Mantis 7940 4-Cycle Tiller Cultivator Powered by Honda – Lightweight, Powerful and Compact - No Fuel Mix, Sure-Grip Handles – Built To Be Durable and Dependable
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Features
- DEPENDABLE ENGINE PERFORMACE: The Mantis 7940 is Equipped with a robust Honda 4-cycle engine (gas only, no fuel mix required) boasting 25cc of power, ensuring durability and reliability. The engine powers the tines at twice the speed of other tillers, guaranteeing efficient and effective tilling.
- MADE IN THE USA: Comes with a 2-year Limited Warranty: Mantis garden tillers are a testament to American craftsmanship. Manufactured in the United States, it embodies a commitment to quality and attention to detail. When you choose a tiller proudly made in the USA, you can trust that it has been constructed with the highest quality materials, high standards of workmanship and built with durability in mind.
- Light Weight and Powerful: The 7940's lightweight design of just 24 pounds makes it incredibly easy to maneuver, whether you need to navigate through tight garden rows or transport it across your property, the low weight simplifies the task. Despite its lightweight construction, this garden tiller doesn't compromise on power. With a remarkable tine speed of up to 240 revolutions per minute (rpm), it effortlessly churns through soil, preparing it for planting or landscaping tasks.
- EASE OF USE: Features a finger-controlled throttle that provides infinite speed control, making it exceptionally easy to operate and allowing you to adjust the tiller's speed precisely to your preferences and the requirements of your gardening tasks
- The 7940 tiller boasts the convenience of a standard kickstand, making it an essential feature for both beginners and experienced gardeners alike. This kickstand is a practical addition that allows you to easily stabilize and store your tiller when it's not in use. With the standard kickstand, you can confidently set your garden tiller aside without worrying about it toppling over or taking up excessive space in your shed or garage.
Description
Get to the fun part of gardening faster and easier than you ever dreamed possible! Easy to start, quiet and with no fuel mixing required, the Mantis 4-cycle Plus Tiller weighs only 24 pounds. It's one of the lightest small tillers you can buy. Featuring a premium 4-cycle engine powered by Honda, this lightweight powerhouse is tough enough to till through sod and compacted dirt, but is easy to carry, easy to start and easy to use. Forget old-time tillers - this work-saver has soft, sure-grip handles that are ergonomically flared for fatigue-free operation. Infinite speed means you can power your tiller up when you need to, or work more gently if the situation requires. Digging by hand or renting a giant, hard-to-handle behemoth tiller is no fun! Live your Dream Garden! The Mantis Tiller takes on heavyweight projects like busting established sod and compacted dirt or digging a planting hole with ease. The unique, curvy tines (blades) can till a full 10 inches deep. Then with a simple flip of the tines, you can precision-weed around delicate plants and seedlings! This is a gardening tool you'll use all season long! Don't hold back! Put this tiller through most any challenge! The Mantis Tiller is the tool you've been waiting for - the missing link to the greenhouse quality soil every successful garden needs. Convenient, Versatile, and Durable the Mantis Tiller/Cultivator features folding handle bars which make it convenient to store in a garage or tool shed. An innovative transmission design is what allows such a lightweight tool to provide heavyweight performance. Plus every tiller that comes out of our Southampton, PA facility is built with the lifetime service of the user in mind. Get the garden of your dreams. You can do it!
