Agria
German pro two-wheel tractor (2400/3900).
Rotavator, tiller & two-wheel tractor brands
87 makers and manufacturers, grouped by what they build — from professional Italian two-wheel tractors to budget petrol tillers, battery cultivators, global diesel machines and the heritage names you'll meet on the used market. Not sure which brand matters for your plot? Start with the buying guide, or browse every machine filterable by brand, power and price.
Tier A — Pro two-wheel tractor
Dealer-supplied professional machines with PTO and attachments (£1.5k–£6k).
Barbieri
An Italian two-wheel-tractor specialist (RED, FLEX, GHEPARD, LEOPARD): reversible machines spanning hobby to heavy professional use, exported worldwide including the US..
BCS
The benchmark Italian professional two-wheel tractor.
Bertolini
Italian two-wheel tractors, A25 heritage line.
Brielmaier
Slope-mowing specialist (Super 51).
Casorzo
Casorzo Macchine Agricole (Tonco d’Asti): 50+ years building professional and hobby two-wheel tractors, motor scythes, tillers and rotary plows..
Ferrari (artigiani)
Italian two-wheel tractor maker (ART 86, MC 57).
Goldoni
Italian specialist, Jolly and Delta lines.
Grillo
BCS's main Italian rival.
Iseki
A Japanese agricultural-machinery maker; its motoculteurs are well established in France..
Köppl
A Bavarian professional two-wheel-tractor specialist (Köppl GmbH, Entschenreuth); since 1896, one of the most extensive single-axle and attachment programmes on the market, with gear and hydrostatic Einachser (Athlet, ATRA, Frästalent) for agriculture, forestry, landscaping and steep-slope work.
Labinprogres
A Croatian two-wheel-tractor maker from Labin (Labinprogres-TPS, founded 1974); 300,000+ machines built.
Lampacrescia MGM
An Italian maker of MGM motocoltivatori (Volpino, Castoro, Ranner): made-in-Italy reversible walking tractors with petrol and diesel options..
Meccanica Benassi
Italian two-wheel tractors (B 65).
Nibbi
An Italian two-wheel-tractor specialist (BRIK and KAM series): counter-rotating tillers built for intensive use, popular with Italian smallholders..
Oleo-Mac
Italian, FR 110 motocoltivatore.
Pasquali
Italian pro two-wheel tractors (992).
Pilote 88
A historic French motoculture brand (formerly Stafor): motoculteurs and motobineuses built for the French market, with strong parts support..
Pubert
France's home pro brand.
Staub
A major French motoculteur brand, now aligned with Honda.
Štruc Muta
Slovenia’s largest small-agricultural-machinery maker (Štruc Muta / MKM Muta, since 1973).
Tilmor
Maker of the Power Ox two-wheel tractor — a value-focused professional alternative with PTO and a growing attachment range..
Valpadana
A historic Italian brand (now Argo Group); its S.E.P.
Tier B — Petrol garden tiller
Front/rear-tine petrol tillers for gardens and allotments (£150–£1.5k).
AL-KO
German Farmer series, long tiller heritage.
Anova
Spain’s dominant budget garden-machinery brand, built and distributed by Millasur (Galicia).
BlackStone
An Italian value brand distributed by AgriEuro (OGM): simplified, reliable petrol motozappe for hobby and semi-professional use, widely sold online across Europe..
BRAST
A German online garden-tool brand: petrol Gartenfräsen/Motorhacken from 1.9 kW to 5.15 kW (BRB-AF series) with 25–85 cm working widths, some on Briggs & Stratton engines, aimed at small to very large plots..
Camon
A British pedestrian-rotavator maker and a fixture of the UK tool-hire fleet (C-series): Honda-powered, heavy rear-tine machines built for breaking ground..
Cobra
UK-focused garden machinery brand, growing tiller range..
Efco
An Italian garden-machinery brand of the Emak group (Reggio Emilia), sister marque to Oleo-Mac since the 1992 merger.
