Dear Wazuans has any of the house members had experience with the hand guided motorised ploughs. How are their performance and what counsel would one give. I am thinking of acquiring one but needs to know more about them.Thanks

Would be interested to know more too...

@Ganu Danu
Have you researched on places to buy?how much are they going for? (As we await the experiemces of other usesrs..)

Check Marina Machineries, 2 floor KFA along Haile selassie near Wakulima mkt parking Bay there is a Chinese there they go for about 200,000.00

What sizes/HP/weight etc. are you talking about?

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Or are talking about the one's on their website http://www.marinakenya.com/harvester_walking.html ?

Hi all

I visited some companies in industrial area late last year. I had similar interest. They are available there with all accessories (Plough dics, harrow and trailer if you want). Price range then was approx 180-200K but could be different now. I will pop in same outlets and drop in contacts when I go next - though I am usually busy out in the field on weekends.

I have seen them in use. Very handy especially if you train someone on usage. Very suitable for small scale, much better than oxen & can easily subsidize by doing commercializing to gain fuel & labour costs. It ploughs up to 2 acres per day and runs on diesel engine. Mainly Chinese and India made but few could be Korean origin.

I would guess the US origin units are likely to be more robust and better. I am interested to know what it will cost to import the 2nd hand ones and can easily market them in farming zones.

@MtCarmel