Hiptfarms
Gold Member
- Joined
- May 23, 2013
- Messages
- 303
- Location
- Fairfield County, SC
- Tractor
- Kubota M6800 with BH FEL, Kubota L4400 HST with FEL, Polaris Ranger, BCS 720
Hello all. I am new to the forum and to my 1981 Horse II. A little backstory: I inherited my tiller from a now deceased neighbor so I cannot ask him if it is tilling true to form ror this area. It was in pretty rough shape when I received it. It hadn't been used for about 20 years. I decided to replace the engine with a greyhound clone I scavenged from my old Husqvarna 650 CRT (which suffered from a second dead transmission) instead of keeping the BS 8 hp because my neighbor wasn't exactly known for good maintenance practices. I also replaced the rotted tires with the ones from my dead Husqvarna. So far, so good. I replaced the belt and the reverse disc and now It runs fairly well. In all honesty I do need to clean the carb on the greyhound because it surges a bit. Anyway I think it is the carb and not the governor because I shortened the spring on the governor and it still surges some. I also need to do some more adjusting on the tiller itself because it won't stay in neutral. It has a bad habit of slipping into forward or reverse when it should stay in neutral. Any suggestions? So far I have to say I'm pretty proud of myself for getting the old girl running - a 40 something year old woman with no real small engine repair experience to speak of. Not too shabby if I say so myself!
My main reason for posting is to ask about the way these tillers perform. The rain finally stopped long enough for me to try to use the Horse today. I carted it to my remote garden in the front end loader of my Kubota M6800. I started it and tried to cultivate for maybe 15-20 minutes. Granted I have quite a few rocks but this thing bucks like a wild bronco. Is this the reason they call them Horses? The soil is pretty tilthy and not compacted. The tiller does need new tines but it really beat me up and Im no scrawny little woman! It jerks strongly when it hits a rock which is pretty frequently. I honestly can say I had better tilling with that old crappy Husqvarna than I did with the Horse today. I wonder if I just need to do more adjustments. Can the severely worn tines be causing this response or was I trying to till too deeply? I'm hoping it just needs some more TLC. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for any help you guys can give.
My main reason for posting is to ask about the way these tillers perform. The rain finally stopped long enough for me to try to use the Horse today. I carted it to my remote garden in the front end loader of my Kubota M6800. I started it and tried to cultivate for maybe 15-20 minutes. Granted I have quite a few rocks but this thing bucks like a wild bronco. Is this the reason they call them Horses? The soil is pretty tilthy and not compacted. The tiller does need new tines but it really beat me up and Im no scrawny little woman! It jerks strongly when it hits a rock which is pretty frequently. I honestly can say I had better tilling with that old crappy Husqvarna than I did with the Horse today. I wonder if I just need to do more adjustments. Can the severely worn tines be causing this response or was I trying to till too deeply? I'm hoping it just needs some more TLC. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for any help you guys can give.