Seeing self-propelled equipment in a village or private sector that looks like the front part of a tractor is no longer a curiosity. The traction mechanism helps the farmer in cultivating the land, growing vegetables, making hay and moving goods. The Tarpan motor cultivator copes well with basic agricultural work on the site. Gardeners who are not familiar with the equipment, but are thinking about buying it, will benefit from reviews from users and owners describing the advantages and disadvantages, an overview of the model range, technical characteristics of the devices and their price.
Description
The first Tarpan motor cultivators rolled off the production line at the Tula Machine-Building Plant in 1991. At first, they were equipped with low-power domestic engines, which did not differ in special power characteristics and therefore did not arouse interest.
Motor cultivator Tarpan MK-03/04 B&S
The manufacturer decided to continue the development and modernization of the Tarpan cultivator, and already in 1997, new units worthy of the attention of farmers appeared with the American four-stroke gasoline engine Briggs & Stratton or CHAMPION.
Almost immediately, “Tarpan” attracted the attention of the public and the motorized cultivator was appreciated. But the development did not stop there; the manufacturer decided to install another powerful four-stroke engine, this time it was the Japanese brand HONDA.
Engine options
We have established that the following four-stroke single-cylinder engines are installed on the machines: Champion, Briggs & Stratton and Honda.
Champion G 180 HK Briggs&Stratton Honda GX160
- The American Champion engine has a power of 5.5 liters. With. and can provide a cultivator productivity of 0.06 ha/hour.
- Tarpan motor cultivators with a Briggs&Stratton engine also have a power of 5.5-6 hp. With. (depending on the model) and productivity 0.06 ha/hour.
- Units with a Honda engine are more reliable, their power reaches 5.5 liters. With.
Fuel consumption by motor cultivator depending on loads
Despite the not very high power of the unit and its modifications, it consumes a significant amount of fuel. In the process of plowing the soil, the model requires approximately 1.5 liters/hour. This figure may vary depending on the task being performed.
Thus, when cultivating hard soils with a plow, the cultivator consumes at least 1.8 liters per hour of operation. When clearing snow, it “eats” at least 2 liters. fuel. However, it is important to take into account that a certain amount of fuel is lost even when the engine warms up.
When hilling potatoes, the cultivator requires, on average, 1.6 liters. fuel, and when working with a rake - about 1.5 l./h. work.
Characteristics
| Weight, kg | 45 |
| Dimensions (LxWxH), mm | 1300x700x1060 |
| Warranty, months | 36 |
| Cultivation width, cm | 30-70 |
| Engine | Briggs&Stratton I/C 6.0 |
| Oil volume in the gearbox, l | 0,6 |
| Cultivation depth, cm | 20 |
| Number of gears | 1/0 |
| Gearbox | single stage, worm |
| Drive unit | gear |
| Clutch type | dry, automatic, centrifugal |
| Rotation speed of cutters, rpm. | 120 |
| Type | Briggs&Stratton I/C 6.0 with vertical shaft |
| Fuel | petrol |
| Engine displacement, cm3 | 190 |
| Cooling | active air |
| Fuel tank, l | 3,8 |
| Power, hp | 6 |
| Starting system | manual |
A-92 gasoline is used as fuel for the Tarpan motor-cultivator.
A distinctive feature is the presence of a centrifugal automatic clutch, thanks to which the motor cultivator can be folded in half for compact transportation in the trunk of a car to the place of agricultural work.
The only drawback of the designers is the lack of a reverse function.
Modifications
When a technology manufacturer creates some unique equipment, its work does not end there. If the unit has not been tested by consumers, then it is modified and a new solution is sought that satisfies the needs of the latter.
If the test is successful and you are interested in the unit, it is even more worthwhile to carry out new developments in order to further improve the existing model. This happened with the Tarpan cultivator. The domestic manufacturer offers the following proven modifications:
- Tarpan-03
- Tarpan-031
- Tarpan-04
To understand how they differ from each other, you need to familiarize yourself with each model in more detail.
Tarpan-03
Motor cultivator Tarpan-03
This unit is a representative of small-sized agricultural machinery. “Tarpan” is intended for processing all types of soils, including rocky and virgin soils. The motor cultivator comes with two sets of working tools (mills), which are used to plow, chop and fluff up the soil.
Features of the Tarpan-03 motor cultivator
- MK-03 is equipped with a 6.0 liter four-stroke American Briggs&Stratton Quantum 650 engine. With. These power characteristics are typical for middle-class walk-behind tractors.
- The worm gearbox of the motor-cultivator increases its performance characteristics and makes the unit more reliable and productive in relation to cultivators using V-belt drive.