Brand: Mantis
Color: red
Product Dimensions: 54"D x 14"W x 40"H
Power Source: gas-powered
Material: Metal
Brand Name: Mantis
Model Number: 7940
Global Trade Identification Number: 98
UPC: 615964133598
Manufacturer Warranty Description: 2-year limited
Item Type Name: cultivator
Manufacturer: SCHILLER GROUNDS CARE INC
Manufacturer Part Number: 7940
Color: red
Material Type: Metal
Item Dimensions D x W x H: 54"D x 14"W x 40"H
Item Weight: 24 pounds
Power Source: gas-powered
Operation Mode: Gas-powered
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Style: Cultivator
But it's not. It can dive into big heavy clods and reduce them to powder in a few passes. Diving into clods won't be a regular thing. The Mantis will mostly be used for cultivation and preparing small beds here and there for annual flowers. The Honda 4-stroke starts very easily. You can't go wrong with Honda. CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S BEEN ALMOST 6 YEARS SINCE I BOUGHT THIS THING. It suffers the usuall small-engine neglect...It goes 6 weeks or more sometimes without running....BAD. I was having trouble keeping it running and was about to buy a new carburetor. But I just poured a half bottle of carb cleaner in the gas and now it runs like new. HONDA! It is a great tool.... my garden soil is now perfect and I will cross my fingers and put in more kale, cabbage, etc. Houston! You never know if the weather will turn out winter perfect as it often does. Sept. 20,2025.... Update. The Honda started right up after about 3 months rest. Works just as it didn't I've had it long enough so I don't keep it in the garage like something delicate. It's under a tarp on the back porch. Still starts right up... of course, Honda... So light I can carry it anywhere. Put in the back of the car. In no time it makes the garden look great and makes it just right for planting. And now in March 2020. Same opinion. Starts easily even after sitting idle for a month or two. Does a perfect job of getting new ground ready for beans. The two pictures on the right...only about 20 minutes apart. I'm glad I got it. Time has passed. I like it even more. It's so nice to crank it up and reduce our garden beds to powder in no time. Now and then I hit a brick; it bounds up into the air, comes down and keeps working. No damage. I will have to read up on mantises. Whatever they are they are tough. Started right up after a rest of a few months. Runs just like it did when new. If it starts to run rough or quits on you..... change the fuel filter. They cost very little on Amazon.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2018 Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2018 by Lightning
Style: Cultivator
I must say I am impressed. Researched many tiller models, some mini and some not-so-mini. Settled on this Mantis after surveying reviews here and elsewhere. What a delightful little machine. The money and time it has saved allowing me to do the project I had paid for itself a couple times over. In spite of its relatively lightweight status (24lbs I think?), it did a surprisingly good job of digging into the heavily compacted dirt and clay in my yard. Doubly so because of roots I asked it to go through, leftover from the four trees we cut down. I do have a few recommendations for getting the most out of it: (1) Make liberal use of the ability to easily reverse the blades back and forth from “cultivating mode” into “tilling mode.” The cultivator mode made a HUGE difference in being able to cut through tree and plant roots without tangling and/or jamming every few seconds. Once the roots and plants are well dealt with, a quick return to the more aggressive tiller mode churns more deeply in very short order. NOTE: this also reduces the amount of bouncing that seemed to irritate some other reviewers. And me. :-) (2) Take your time and let it do its thing. Some want to make a single quick pass and then wonder why it only takes off an inch or so of the hard compacted top layer. Remember that it is, after all, a MINI tiller. Give it a moment, pull it back and forth a few feet to remove some of the dirt pile that builds up under the tines, and it will settle in for the deeper churn right quickly. (3) Get the kickstand. It’s too convenient to skip. (4) I think the real value of this machine (for me, anyhow) lies in its ability to do double-duty. Or quadruple duty, I guess. Treat yourself to the attachments. The power rake, edger, and aerator attachments are fantastically effective additions that really round out the Mantis’s capacity and utility in the yard, turning it into a true year-around workhorse. The attachments have been utterly worth the added expense, and switching between them is an easy and quick affair. My review was not solicited. I am submitting this review only because I am so tickled with it’s performance. The only criticism I can offer so far regards the less than perfect directions for assembly. Some of the nuts did not match what was described or displayed in the directions, and the wording was not entirely intuitive in every instance. Having said that, a little looking at what I had in the box made it clear enough what was needed, and it worked out just fine. The only caution I would have for potential purchasers is the size. This isn’t a critique of the unit itself so much as a cautionary comment to make sure it is what you want. It does a fantastic job for a mini tiller. But it is a mini tiller. My house sits on just shy of 1/3-acre and it takes a long time to work my entire lawn in any mode. If I had more storage room, I’d be wanting their larger model. Especially if my plan were to till the entire yard. Having said that, it does a fantastic job. I am highly impressed that such a small unit can do so much and do it effectively. The amount of time, effort, and money this Mantis has saved me has made me a huge fan. Far better machine than some of the other tillers I have used in the past and I couldn’t be more tickled with my purchase!
