Tiller howard rototiller restoration

[jeffro216]

hello, im a newb, just finished my second resto job, a massey ferguson 135d and im excited to move on to my next project, a 3 point howard tiller, im basicly going to be givin it fresh paint, i have a few questions and ill appreciate any help

Where can i find howard orange paint?

Is husquavarna orange the same as howard orange?

can i get decals for the tiller?

Thanks for reading this and ill greatly appreciate any help

jeff

 

[ctlguy]

I had a Howard Roto-Vator once. Good heavy unit, I thought they where made or owned by a company in England. But I think you can get stuff for them from Beaver Valley Supply Co.

 

[jeffro216]

I had a Howard Roto-Vator once. Good heavy unit, I thought they where made or owned by a company in England. But I think you can get stuff for them from Beaver Valley Supply Co.

They are some well built tillers, the thing is solid steal and well built. thanks for the resource im gonna search them now, thanks for the name correction its a Howard Roto-Vator, the decals are so far gone i couldnt read them, thanks again for the help

 

[srossman]

They are some well built tillers, the thing is solid steal and well built. thanks for the resource im gonna search them now, thanks for the name correction its a Howard Roto-Vator, the decals are so far gone i couldnt read them, thanks again for the help

Post some pics of the restore. I've got one that I picked up at auction few years ago that was sitting in a fence row. It looks rough, but still runs fine. I would like to clean it up and make it look nice again some day as well.

 

[jeffro216]

Post some pics of the restore. I've got one that I picked up at auction few years ago that was sitting in a fence row. It looks rough, but still runs fine. I would like to clean it up and make it look nice again some day as well.

I most definetly will post before and after pics on this thread stay tuned..........

 

[Johndeere3720]

Welcome to TBN! I have also restored a tiller and recently a post hole auger. My tiller was in a barn fire and I had to take it apart and replace a few seals and some slip clutch parts in the PTO shaft. In the end I got a practically brand new tiller. I really enjoyed restoring the tiller and hope you enjoy restoring yours. Finding decals can be quite challenging which is why my tiller doesnt have any. Good luck with your project and be sure to post pictures!:thumbsup:

 

[jeffro216]

Welcome to TBN! I have also restored a tiller and recently a post hole auger. My tiller was in a barn fire and I had to take it apart and replace a few seals and some slip clutch parts in the PTO shaft. In the end I got a practically brand new tiller. I really enjoyed restoring the tiller and hope you enjoy restoring yours. Finding decals can be quite challenging which is why my tiller doesnt have any. Good luck with your project and be sure to post pictures!:thumbsup:

Thank you for welcoming me to this site! your tiller looks sharp nice work, i had some time today to do some research and i found that allis chalmers orange is the color to use, and a guy by the name of steve mundy has over 40 years of knowledge of the howard roto-vators, super nice guy, he also may be able to get some decal sets if not just some standerd howard decals wich will be just fine with me, he said they are resonably priced, pm me for his # if your interested. im gonna start working on this thing tommorow and i will post pics. i hope my resto turns out as sharp as yours and thanks for sharing.

 

[jbkkic]

hey I am brand new and need help have a Howard tiller model 1000-82 serial #128882598-10 it needs a huge bearing on the main tine shaft Google turned up nothing on these numbers where do I start?