- A movable steering column allows the operator to accompany the Tarpan from the side, rather than walking across a plowed field.
To increase the functionality of the cultivator, its owner needs to purchase appropriate attachments (plow, hillers, mowers, etc.).
Tarpan-031
Motor cultivator Tarpan-031
This is a small compact motorized device with a capacity of 3.5 liters. With. can make life easier for the owner of a small plot of land.
Features of the Tarpan-031 motor cultivator
- The light weight of the cultivator (28 kg) allows you to move it from place to place independently, without anyone’s help.
- The depth of tillage is on par with more bulky models.
- The motor cultivator provides a working width of 36 cm.
Tarpan-04
Motor cultivator Tarpan-04
Features of the Tarpan-04 motor cultivator
- This unit is equipped with an American Briggs&Stratton 6.05 liter engine. With. and weighs 48 kg.
- Tillage width is 58 cm, cultivation depth is 20 cm.
- There is no reverse function; two sets of cutters are sold with the TMZ MK Tarpan-04 cultivator.
Tarpan EK-03 (electric)
There is another modification of the cultivator, powered not by a gasoline engine, but by an electric engine.
Electric Tarpan EK-03
Features of the Tarpn EK-03 cultivator
- This powerful (2200 W) large, heavy-duty device can penetrate even the densest soils to a depth of 30 cm.
- The quick-release motor is easy to install on attachments such as a string or side-discharge lawn mower.
- It also works with other attachments: grousers, hillers, etc.
- A distinctive feature of this cultivator is its reduced noise level.
- For ease of operation, the unit is equipped with an adjustable handle (up and down and to the sides).
Popular models
The first motor-cultivator from the Tarpan series with a two-stroke engine with a capacity of 6.2 hp. was released from the assembly line in 93. It immediately established itself on the market on the positive side, but due to some production shortcomings it was not so popular among farmers.
03
the Tarpan-03 model was presented on the domestic market . To this day, it has not lost its leading position in the Russian market - consumers buy up to a thousand of these cultivators every day.
03
The plant's engineers have supplemented the model with various attachments, which can be used regardless of the year: for winter, you can use a rotary-type snow blower, and its working width will be 75 cm. It throws snow up to 5 meters, you can also purchase an ice cutter to clear the path .
Regardless of the time of year, with the cultivators Tarpan, Mantis, Cayman, Viking, Texas, Swift, Champion, Patriot, Loplosh, you can carry out all gardening work using a plow, rotary cutter (included), hiller, flat cutter, rake to crush and level the soil, collect for weeds and other attachments.
The cultivator can be used as a lawn mower , and in the fall you can dig up root crops and prepare the soil for winter.
The operating life of the motor is 1000 hours. The automatic centrifugal clutch allows the model to be disassembled into several devices, which can be easily transported and stored.
Thanks to the worm gearbox, you can eliminate the unreliable belt and chain drives that are installed on the walk-behind tractor.
Thanks to the improved design of the steering rod, the steering wheel can be rotated both in a lying and standing plane, thanks to which the operator will walk to the side of the unit, while the loosened soil is not trampled.
Specifications:
- Engine: Briggs and Stratton I/S 6.0 l. With.
- Motor performance: 6.0 hp at 3600 rpm.
- Cylinder volume: 190 cm3.
- Constant air cooling.
- Starts with manual start.
- There is only one transmission.
- Fuel tank volume: 3.8 l.
- Engine oil volume: 0.6 l.
- Fuel consumption: 1.5 l/h.
- Power: 0.06 Ha/h.
- Milling cutter at maximum speed: 100-120 rpm.
- Cultivation width: 350-700 mm and depth 200 mm.
- Parameters (length/width/height): 130 (76)/70/106 (75) cm.
- Weight: 45 thousand grams.
- Price: 18 thousand rubles.
Detailed video about this model.
Realizing that it is confident to conduct and develop business in a modern market that is constantly changing, it is necessary to produce high-quality, competitive, reliable and affordable equipment, the manufacturer annually updates its model range produced from assembly lines.
031, 04, 07
In recent years, next to the basic models, 031, 04, 07 models of motor cultivators were produced.
Specifications:
- Motor: Briggs & Stratton (USA).
- Motor power: 5 hp
- Motor type: single-cylinder 4-stroke, top-type shaft.
- Clutch type: automatic, centrifugal, dry.
- This Tarpan cultivator has a worm and single-stage gearbox.
- Gears: 1, forward.
- Hot mixture: gasoline.
- Clutch: centrifugal clutch.
- Processing width and depth: 360 x 200 mm.
