or 2 old. Make sure you have a large enough coop and run area and MAKE SURE it is predator proof. NO chicken wire, cover all openings with half inch hardware cloth poultry/fence stapled down or held down with battens screwed to the framing.
I was praying you'd get another mantis! 😉
Enjoy your chicks!!
Always cut towards your chum,never cut towards your thumb! Ask me how I know. Keep up the good work Chick.
You just saved me time, money, and frustration! One of the lines coming out of my string trimmer gas tank was crackes. I just pulled a little out of the tank, cut it off clean, and reconnected it. Started 3rd pull. Woot!
Question- when you work on saws in the shop- don't you throw bar oil all over the place when running the saws? Absolutely enjoy your videos- I learn something everytime I watch or I am reminded of some detail that I hadn't remembered over time....great stuff! Thanks!
I was wondering the same thing.
Once again, you never let us down. Thank you so much for teaching us different things. I have five chainsaws two pools two leaf blowers. They keep me busy thank you once again.
Bre, I love your excitement starting that Plough! Yee Haaa!
That tiller is the best on the market I have had one for more than a decade if you walk backwards it’s a rear tine tiller does a great job. These videos are what I love to watch learned so much with this thank you
I remember Coleman lantern fuel having a light blue tint.
Saved another one 😊😊
Still have a Mantis tiller from back in the 90s. Thanks for the video Bre great job today ❤❤. Take care of yourself and family and friends and be Blessed ❤️.
Ya Bre, you R the chickanic! Pink glances, so cool! Rock on!
Just a suggestion, wait a few months on Baxter, take some pictures and put him in a pot, hens don't need a rooster to produce eggs. Old guy from south californicated. Thanks for sharing.
Idles perfect and didn’t even hiccup wide open……sounds tight! Good job!
Bre, another great video. I love how excited you get about reviving these 2 strokes. One correction though....I believe that Mantis no longer gives lifetime warranty on the tines. This changed a couple of years ago.
You're a Champion and a Mechanical Magician ! Great Job !
When I was younger I worked on tons of 2 strokes. I fell in love with the old poulans,lawnboys,echos etc.
I used to have a man who worked on lawenboys he passed away nobody around me works on them
@@mikevessels8236 They are so easy to work on. I dont get it ,its like the lawnboys cause a disease. I loved them
Still watching from across the pond and still enjoy watching the repairs and advice magic,Happy days
It's so much fun watching the defeat of the 2-stroke mechs. They don't stand a chance! Have fun with the chicks, but always remember - they're fragile and even with the absolute best care - nature can be a beast. be ready for hearbreak now and then, but I hope for the best!
Always love your content ✔️💯. From Melbourne AUSTRALIA 👍🤠
Gotta love the scope! Such a time saver.
Nice work as usual
Thanks for the reminder about my Mantis tiller that’s been hanging for decades. I have to get it out and fixed because it’s just about like the one you just showed with the exception that it was stored in the garage.
Love your videos. I'm watching from NW Arkansas!
WOW EXCELLENT video love the way to expand the hoses simple...Wish I had thought about that..I'll try to remember it. I think you repair items so much it's second nature for you. For those of us who don't do this each day. It's hard to remember( yes I'm that old) what,where, and short cuts. You do a awesome job. I keep coming back to you for help. Thanks again 😁😁
Enjoy your videos. Very informative.Congratulations on the chicks.
Thanks Bre...great repair of that Mantis. Cute little chicks...
Another work of excellence and dedication out the door!
when the chicks are full grown you can set out reusable beetle traps so you can avoid having to buy food for them, at least until winter comes back around
What a great video! Thanks again!
Your chicks are adorable! We finally got four girls after talking about it for years. Ours are a little over a year old and they look for us to come play with them every day. If you socialize with them, they will come running when they see you, especially if you bring them goodies everyday. Ours love Cheerios and crushed corn chips! You will love them! Not sure how you're going to keep them, but they do need a lot of room. Those coops they sell ain't gonna cut it. I hope you'll keep us posted on them.
Chickanic is my first choice for small engine repair then Married with small engines and last but not least Taryl fixes all.
Excellent vid,prepping is the way to go in these uncertain times
What a great feeling to get something running.
I have a mantis that I found up under an old house that our church bought. The house was behind our church and the old gentleman that lived there ran a small nursery operation in the back of the property. It had been under the house so long that the tines had rotted completely off the thing. I replaced the tines and rebuilt the carb. Been using it for about ten years. I think it’s pretty close to forty years old and runs great. They do last forever!!!
One can compare the Mantis engines with the Swedish Volomotors B-18 and B-20. They were made to run like perpetual motion machines. // Jerry from Sweden. The hoodie you are wearing with the Husqvara logo has an Island around it. It belongs to our coat of arms in Örebro.
My chance I took that same carb apart a week ago in a fix and flip Mantis. The needle seat on the metering side was cattywampus. It was a pressed in seat, weird as heck. But it explained the story, repaired in an independent shop 5 years ago, came home and never ran. I ordered a carb, HIPA, $10 to my door and gave it to my apprentice as a teaching lesson.
I haven't tried the HIPA carbs. Let me know how it turns out.
We love that calibrated smack! on the plug wrench! Great videos.
You are very knowledgeable. Thanks.
Where do I begin? I never thought to stretch those fuel lines. I've rebuilt alot of carbs from 2cyle to 4bbl. I always use carb cleaner and compressed air. Your enthusiasm over getting an engine to run is contagious.I can recall not giving up until the engine fired! Having chickens and fresh eggs is very sustainable. Once the chicks mature, feed them anything. Twice a year we had lobster and gave the chickens the shells. The next day the egg yolks were dark orange! In my opinion your videos are so detailed and informative that anyone could watch them and try their hand at repairs. Even those who can't, it's great to see what was done to repair their equipment and that's invaluable. I learned most of what I know from watching and helping Technicians from Auto Mechanics to the Glamour Trades! You may just inspire kids to enter the trades. There's a deficit of Trades persons. Talking up Mfgrs and cautioning consumers against problematic new equipment is extraordinary! I love that they listen to you. Finally we have a voice! Thank you, Bre! Your efforts go far beyond what you may realize!
Here's a trick I use when replacing the primer bulb. Mash the bulb in and ease up. Most of the time this will get the gas to start flowing into the primer bulb. If you push down on the bulb too fast or you keep pumping it, all you're doing is pushing the gas back into the tank. Pushing down and then slowly raising the bulb while your thumb is still on it will allow the line to fill with gas.
Yay! Chickanic has chicks! ❤
That is awesome you did A great job. I wish I had one of those tillers
Bre, your video's are never disappointing.