CJBOTA
Gold Member
After owning a Troy Built Pony for ten years I decided I needed a newer bigger better tiller. Since I was satisfied with the Pony I thought the Horse was the answer. Yikes, was I mistaken, Troy Built sure has gone down hill. I paid $1875 and it has only been used one afternoon and the first $1500 can have it. Problems:
1) The handle only has two positions. ( to high and to low) A finer pitch would have allowed for a couple more settings.
2) You could find better hand grips on the cheapest kids bike at Walmart's. Thin foam grips that continually slide off.
3) The first handle I pulled on came off in my hand. ( depth gage )
4) The belt tension adjustment has two positions. ( to lose and to tight )
5) After several belt adjustments I went with to tight, since to lose didn't move the dang thing. Great I am starting to do some work, whoops, now the motor shuts down about every 7 minutes. Oil is ok and I have fresh gas, pull the rope and you are good for another 7 minutes.
6) Nothing goes in gear positivly. You just keep pulling and tugging until something happens. High, neutral, low speed good luck. Push, pull, rock, and eventually it find s home.
7) I had so much trouble getting it to break ground I actually checked to see if the Tines were assembled backwards. The best way is to get it to work is get a spade and dig the dirt a litlle to loosen things up and after you get it dug up the tiller works great.
Thank goodness I sold my old Pony to a friend. He let me borrow it so I could till my garden.
The fun part was trying to talk to someone at the Dealer, Troy Built, or MTD who was concerned. Is there a lemon law for Tillers? I told the one customer service Girl it was not defective, it was actually designed this way.
If you want to have a load of fun next Saturday, go buy one of these things for $1875 plus tax and go out in the 85 degree sun and expect to get something done. ( don't forget your spade ) I can't remember ever buying a piece of equipment so poorly designed.
cj
1) The handle only has two positions. ( to high and to low) A finer pitch would have allowed for a couple more settings.
2) You could find better hand grips on the cheapest kids bike at Walmart's. Thin foam grips that continually slide off.
3) The first handle I pulled on came off in my hand. ( depth gage )
4) The belt tension adjustment has two positions. ( to lose and to tight )
5) After several belt adjustments I went with to tight, since to lose didn't move the dang thing. Great I am starting to do some work, whoops, now the motor shuts down about every 7 minutes. Oil is ok and I have fresh gas, pull the rope and you are good for another 7 minutes.
6) Nothing goes in gear positivly. You just keep pulling and tugging until something happens. High, neutral, low speed good luck. Push, pull, rock, and eventually it find s home.
7) I had so much trouble getting it to break ground I actually checked to see if the Tines were assembled backwards. The best way is to get it to work is get a spade and dig the dirt a litlle to loosen things up and after you get it dug up the tiller works great.
Thank goodness I sold my old Pony to a friend. He let me borrow it so I could till my garden.
The fun part was trying to talk to someone at the Dealer, Troy Built, or MTD who was concerned. Is there a lemon law for Tillers? I told the one customer service Girl it was not defective, it was actually designed this way.
If you want to have a load of fun next Saturday, go buy one of these things for $1875 plus tax and go out in the 85 degree sun and expect to get something done. ( don't forget your spade ) I can't remember ever buying a piece of equipment so poorly designed.
cj