bought a tiller.........

SodBuster87 · May 10, 2018

Lets hope this one works better then the last one. I bought a used Troy Bilt ProLine FRT. Its an older one with a Briggs "Intek Pro" 7HP. I gave $300 for it from my buddy at the pawn shop. He said anyone else he would have asked for more. I priced that model new and they run about $1,200. I gave that POS Cub Cadet to my F-I-L . He got it to work but ended up spending a full day tearing it apart and reassembling it the right way

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Goose · May 10, 2018

It's nice the way it works on side hills.

RalphWD45 · May 11, 2018

I bought an old troybilt horse, last spring, and just completed the 2nd year of tilling , my 1 acre garden patch. I can't belive that all these years, that I fought those front tine tillers, and didn't know any better. Your tiller looks really well cared for, and a lot more modern, than mine, but the quality of the soil coming out of it, looks the same! Good buy!

larry@stinescorner · May 11, 2018

you will be happy,these pictures of the troybilt are from a few years ago,,its the older horse with a Kohler 8 hp.it has been great/I didnt use it much last spring,,and not at all this spring,,Im gonna miss it,,So far they dont want me to do a garden this season

mdross · May 11, 2018

Over the years have owned several Horse Troybilt tillers most I picked up to repair and sell. The one I kept a 71 model purrs like a kitten and have owned it near 30 yrs. Great machines it gets heavier every year or maybe I'm just getting older.

Billy NY · May 11, 2018

Nice patch of soil, that tiller should work well for you. Smaller and lighter than a horse, will be easy to handle. I've got 3 old Troy Bilt Juniors, they are light and easy to handle. I figure on selling 2 after minor repairs and maintenance, oils changes, seals as needed, will keep the best one for small work, and or when I get so old the horse might be too much. Originally I figured on one of these being narrower than the horse to cultivate my patch of corn. I found a deal on 2 Juniors a couple weeks back, they followed me home along with a landscape rake LOL ( when does it all end

? ) Even with my time and work, I'll offer them reasonable and make my money back and a little profit.

dhermesc · May 11, 2018

I bought one years ago with the Tecumseh 6 hp engine. Guy started it up to show me how well it ran. After about a minute it started to squeal and he quickly shut it off. Turns out he had drained the oil the night before and had forgotten to refill the engine. I took it home for $100. Ran it with that engine for a season or so but it was so down on power using the tiller was a PIA. Dropped a cheap Harbor Freight Predator 6.5 hp engine on it for $99. I figured if it lasted two - three years I got my money out of it. That was 5 years ago and it still starts with only two or three pulls.

fixerupper · May 11, 2018

I have an old Troy with a Tecumseh I bought used a few years ago. It looks like it sat under a tree it's whole life but it does run and it does a good job. The only work I've done on it is replace the belts and put a new needle and seat and fuel mixture needle in the carb. The engine smokes a little and rattles quite a bit, in fact the rattle is darned near as loud as the exhaust but I'm going to run it till it dies, whenever that happens and then replace the engine.

Bob in SD · May 11, 2018

Where does the Bronco fit into the lineup? I picked one up used a few weeks ago. It was built in the late 90s (before MTD buyout), so I figured it was better than a new one that I could afford.

Smaller than the one I'd used before, but seems OK. Been raining since then so I've basically changed the oil and gas and not had a chance to use it yet.

Matt E. · May 11, 2018

We have a Troy Bilt Horse that might be as old as I am (46). I remember Dad using it when I was about 7-8 in Minnesota. I doubt he bought it new, never bought anything new. Then it followed us out to Montana and I put a lot to time on that thing each year. Dad always put out a big garden and I always had to till it. Before he passed, he made a smaller garden but used it to till each spring and then he would hoe weeds since he didn't leave row space for the tiller.

Last month I was at the farm in Montana. We drug the tiller out of the shed, aired the tires, checked the oil and dumped in fresh gas. Three pulls and she was running again! I tilled the garden and planted what I thought would survive until I get moved there at the end of June. Hope it isn't a mass of weeds by then. It has a Tecumseh engine, needs a muffler and smokes a little but still had plenty of power. Troy Bilts make a great planting bed.

SodBuster87 · May 11, 2018

(quoted from post at 10:13:12 05/11/18) Where does the Bronco fit into the lineup? I picked one up used a few weeks ago. It was built in the late 90s (before MTD buyout), so I figured it was better than a new one that I could afford.

Smaller than the one I'd used before, but seems OK. Been raining since then so I've basically changed the oil and gas and not had a chance to use it yet.

I had a Bronco once. Was an okay tiller had alot of problems keeping the tire beads seated. That and it took a week of sundays to get anything done it was SLOW!

Billy NY · May 12, 2018

I believe the old line up was Junior, Pony & Horse. I think the Bronco is the same size as the Horse.

They're pretty decent, I think the Horse was built the best, but the smaller models seem to be fine in ones garden patch.

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