Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Do you like your Rear Tine Tiller?

damn, that's the shizz right there

I have front tiller

I mostly use it to break up ground when I am digging, for what I use it for, I don't think a rear tiller would work

Only if it's a heavy SOB.

I use the ttotal fugg out of my tiller. How the hell yall make one last 35 years??

That somebitch be bucking like a bronco, squealing, handle brackets have be rewelded a couple times. Tines worn down, rounded off

Get about 6 years on average

Troy built at first was a big piece of crap. Over priced, sheared all the teeth off of that big bronze internal gear. 😳🤠🤯😱

Put them mfkers thru hell when I garden. And I’ve posted pics. I’m running it on a weekly rotation all summer

I bought an Ariens rear tine in 1984. IT was still running when I sold it in 2000 when I moved.

From 1980 to 1984 I had a front tines Merry Tiller.

Rear tines are best.

I am now in suburbia, tining with a shovel.

Shovels are worst.

Those old tiller commercials where it shows the 75 year old fart walking with one hand on his tiller, running it thru some fluffy soil that looks like brown wet sawdust.

Wanna punch that old man in the face

With blue old fart coverhalls on and 5 strap galoshes

Ha Ha fuqqing A right! I hate tillers. I just pay a guy to do it. Sit there drinking beer thinking how smart I am.

😀😀

Let old fart hit a head sized boulder or yet undiscovered tree root see if he holds on with one hand in his prize cabbage patch

Several years ago, I bought one of these for my new house. Definitely one-handed use. Absolutely tore up this north Texas hard black clay soil and broke it up into fine small pieces. I was everyone’s favorite neighbor for a couple of years. I can’t speak highly enough for this tool - especially the Kohler engine.

The entire shield fell off my pony flap n all from use

Mine does the same cshit, gonna fire that MFer up tomorrow, till it up.

Last year I searched all over for a forward/reverse tine rear tiller, ended up with a Yardmax. After using that I went and bought the Yardmax front tine version too, very lightweight and just using the two tines is perfect going between rows, you can remove the side covers so it doesn’t hit any of the plants as you till. Second year using them and they took care of the garden on Thursday.

Ashamed to say after 20 yrs my Briggs gave up the ghost.Harbor had a sale and $79 brought it back 🤷‍♂️

Same here one day I’ll get to it

Yep love mine. Although I don't think this is what you're referring to.
1980 Isekai tx1500f with 4' rotary tiller.

I can run my Troybilt like that.
I have nice, soft, not rocky ground.


Dad has a Troybilt Horse he bought in the early 80s.

Has wore out numerous sets of tines, including their wear resistant ones.
Now, he welds them up to original size and puts a hard layer on the face and side.
They live in a narrow hollow, the field was crick bottom at one time.
After a rainy period, you see more rocks than dirt. Despite the fact that we picked
truckloads of stones for years. Even with the manure spreaders of manure, rotten sawdust, and mulch added over the years, the garden is sunken from the stones removed.

No. You aren't one handing a tiller there very well.
That tiller used to drag my skinny teen aged ass all over that garden.

Troybilt should make a video on what happens when the tines hook a solid rock.
How the wheels come up in the air and the time speed is suddenly ground speed.
Now, I can pretty much out muscle it and keep it digging.
No one under 130# or fairly strong is going to.


Hillandholleragriculture#itaintforpussies

Back in the early 90’s I had a big Honda rear tine that was a Cadillac! I think it had a 12 hp electric start, two forward and one reverse gear box. The handles rotated to a full 90 degrees and you could till in reverse to get the corners along the fence. With the handles slightly offset you could walk beside it and two hand it if needed. Usually if was a one hand operation. Brother in law was using it when I went thru my divorce and I guess it’s still in their barn. Sure would like to find another one like it someday. I currently have a Troy Built super bronco that does OK until I can find an upgrade.

Rear time is the way to go

Does John Deere make one of these things?