Troybuilt

Ledgemere Farm · Apr 12, 2004

I dunno but maybe people are a little hard on the critsicism of MTD. They have a complete range of stuff from the cheap, but utilitarian, to the full blown "Cadillac" of lawn mowers. All depends upon what you want to spend and how you plan to use it.

KENSFM · Apr 12, 2004

Dave, I recently repaired a Troy-Bilt horse tiller that was about 30 years old. I had no problems getting the parts that I needed direct from MTD, but they were quite expensive. Luckily my customer did not mind he just wanted his machine fixed. They have a toll free number direct to their parts dept. 1-800-269-6215.
Ken /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

RiverV · Apr 13, 2004

Thanks for the info. Ken. Nice to know that MTD is supporting the older models.

Hopefully I won't be needing any major parts soon. Just before Troy Bilt went bankrupt I had to replace the drive shaft and rear gears in my tiller. Bearing in the back went out and everything in the rear end got chewed up by the shaft. Rebuilt almost the whole transmission while I had it apart. Parts were expensive then also.

Dave...

Libertine · Apr 14, 2004

Junkman:

<font color="blue">MTD is doing a good job of suppling parts for the older Troy Built units </font>

Really? Must be different in your part of the world, but around here MTD doesn't "support" many Troy built products. Couldn't even get replacement blades for a 10hp Tomahawk 4" chipper-had to have them produced by a machine shop. The thing isn't that old (late 90's). I sold it cheap. There's certainly no "pride of manufacture" from them. Get bigger, sell more, make more money, etc. There are still some companies that have pride of manufacture (Danuser in Fulton Missouri is one-been run by the same family for going on 100 years). - MTD isn't one of them.

JEH

fishman · Apr 14, 2004

Libertine,

I think someone else posted that MTD didn't purchase the Tomahawk brand when in bought Troybilt. I could be wrong but that would explain your difficulty.

Tvern13 · Apr 17, 2004

I think IHCrules hit it right on the head. MTD makes a range of products from economy to top end. Take a look at their website at www.mtdproducts.com. I just recently had the mower deck in a Yardman lawn tractor go down. The mower is right at 3 years old. Engine still runs fine. I don't hold the failure against MTD. I was mowing 2 acres with a lot of stumps roots and uneven ground. I'm going to buy a small gray market Yanmar this year to handle the chores but the green stuff won't wait. Looked around and found a new MTD garden tractor 800 series with 25HP B&S engine, 46" deck, cruise control. Cost me $1998.00 (saw today now on sale for $1798.00 /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif)and was able to move the grass collector from the Yardman over to it with no problem. For the money I am amazed at the quality of this unit and will probably be mowing with this one a while longer than the Yardman.