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Texas Lilli 535TG review

A variable 36, 57 or 85 cm width, 33 cm deep, with a separate gearbox for reverse and attachments available for ploughing and ridging.

The bottom line The only tiller on this site with a reverse gear — a separate gearbox for it — which on a machine whose tines pull it forward is the difference between working a corner and lifting the machine out of one. Three working widths from 36 to 85 cm, 33 cm deep, and an attachment range including a plough and a ridger.

What the maker prints on its own page

A 4000 watt four-stroke petrol engine of 212 cm³ rated 5.5 PS, for powerful soil working in difficult conditions. An adjustable working width of 36, 57 or 85 cm and a working depth up to 33 cm, described as flexible for bed, lawn or field. A dual-shaft gearbox gives a separate gear for forward and reverse, stated as ideal for precise work and commercial use. Ergonomic handles, a stable steel frame and manually adjustable transport wheels. Designed for intensive hours and demanding tasks. Optional attachments are available — a plough body, a ridger, a weeding brush and a lawn aerator — none of which is included. The basic equipment is the machine with its tine unit.

Reverse

Nothing else on this site has it, and on this machine it is the headline.

A tiller’s tines are its drive: they pull it forward when they bite. That is fine in the middle of a plot and a genuine problem at the end of one, where the machine has dug in against a fence and has to come back. Without reverse, that means stopping the engine and lifting a machine that is front-heavy and full of soil.

A separate gearbox for it — rather than a belt trick — is the proper way to do it.

Three widths

36 cm goes between rows. 57 cm works a bed. 85 cm crosses open ground.

That is one machine covering the whole of what the rest of this shelf splits between a 30 cm bed tiller and a 60 cm plot machine, and it is the argument for the price.

What goes unsaid in the listing — and no listing on this shelf does — is whether the machine has the traction to pull 85 cm of tines through heavy clay. Width is a capability of the tine shaft, and the soil decides.

33 cm

The deepest figure in the family by nine centimetres.

That is a depth for breaking ground rather than maintaining it, and it is matched to the engine: 212 cm³ is the largest displacement on this shelf.

The carton

The machine and the tine unit. Everything else — plough, ridger, brush, aerator — is a separate purchase, and this page says so because the attachment list is a substantial part of what the listing sells.

Availability

Around 490 €, read at the German Amazon store on the day of the survey.

Listed and unsold: the British, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon catalogues hold the reference with nobody behind it.

Nothing came back from the American Amazon store 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

  • A reverse gear on its own gearbox — unique on this site
  • Three working widths, so the same machine works a bed and a field
  • The deepest figure here at 33 cm, and an attachment range including a plough and a ridger

Compromises

  • The attachments are all extra: the carton contains the machine and the tine unit only
  • No tine count and no weight published
  • Priced in one of the six markets at the time of survey

Specifications

Working width36, 57 or 85 cm, adjustable as stated
Working depthUp to 33 cm, as stated
Power sourcePetrol, four-stroke, 212 cm³ / 5.5 PS / 4000 W as stated
TinesNot published — no count given — a dual-shaft gearbox gives forward and reverse
Transport wheelsManually adjustable, as stated
WeightNot published
Amazon referenceB08JZ1NX1F (one reference across 5 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN5708906985050

What this machine usually gets asked

Why is reverse worth so much on a tiller?

Because the tines are the drive. A tiller that has dug itself into a corner cannot be pulled backwards by hand — the blades are in the ground and the machine is heavy. Reverse walks it out. Without it the answer is to stop the engine and lift.

What does 36 to 85 cm actually mean?

Tine sets are added or removed to change the width, in three configurations. Whether the machine pulls the full 85 cm through your soil depends on the soil, and no listing addresses that — width is a capability rather than a promise.

Are the attachments worth planning for?

They are the reason to buy this class of machine rather than a fixed tiller: a plough body, a ridger and a weeding brush turn one engine into several tools. All of them are stated as separate purchases and none is in the carton.

Who this one is for

A large vegetable plot or smallholding worked seriously, where the machine will earn its price

Guides that feature it

Price and availability

A reference exists on these Amazon stores: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom. Listed is not the same as in stock — availability changes daily.

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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