Einhell
German value brand, GC-MT 3336 is the budget petrol benchmark..
Eurosystems
An Italian maker of motozappe and two-wheel tractors (La Zappa, Z, P-series): a broad hobby-to-semi-pro range, made in Italy..
FUXTEC
A German consumer garden-machinery brand (FUXTEC GmbH): a broad FX-AF range of petrol Motorhacken from a light 139 cc up to a 212 cc 85 cm three-width tiller, sold widely online in the DACH market..
Garland
A major Spanish garden-machinery retail brand (Productos McLand), the everyday name on the Leroy Merlin and Bricomart shelves.
Güde
A German DIY value brand (the GF Gartenfräse range): budget petrol tillers with a strong retail presence in the German-speaking market..
Hecht
A Czech value brand with a major presence in German-speaking and Central European markets (HECHT 7xx petrol cultivators): budget petrol tillers from 50 cm to 84 cm..
Honda
The most globally-searched brand across all four languages (F220, FJ500, FG-series).
Husqvarna
Premium Nordic brand.
Hyundai
Value petrol leader in UK (HYT150/HYT330)..
Mantis
The iconic mini-tiller brand, with huge allotment recognition in the UK.
McCulloch
Mid-budget petrol, UK presence via Husqvarna group..
Mountfield
Established UK garden brand, decent tiller recognition, dealer + online..
Scheppach
A German value brand (the MTP Motorhacke range): budget petrol tillers from mini to 110 cm, widely available across the German and UK markets..
solo by AL-KO
A historic German engine and garden-machinery maker (Solo Kleinmotoren, now part of AL-KO Gardentech); the ‘solo by AL-KO’ MH range are chain-drive petrol Motorhacken, often Honda-powered, with forward/reverse and transport wheels..
Stihl
German engineering authority.
Texas A/S
A Danish garden-machinery brand with a broad tiller range (Lilli, TX, Pro): value-to-mid pricing and a strong presence across Northern Europe..
Troy-Bilt
The American brand that popularised the rear-tine rotary tiller.
Villager
A Serbian garden-machinery maker (Villager Tools) with a broad VTB petrol tiller range from mini to 85 cm: strong value across South-East and Central Europe..
Webb
Heritage UK garden brand revived, petrol tillers, value positioning..
Wolf-Garten
German garden brand, motorhacke lines.
Womax
A value garden-machinery brand (made in China, distributed across Serbia and the region).
Tier C — Electric / cordless cultivator
Light corded and battery cultivators for raised beds and maintenance (£150–£800).
Cedrus
Cedrus is a Polish garden-machinery brand run from a distributor founded in 1993 that began building equipment under its own name in 2016.
EGO Power+
Premium battery leader.
Greencut
Greencut is a Spanish garden and workshop tool brand of Beself Brands, an e-commerce group founded in 2009 in Tona, Catalonia.
Greenworks
Value battery leader (40V/60V/80V).
HBM Machines
HBM Machines is a long-established Dutch tools and machinery distributor founded in 1972 in Gouda, now trading from Moordrecht/Waddinxveen across the Benelux, Germany, France, Austria, Spain and Italy.
Hortmasz
Hortmasz is a Polish garden-equipment manufacturer based in Skierniewice, trading since 1982.
Makita
A cordless power-tool giant; its LXT 18V/36V cordless cultivators bring a huge battery ecosystem to soil work — handy if you already own the batteries..
Rotakt
Rotakt is a Romanian importer-turned-house-brand based in Râmnicu Vâlcea, trading since 1994.
Ruris
Ruris is Romania's largest domestic two-wheel-tractor and power-tiller maker, founded in 1996 and based in Craiova.
Ryobi
Part of the 18V/36V/40V ONE+ ecosystem, with both battery and petrol tiller lines — convenient if you already own ONE+ tools..
