#3176784 - 02/26/13 12:06 PM
Garden tiller?
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JAY B
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Registered: 07/09/07
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Loc: Meigs Co.
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Looking to purchase a garden tiller and would to stay on a $500 or below budget. Only thing I know for sure is that I want a rear tine, other than that I am open to suggestions . Let me hear some pros and cons of tillers that owners on here use or have used! Thanks!
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#3176938 - 02/26/13 02:04 PM
Re: Garden tiller?
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pressfit
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Loc: Giles Co. Tn
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I have a troy bilt "horse".. its a really good machine.. I did have a smaller 5 hp ariens rear tine.. it was nice also.. I found out the hard way..if you have any rocks in your soil you want a tiller that has forward rotation of the tines.. I did once have a TSC rear tine that the tines turned backwards.. it would pick up rocks and jam them against the frame and lock up the tiller.. talk about a pain.. a sledge hammer and crow bar was needed to get the rocks out..
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#3177185 - 02/26/13 05:24 PM
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LA man
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good luck finding one under 500
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#3177536 - 02/26/13 10:26 PM
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Poor redneck
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Mine came from a tool rental place. Runs great for four years now, but don't know how it was abused before. But the price was a very fair price for what it was.
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#3177563 - 02/26/13 11:44 PM
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longnosedoe
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I just got lucky about a month ago and bought a near new troy bilt at a foreclosure sale for $75.00. Very nice and runs well.
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#3177687 - 02/27/13 07:43 AM
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Mausermeister
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I'll second the Troy-bilt recomendation.
I have a Troy-bilt Econohorse that I picked up from a local small engine shop. Got it for $60. They guy told me someone traded it in because the engine was blown. I took it home planning to put a new engine on it that I had sitting in the garage.
My dad came over and saw it sitting outside the garage while I was doing something else. Next thing I know, he is tilling the garden with it. Turns out the fuel line was dry rotted. He put a new piece of fuel line on it and it fired right up. That was three years ago and it's still going strong.
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#3178692 - 02/27/13 10:26 PM
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wlf89
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after using front tine all my young life i used a rear tine once last yr and i would not trade my 80s model murray front tine for 2 new rear tines
Edited by wlf89 (02/27/13 10:27 PM)
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#3178814 - 02/28/13 06:31 AM
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diamond hunter
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Loc: Goodlettsville Tennessee USA
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They had a troy built horse at thr john deere place in Hendersonville,around 5-6oo,a real workhorse.
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#3178867 - 02/28/13 07:25 AM
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Mausermeister
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after using front tine all my young life i used a rear tine once last yr and i would not trade my 80s model murray front tine for 2 new rear tines
Your experience would be the opposite of mine. I've had a couple of front tine tillers and would hate to have to go back to one.
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#3178995 - 02/28/13 09:05 AM
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pressfit
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Not sure how big of a spot your planning on putting in but.. I have 2 of those echo mini tillers... like the mantis.. probably the only thing I have ever seen on tv that worked better than the commercial.. those things will tear up the ground in no time flat... leaves the soil like sand.. I love mine...
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