- Weight 28 thousand grams.
- Price: 11 thousand rubles.
04
A compact model for a medium-sized plot, like a mini cultivator for a summer residence, is equipped with a pair of wheels so that the cultivator moves during operation and a coulter, thanks to which the depth of travel of the cutter is adjusted.
“Tarpan-04” is very easy to operate; it has only one gas lever and a “Stop” button.
The main highlight of this model is its relatively powerful motor for medium areas. Thanks to this motor, as well as the low speed of the cutter (100-120 rpm), the model will ideally dig up the soil on the “bayonet of the shovel”.
04
A productive and affordable electric cultivator in an affordable price segment.
Specifications:
- Motor: Briggs & Stratton (USA).
- Engine type: single-cylinder, 4-stroke carburetor type.
- Performance: 6.0.
- Runs on: gasoline.
- One gear, no reverse.
- Weight, g: 45 thousand.
- Max. processing depth, cm: 20.
- Parameters, cm: 135 x 60 x 110.
- Price: 26 thousand rubles.
07-01
The Tarpan walk-behind tractor is easy to operate; it is equipped with a powerful four-stroke engine , and this allows it to be used for processing, loosening, and crushing soil.
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Attachments
The Tarpan motor cultivator itself is an agrotechnical device designed for mechanized plowing of the soil. If you do not purchase additional equipment that expands the functionality of the equipment unit, then plowing will all end.
The owners of the cultivator have appreciated the opportunities opening up to them in many areas of agricultural work, and are trying, if not to purchase, then to make special attachments with their own hands.
Lawn mower “Struna” Rotary mower Potato digger Universal grousers Shovel blade Disc hiller Hiller Plow Houndstooth Frame with wheels Hitch Snow blower
Mowers
They can be used both rotary, where the working body is knives, and cord (for example, the “Struna” mower), where mowing is done with a polypropylene string.
Lugs
They have standard dimensions 275/110 mm and a sleeve Ø25.5 mm.
Milling cutters
Milling cutters for Tarpan motor cultivator
Two pairs of cutters are supplied with the cultivator. However, during operation, unit owners often buy additional rotors that are more productive and reliable.
There are two types of cutters:
- active;
- “crow's feet”.
The first ones are included in the kit, the second ones, capable of easily plowing virgin and hard soils, are purchased separately or made independently. In addition, the rotors can be four-blade or three-blade. Both are easy to use.
Hiller
Hillers
A hiller is an attachment designed for cutting beds, furrows, and hilling plants. The hiller consists of one or two frames and moldboards placed on them.
Height adjustment is carried out using a special beam with holes made for fasteners. Special discs are used to protect plants.
Plow
Reversible plow
Plowing dense soils is possible not only with the participation of cutters. Many owners of agricultural machinery use a plow for these purposes, which is attached to the rear of the unit instead of a coulter. Wheels with lugs can be used simultaneously with the plow.
Potato digger
Potato digger
There is no gardener who would not appreciate this device. With the help of a potato digger, harvesting will be much faster and without loss. The device is specially immersed in the ground and pushes potatoes to the surface, which lie on top of the ground. In this case, the potatoes are not deformed or cut.
Hitch
Hitch
The role of the hitch is obvious - with its help, mounted implements are attached to the cultivator. It can be straight, U-shaped or rotary. The rotary one is more maneuverable and convenient.
Frame with wheels
Using the transport base, the cultivator is transported to the place of work, after which the frame and wheels are disconnected.
Blade shovel
Shovel blade
The blade shovel can be used not only for leveling soils. In winter, for example, it can act as a snow blower.
snow blower
Many Tarpan owners prefer special equipment to a shovel and blade - a snow blower, which throws snow up to 5 meters to the side.
The basis of such a snow blower can be a brush, the same blade and a shaft with blades. Many craftsmen make such a device with their own hands.
Video review of a homemade snow blower for a motor cultivator
About the manufacturer
This model was invented by Tula engineers in 1991 as a simple and reliable replacement for the Rus walk-behind tractor, which was produced by Tulamashzavod.
At first, the Tarpan was unprofitable and was not in great demand, but after it was improved and equipped with a powerful engine , things went much better. Since 1997, cultivators have been put into mass production.
Today it is manufactured by a specialized company, which is a subsidiary, which is located in the historical center - Frolovskaya Sloboda, which is famous for its specialists.
Tarpan
On the land that today belongs to a legal entity, in 79 of the nineteenth century the Baitsurovsky plant was built, which produced various cast iron and copper products.
Tulamashzavod is a well-known company that specializes in mechanical engineering.