Sterwins
The house brand of French retailer Leroy Merlin (ADEO group): a wide range of value electric and petrol tillers (A-series electric, P/Rs petrol) sold across France and Europe..
Weima
Weima (Weima Agricultural Machinery Co., styled WEMA on its products) is a Chongqing manufacturer of petrol and diesel engines and the machines built around them.
Tier D — Global / grey-import
Diesel walking tractors imported from outside the UK — buy via an importer.
Daedong (Kioti)
A major South Korean agricultural-machinery maker (Daegu; sold as KIOTI in North America); a long history of power tillers alongside its compact tractors, the current DT-series being diesel walking tractors for Asian markets, bought by import in the UK and EU..
Detoolz
Detoolz (full brand name Detoolz Smart Work) is a Romanian value brand of garden and power tools owned by Golden Fish S.R.L.
Dongfeng
A long-running Chinese farm-machinery marque; the DF-series two-wheel/hand tractors are water-cooled single-cylinder diesel walking tractors (12–18 HP) exported worldwide and bought here by import..
Faworyt
Faworyt is the own-brand garden-machinery line of Krysiak, a Polish family firm trading since 1990 with around 700 sales points nationwide.
KAMCO
Kerala Agro Machinery Corporation — a government-owned Indian power-tiller maker (KMB series): diesel walking tractors bought by import outside India..
Kibani
Kibani is a Dutch import brand run by RNL Trading, selling Loncin-engined grondfrezen online and through bol.com and Marktplaats since around 2010.
Kirloskar
A major Indian diesel-engine and farm-mechanisation maker (Kirloskar Oil Engines); the Mega T and MIN T power tillers are rugged water-cooled diesel walking tractors sold across India and bought elsewhere by import..
Quick
An iconic Indonesian hand-tractor brand (CV Karya Hidup Sentosa, Yogyakarta); the G1000 traktor tangan is the country’s best-known paddy-field walking tractor, typically Kubota-diesel powered.
Vito
Vito is a Portuguese budget tool brand of Central Lobão, a wholesale hardware distributor in Santa Maria da Feira with the Vito name trading for more than 20 years.
VST Shakti
A major Indian power-tiller maker (VST Tillers Tractors): rugged diesel walking tractors sold across India and bought elsewhere by import, with no UK garden dealer network..
Yanmar
A Japanese diesel-engine and machinery giant; its power tillers (YK/YZC series) are a global-market staple, bought here via import with no UK garden dealer network..
Tier E — Heritage / discontinued
Classic machines bought used; valued by restorers and allotment veterans.
Allen
John Allen & Sons of Oxford; the Allen Scythe (1933–73) is an iconic British two-wheel motor scythe (finger-bar mowing, not tilling).
Bouyer
A historic French motoculteur maker (Saint-Nazaire, then Nancy/Lorraine); built its first single-wheel motoculteur in 1933 and the famous convertible 333 in 1960 before ceasing production in the mid-1980s.
Bucher
A Swiss heritage maker (Bucher-Guyer, Niederweningen).
Bungartz
A historic German maker (Bungartz & Co., Munich, founded 1934 by Dr.
Gravely
An American heritage walk-behind tractor maker.
Gutbrod
A German maker (Standard Fahrzeugfabrik, Ludwigsburg, then Plochingen).
Holder
A historic German maker (Metzingen); built single-axle tractors from 1930, with the diesel ED II (from 1952) its most successful heavy Einachser.
Howard
The dominant UK heritage brand (Gem/350/700/Bantam).
IMT
Industrija mašina i traktora (Belgrade, est.
Merry Tiller (Wolseley)
A US-design tiller built under licence by Wolseley Webb in Birmingham (Major/Super Major/Titan), later Atco.
Rapid
A Swiss Einachser icon (Rapid Motormäher AG, now Rapid Technic).
Tomo Vinković
A Croatian maker from Bjelovar (factory from 1953; ‘Tomo Vinković’ from 1960).
Tomos
A Slovenian maker from Koper (est.