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Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2019 by Frequent Flyer
Style: Cultivator
The Mantis tiller with the Honda engine is just the right size for my hoop house. Honda engines are so reliable and I have several on other equipment. It is lightweight which is good because I am an 80 year old female senior. It is very powerful and compact and tills great. I only have to have it powered up a little for it to do a great job. I assembled it just fine except they had given me American nuts for 2 Metric bolts. I had a hard time putting the nuts on but soon discovered why and was able to purchase a couple Metric bolts with Metric nuts. Everything went on according to the directions. I emailed Mantis about that problem and they responded immediately telling me they would send the hardware but I had already purchased the correct hardware so didn't need it. Great customer relations.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2025 by Nancy
Style: Cultivator
The Mantis 4-Cycle is my first ownership of a tiller/cultivator having previously usually rented (or paid someone else) to rototill my yard for gardening purposes or landscaping. The assembly went relatively well though I found some of the nut/bolts to tighten the handles to the base seemed ill fitted and took quite a bit of dexterity/strength and the right vise grip to get it tight. However, all was good. Then when I went to put the wheels on (purchased separately) I realized I was going to have to undo what I just spent some effort to tighten. Hmmm, could the directions have given a little forethought to us newbies? I watched several videos and it really helped with the kickstand and all in all thought the assembly was within my tolerance and would rate it 4 stars. I went with 5 stars because the machine is a kick to use. Here in the Pacific NW I used it literally within the first few days of March. I had a 25 X 20 patch that was rototiller a year ago and never planted. There was some clover and other grass that had grown in the area mentioned. The soil was slightly wet but the machine handled the task really really well. Yes, once there was a larger rock which required me to stop and take off the wheels, but otherwise nothing out of the ordinary regarding clumping. And, changing the direction of the wheels from tilling to cultivating was very easy. Much simpler than I predicted based on my assembly experience. The soil appeared well pulverized, and I was able to mix in 3 or 4 cubic yards of compost really well. Other things that stood out to me include the machine runs relatively quiet, especially when idling. I did lose a nut and bolt from the kickstand, which may have been because I didn't tighten it quite enough. I've also noticed the motor turns slightly to one direction but it doesn't appear to effect the function at all. Again, I'm aware that I probably need to tighten a few items. All in all, the machine is fun, manageable for someone turning the big 60 later this year, and has me wondering about when I get to use it again.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2018 by Greg
Style: Cultivator
I loved this rototiller when I first got it—it was easy to use and worked beautifully. The first year, it ran like a dream. However, after sitting through the winter without being cleaned out, I struggled to get it started in the spring. I later loaned it to a friend for a month, he struggled to get it going, and since then, I haven't been able to get the engine to turn over for the last four years. I did have it serviced once, and the technicians cleaned out the fuel lines, but it still wouldn’t start. When it works, though, it’s powerful yet easy to handle, making it perfect for small spaces. I’ve even used it to dig deeper into compacted earth for aeration, and it performed well. Unfortunately, as I’ve gotten older, I no longer have the strength to keep troubleshooting and starting it. Overall, it’s a great tool—when it runs—but maintaining and restarting it has been a challenge.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2025 by Napa Valley Girl
Style: Cultivator
First impressions. I've had a 2 cycle Mantis tiller for over 20 years .Mantis are great, light, easy to maneuver. Got tired of pulling the starter rope on a hard to start 2 cycle. My 46 year old Troy-Bilt 6hp still starts on a couple pulls. Anyway, I purchased a 4 cycle Mantis. I'd rather change oil than mix gas. Assembly is pretty easy, easier if you watch a quick Youtube. Hooked up the throttle cable to the carb [factory missed that for some reason}, installed oil and gas, primed, chocked, and pulled the starter rope easily and the Honda engine came to life and idled nicely. Used it to cultivate and it worked like a champ. Honestly I think my old Mantis maybe cultivated a bit better, but the tines are a bit different so it probably will till better. Haven't tested, but Mantis claims 10 inch depth. We'll see. Plus the ground was pretty hard from recent heavy rains. Other improvements like redesigned handle bars with soft grips and throttle with good on-off switch are nice, as is the 4 cycle Honda engine which runs smooth. All in all a nice, light tiller for light cultivating and small bed tilling is going to be easier and less hassle with this new Mantis. Plus I've still got a big 6HP for the big double row tilling. Edit 6-24-24: After using several times, I'm really impressed with how easy to start the Honda engine is. Prime, choke and typically one EASY pull of the rope and it starts. It's quieter that a 2-cycle too. I do find the 4-cycle to be a little heavier than my old Mantis and maybe a tad bit harder to maneuver, maybe due to being taller off the ground, but with all the other improvements well worth it and a pleasure to cultivate all those pesky weeds that pop up in the garden in the summer.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2024 by whtsituya
Style: Cultivator
If you are skeptical that a small tiller like this can do any good work as I was don’t be this mantis tiller is a freaking beast. It will flat out rip up some ground. The only thing I wish I would’ve done is get the six time version over the four-time version. This teller is absolutely 100% worth the money you’re gonna pay for it. Grandpa used to always tell me when buying something cry once by the good crap well this is a cry wants purchase and you will not regret it. Absolutely amazing little teller. I use a teller about every other day in my garden.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2026 by John
Style: Cultivator
Nice small tiller. Does a great job.
Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2026 by Office Girl