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"Bad Bob" wrote:
"Dave" wrote:
"Sarge" wrote:

Troybilt tillers were crap long before MTD bought them out.

But they are popular. They are pretty reliable. The new MTD
ones look cheezy. MTD is obviously hoping to cash in on the
name before everone knows how much they have changed them. I
admit the old Troybilts are clumsy beasts but they are
simple and rugged.

I tried an old Gravely walk-behind rotary plow today and it
was bizarre.

I agree !!! Troybilt tillers are crap !!! I own a 8 HP electric
start, Troybilt made before MTD purchased them. It's not worth 2
cents but cost me $1,800 new. Total worthless, the worst thing I
ever purchased. Consistently needs adjustments, difficult to get
it to stop going forward and hard as heck to move it around.

Save your money, but something else !!!! I heard Honda's were
great!!!

The worst thing you ever purchased? That seems a little odd to me. I
don't think I would have shelled out $1800 on a tiller, but then I did
spend $700+ on a Troy in 1980 (what is that in 2004 dollars?) and I am
still using it although the original 6hp Tecumseh broke the rod this
Spring so for $300 I put a new 8hp Tecumseh on it. I need to adjust
the sliding block for the disengage lever every year or two. Maybe you
need to file the sliding block a bit if you have such trouble pulling
up on the disengage lever. The Honda looks like a virtual clone to me
although with some added bells and whistles. To anyone considering it
my suggestion would be to buy used, in the Fall or Winter.

I bought a Sears 8hp rear tine for $600 about the same time. I wouldn't say
it was built as solid as Troy-Bilt but I have done a lot of tilling and very
little adjustment or repair. I might be giving it up now because a bearing
went on an intermediate shaft and it looks like you have to take half the
machine apart to replace it. Just looked at a 10 year old 8 horse electric
start Troy-Bilt that looks like new. He started at $1200 and is down to
$1000. My best offer is $800. I'm getting too old and decrepid to spend
more than that at this point. My son is pushing me toward a BCS because he
likes all the attachments.