snapper tillers

kenbob · Oct 28, 2019

Anybody have experience with the Snapper rear tine tiller. I am still looking for something a little
handier than my old tired Troy but don't want to pay huge money. I am going to pass on the G Paige from a
previous post.

There are a couple of Snappers around here. WHat I like from the video is the fact the have 4 speeds and
the tines seem to run at their own speed independent of the wheels. I am guessing they use the disk system
for forward motion and are run by one long belt. IF any owners want to comment pro/com I am listening.

ztrmowers · Oct 28, 2019

I have a 82 model electric start rear tine snapper tiller that I bought for wifes gift we used to have a huge garden, anyway yea it has been great unit what I like about the tines is they are swing style tines if will go pretty well on its own, it is heavy unit thou. new ones no where near it today. we have pretty well went all to raise beds so no longer need tiller and its been in shed for couple years now not used.

kenbob · Oct 28, 2019

Thanks. I am a big fan of their mowers. Nothing bags like a Snapper hi vac deck. My Troy is tired. Don't want to invest a lot, the extra speeds are handy because there is lots of ground between plots on my 2 acres. Thanks for the input.

T.R.K. · Oct 28, 2019

I have a neighbor that has a Snapper tiller. Older 8 hp. vertical engine on it. I worked on it several years ago. I just got it running, I didn't try it out.

I can't see how it can come close to compare with your Troybilt, if its the true 'Horse' model.

Its even more money than the Troybilt, but Have you looked at BCS tillers? They have several speeds forward and reverse and can accept several different attachments. Just stay away from the BCS tillers with ACME engines. Although they give better service than all that ACME stuff that Wiley Coyote tried to catch the Roadrunner with, the last time I checked, there was only one place in the USA that you can get parts for them.

kenbob · Oct 28, 2019

A bcs would be nice. A newer troy would be nice. My ground is in pretty good shape after 30 years and I have a tractor to plow with. I have 2 acres but my plots a way spread out. I would like the extra speed getting between plots. Seems the Snapper might have some advantages that way. I know it probably won't handle heavy ground like the troy. I figure I might only do this a few more years so something cheap is on my mind. I did enter a contest to win a bcs, but you know how that goes.

tractorguy2 · Oct 28, 2019

My dad was a Snapper dealer. He had a 1984 8hp rear tine tiller. It was very heavy had two good sized front weights to give it traction. The tines could be ran CW or CCW. It did a very good job of breaking up the soil. The only negative point was it was difficult to turn it around at the end of the garden. In small gardens it just about wore you out lifting up on the handle bars to raise the tines out of the dirt to turn around.

kenbob · Oct 28, 2019

I have plenty of room that way. There are 2 for sale near me. One is the 5hp which I think would be easier to handle. The other is an * hp, but there is an 11 hp engine on it. That would be even harder to turn I think. I was a day late on the 5hp, but now that I have some advice I will keep watching. Later Troys had 4 speeds but you had to change belts to change from low range to high....That Snapper looks like what I need. I should have figured it out sooner.

kenbob · Oct 28, 2019

Looks like they take the same drive wheel as the mower. Would you know if they take the same belt?

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