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    Rototiller next project

    Haven't gotten to it yet to see why it won't run but this is my next project to fixer upper!! Its a troy built. Lol, the handles come to my chin, gonna be hard for me to use it personally !!



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    cool! you can haul that around in your trailer : D There's a garden tractor forum ( i can't remember exactly what it's called) where you can find lots of information on that thing ( probably even dl a service manual for it ; )

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    Nice score! That will bring some nice cash when working.
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    The handles are adjustable. Back that "L" shaped handle off and adjust accordingly. Mine snapped off so I use a bolt. Otherwise it's a great machine.

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    Quote Originally Posted by newattitude View Post
    Lol, the handles come to my chin, gonna be hard for me to use it personally !!
    Coming from the women that throws fridges around like they're rag dolls.

    Looks like that's from the Troy Built era when they still made them in the USA...should be good.
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    Quote Originally Posted by IdahoScrapper View Post
    The handles are adjustable. Back that "L" shaped handle off and adjust accordingly. Mine snapped off so I use a bolt. Otherwise it's a great machine.
    *facepalm* I never even noticed that! Thanks Idaho!

    I did look in the gas tank and its rusty inside so I know I'll have to put that on the list of ''fixes''

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    I want one! Seriously tired of digging the garden by hand- but the tomatoes are getting ripe and a couple cukes are ready - the best time of the year imo.
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    Oh you made me laugh.....I have a troy built Bronco that was giving to me.....the first time I used it I found out why they called it a Bronco and why it was given to me....at least the neighbors got a good laugh that day.

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    Quote Originally Posted by scrapdollar View Post
    .I have a troy built Bronco that was giving to me.....the first time I used it I found out why they called it a Bronco
    I thought them things were smooth? Isn't that the ones they advertised with the guy(or was it a gal) walking beside it guiding with one hand ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bear View Post
    I thought them things were smooth? Isn't that the ones they advertised with the guy(or was it a gal) walking beside it guiding with one hand ?
    They are...if used properly. When I first used mine it bucked all over. Was trying to till too deep, too quickly. It will dig in and literally do a wheel stand down the garden.

    And yes, one handed operation so you don't pack down what was just tilled.

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    I did look in the gas tank and its rusty inside so I know I'll have to put that on the list of ''fixes''
    Throw a few handfulls of nuts and bolts in the tank along with enough diesel to make it a slurry mix, then bungy it real tight on the car wheel and take a slow trip around the neighborhood. If that is not an option put on some good Salsa music and use it as a two handed maraca

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    Looks like a pony model.

    I had one like that, yours looks a heck of a lot better than mine did though. Evil little thing. lol

    Be careful with it...like Idaho said, dig too deep, and look out, it digs a hole and then takes off like a shot.

    Your gut reaction is to pull back on the handles, don't...lift up or the tines propel it faster.

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    Looks like a briggs motor on that, usually carb problems or rust on the flywheel is why they won't start. If your getting to spark to the plug chances are its the carb. Just got to remove the jet that screws into the side of carb, spray liberal amounts of carb cleaner into the hole and blow it out with a blowgun. Ive bought many old bs motors back from the dead using this method!
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