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Hecht Benzin Motorhacke 60 cm review

A 3 kW four-stroke turning twenty-four blades across 60 cm and 24 cm deep — the widest electric-free machine here bar one.

The bottom line Twice the width of the electric machines on the same blade count: 60 cm and twenty-four blades, 24 cm deep, on a 3 kW four-stroke. The listing describes the tines as working like a plough, which is the right image — this is a machine for turning ground over rather than for tidying a bed.

What the maker prints on its own page

A powerful four-stroke engine of 4.08 PS / 3 kW that loosens soil perfectly, removing the need for strenuous work with a spade or hand hoe. A 60 cm working width digs over a garden in a short time and allows roots to be removed, with loosened soil taking up water again. For plants to develop, the earth must be loosened deeply: twenty-four robust blades on the shaft work like a plough to a depth of up to 24 cm. The handles are ergonomically placed for work that saves effort, and the machine is described as manoeuvrable and easy to control.

Twenty-four blades across 60 cm

The same blade count as the 45 cm electric machines, spread across a third more width.

That is wider spacing — one blade every 25 mm rather than every 19 — and it works the soil more coarsely. On ground being broken or turned that is exactly right: you want the soil lifted and opened, not pulverised into dust that caps after the first rain.

For a seedbed the narrow machines on this shelf do the finer job.

Depth, and the power to reach it

24 cm is the second deepest figure here and the machine has 3 kW to get there.

That pairing is what separates the petrol end of this shelf from the electric end. A 1500 W machine and a 3 kW machine can both state 22 cm; only one of them reaches it in clay.

The image the maker chose

“Like a plough.”

That is a fair description and a useful one. A tiller is not a rotavator attachment on a tractor and it is not a hoe — it is a shaft of curved blades that lifts and turns as it rotates, and the result is closer to digging than to raking.

What this listing withholds

The displacement, which every other petrol machine on this site states alongside its horsepower. Transport wheels. The weight — on the second heaviest machine in the family.

And it is listed in one marketplace only, so there is no cross-border price to compare.

Availability

Around 299 €, read at the German Amazon store on the day of the survey.

Nothing came back from the American, British, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores at all; the buy button there runs a search rather than opening an empty page.

Taken from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and prices move without notice.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 26 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.

The declared figures, and the point they stop at

Strengths

  • The widest tine assembly here except one, and the deepest bar two
  • Twenty-four blades with the power to pull them, which the 1500 W machines do not have
  • No cable, on a job usually done at the far end of a garden

Compromises

  • Twenty-four blades across 60 cm is wide spacing — coarser work than the narrow machines
  • No transport wheels, no weight and no engine displacement published
  • Listed in one market only of the six this site reads

Specifications

Working width60 cm, as stated
Working depthUp to 24 cm, as stated
Power sourcePetrol, four-stroke, 4.08 PS / 3 kW as stated
Tines24 robust blades on the shaft
Transport wheelsNot published
WeightNot published
Amazon referenceB08FB31WRV (one reference across 1 Amazon marketplace)
EAN8595614903882

What this machine usually gets asked

Is 60 cm too wide for a garden?

It is a plot machine rather than a bed machine. On an allotment or a vegetable garden being turned over in spring it saves a great deal of walking; between rows of established plants it is unusable, and the narrow electric machines on this shelf exist for that.

How does it compare with the 45 cm electric machines?

Same blade count, a third more width, twice the power and no cable. The spacing is wider, so the soil comes out coarser — which is what you want when breaking ground and not what you want for a seedbed.

What does “like a plough” mean here?

The maker’s description of blades that lift and turn the soil to depth rather than stirring the surface. It is an image rather than a specification, and it correctly describes what a wide, deep, powered tine assembly does.

Who this one is for

Breaking or turning a large plot once or twice a year, away from any socket

Guides that feature it

Price and availability

Details checked on September 26, 2026.

Sources

Specifications: manufacturer sheet and Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. No product on this site has been physically tested.

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