The enterprise includes production facilities that are equipped with new equipment and leading technologies. You can find all the necessary information on the official website tar-pan.ru.
The production includes: procurement workshops, galvanizing and high-temperature processing, production of tools, parts, wood processing.
Along with classical equipment, automatic and semi-automatic devices are used, which allow the program to be run interactively. This ensures high technological flexibility of production.
To reduce preparation time, end-to-end automatic design of elements and equipment (from external indicators to the creation of control programs for machine tools).
For more information about the Tarpan cultivator, watch the video:
Operating instructions
- It is important for new owners of the Tarpan motor-cultivator to know that the first 24 hours of working with the unit should be spent in a gentle mode (plowing in several stages with gradual immersion of the cutters from minimum to maximum depth, etc.).
This period is called “Running in” of the motor cultivator and if it is not done, then soon “Tarpan” will “delight” its owner with various kinds of malfunctions.
- Immediately before starting, do not forget to check the presence and quantity of oil. Don’t forget that the unit has an automatic clutch, so you don’t need to hold the control lever.
- The clutch of the motor-cultivator is activated automatically, therefore, immediately after reaching a certain number of engine revolutions, the motor-cultivator begins to move. The rotors (cutters) plunge into the ground and, driven by a torque, move the cultivator forward. Along with this, the soil is plowed.
Advantages and disadvantages
Under the Tarpan brand, the cultivator has been produced for more than 25 years. However, the first models that came off the assembly line were not very reliable. Users constantly contacted service centers for warranty repairs and planned to abandon production. But updating the material and technical base of the plant and improving assembly technology made it possible to launch the production of high-quality equipment for cultivating land. Among the advantages are:
- Modular design. The device is easy to disassemble, transport, and maintain.
- Possibility of installing the power unit on auxiliary equipment (mowers, seeders, snow blowers).
- Centrifugal clutch. Automatic activation of the drive when the engine reaches high speeds allows the device to operate smoothly, without jerking, which reduces the dynamic load on the operator.
In addition to the positive aspects of the lightweight and simplified design, the device has a number of negative ones. Disadvantages of cultivators:
- Lack of a full transmission. Agricultural implements have only one forward speed. The inability to move backwards self-propelled greatly complicates work in small areas and densely planted beds.
- The vertical position of the engine makes changing the oil more difficult. If the device is used intensively, the procedure must be performed several times a season, and for this it is necessary to dismantle the clutch.
- The design of the cutters helps to wrap plant stems and their roots around them.
Basic faults
Let's look at typical motor cultivator malfunctions, their causes and solutions.
- The cultivator engine stalls or does not start.
- The motor is heating up.
- High oil consumption.
There may be several reasons why the engine does not start:
- The engine speed settings are off.
- Fuel hoses do not supply fuel to carburetor.
Resuscitation work:
- check the presence and quantity of fuel in the tank, top it up if necessary;
- We inspect the spark plug; if it is faulty, we replace it;
- if the candle is working, but there is carbon deposits, remove it;
- check and, if necessary, adjust the spark plug gap.
- We inspect the fuel supply hoses to the carburetor; if there is a breakthrough, we replace them.
The engine gets hot because:
- The cooling system is not working correctly.
- The air filter is clogged and requires replacement (rarely cleaning).
Video review of changing the oil in a Tarpan motor cultivator
Owner reviews
Dmitry Andreevich, 48 years old
“I acquired this “wild horse” relatively recently (about 3 years ago). At first I suffered a little, the “horse” got caught in a restive manner, and every now and then it tore out of my hands, and I tried my best to hold it. But it’s okay, over time I got the hang of it and now, working with it, I don’t strain myself at all. I plow my 10 acres in 9-10 hours. Fuel consumption is low, I take 92 gasoline and have no problems. No, there was one, after the first winter - the fuel did not drain and the Tarpan did not start. I understood what was going on, drained the old one, poured in the new one, and off we go, the work began in full swing!”
Alexey, 39 years old
“I read reviews and various comments about motor cultivators and decided to buy myself a Tarpan EK-03 cultivator. I was impressed by its environmental friendliness and low noise level. The unit is serious, powerful, and at first it was not easy to hold in your hands. Later I got used to it. And what’s nice is that you don’t have any problems with gasoline, just charge and work! Yes, it has a significant weight, but thanks to this, the immersion of the cutters is impressive! The neighbors are not overjoyed - silence, beauty and the garden is plowed! Of course, I help them. I recently bought a hiller and a potato planter to prepare for the new season. I’ll try to go all out and buy a digging machine by the end of summer. I recommend to all!"
