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Razvan Sirbu, 21, died from blunt force trauma to the head and body at the Loose Valley Conservation Area in Tovil, near Maidstone, Kent, last May.
Alex Macdonald, 19, was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 18 years, while Charlie White, 19, will serve a minimum of 16 years.
Both denied murder but were convicted at Maidstone Crown Court on Friday.
Jurors found a third defendant, Jimmy Buckley, 20, who had been deemed unfit to plead, also "did the act of murder".
Mr Sirbu had been living in a tent when he was attacked by White, of no fixed address, Macdonald, of Regency Place, Maidstone, and Buckley, of Capell Close, Coxheath, on the night of 6 May.
They had been in the area because they planned to steal a sit-on lawn mower, but denied they had deliberately set out to rob Mr Sirbu.
During a police interview, White said he was carrying a meat cleaver for protection against the person he was hoping to sell the mower to.
Det Ch Insp Tony Pledger said the reasons behind the attack remained unclear.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-42707556