I have a chance to get either a running Econo-Horse Tiller. It has a Tecumseh engine on it...don't know the hp rating.
Or
I talked to a guy on the phone with a pair of non-running Horse Tillers.
The Econo-Horse the guy said he'd sell me for 400. Runs decent, probably could use a tune up. Looking at the pictures, it doesn't look horrible...but it shows some use.
The Horse, one needs a new engine as it is locked up from sitting outside on its nose(Tecumseh). The other one needs a carb(Tecumseh as well). Ran fine last year I guess, he has the carb for it, just hasn't been able to get it put on. He has a Harbor Freight motor for the other one as well...but I doubt he'd give me that motor with it for the 300 bucks he said he'd sell me either tiller for.
The guy with the pair is short term owner of both tillers and has never actually run either of them. He bought with the intention to fix but got a nice running unit and has left these sit...but it sounded like he purchased both last fall or this spring.
Which route should I go? Working on either of the Horse's doesn't scare me. I'm leaning toward buying the horse in need of a motor and picking up a Briggs engine for it for a couple hundred bucks on ebay.
Any help would be most useful. I know little about these other than my grand dad had a Troy Bilt when I was a kid. It will just be used in our puny garden and for tilling up anything I need to around the house.
Or
I talked to a guy on the phone with a pair of non-running Horse Tillers.
The Econo-Horse the guy said he'd sell me for 400. Runs decent, probably could use a tune up. Looking at the pictures, it doesn't look horrible...but it shows some use.
The Horse, one needs a new engine as it is locked up from sitting outside on its nose(Tecumseh). The other one needs a carb(Tecumseh as well). Ran fine last year I guess, he has the carb for it, just hasn't been able to get it put on. He has a Harbor Freight motor for the other one as well...but I doubt he'd give me that motor with it for the 300 bucks he said he'd sell me either tiller for.
The guy with the pair is short term owner of both tillers and has never actually run either of them. He bought with the intention to fix but got a nice running unit and has left these sit...but it sounded like he purchased both last fall or this spring.
Which route should I go? Working on either of the Horse's doesn't scare me. I'm leaning toward buying the horse in need of a motor and picking up a Briggs engine for it for a couple hundred bucks on ebay.
Any help would be most useful. I know little about these other than my grand dad had a Troy Bilt when I was a kid. It will just be used in our puny garden and for tilling up anything I need to around the house.