Using a 1970s Troy-Bilt Horse Tiller and Hoss Double Wheel Hoe Plow | Garden Tilling
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- Опубліковано 19 бер 2023
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Using the old Troy-Bilt (@troybiltllc) tiller to break up the garden and get everything ready for the 2023 garden season! Also using the Hoss Tools (@gardeningwithhoss) Double Wheel Hoe with the plow attachment to create some furrows for the Irritec drip tape.
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It feels good to get the garden started for the year!
You'll never go wrong with a troy built horse!!
You got that right!
I have a 1970's Troy-Bilt Horse that was my Father-in-Law's. New bolo times last year. New B&S 6.5 Hp engine eight years ago. It works and works. I have a 56" Simco tiller on my compact tractor for the first pass in the spring (tilling in the leaves & compost we spread in the fall/early spring) but the Horse is a great "fine work" tiller to finish for planting and weed control when set shallow.
Nice! Thanks for sharing!
They work great, mines in the 80s, they make throw aways today like cars. Great reviews
Yes they do! Can’t beat them!
I have to change a carb on mine since I found the same American made one, mines the troy 8hp briggs that troy did for uhaul in orange but it was painted red by the guy I bought it from. You can see the orange under the red that says uhaul. I bought the furrow attachment and changed tines and it's totally different, it walks by itself. See you in more films
That’s awesome! In that case I probably would replace the carb also and keep that engine. I need to replace tines and tires on mine.
The garden looks great
Thanks! These old tillers make it easy!
Great job!! The old Troybilts were build rock solid!
Thanks! Hard to beat these old tillers!
Man, that's working great with the new engine! Troybilt tillers were made rock solid when they were made in New York. The last time I saw one, I believe it was Home Depot, it looks cheap and is most likely made in you know where..
I thought the same thing. I looked at them thinking about purchasing one, but like you said they just aren’t made to the same standards!
Nice sized garden, hope it grows well for you!
Thanks it’s a decent size for sure. It usually does pretty good. It made a big difference when I started using drip tape for irrigation.
Hey Beau, salutations from NC, the Horse tiller has a feature that you can literally move the handle to the side and it helps you avoid walking in the seed bed. you can move it left and right, if you keep it to one side it would mean that you would have to walk around the seed bed to start a new row to avoid walking in the seed bed, so when you finish one row, you flip the handle to the opposite side, it keeps you from walking in the seed bed. Also they made so many models of these guys, mine is 4 speed with reverse, if yours is a four speed, it will have an extra pully, so if you place it in neutral and move the belt, it helps in a large garden. The thing I wish mine had, was the disconnect for the tiller drum, but it does have the original cast iron Kohler 7 hp motor, and was given to me free.
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Yea I usually just stand to the side of if I don’t want footprints. But I’d have to loosen and tighten the bolt every time I wanted to rotate the handles. In this video I was worried about footprints as I was coming back after tilling and making furrows for drip irrigation. Mine does have the engage/disengage lever for the tines.
From someone who did 2 different gardens with a 7 HP Troy-Built, you are not utilizing the machine to its best. I tilled my garden back and forth completely, then cross-tilled completely, then laid out my rows and used the hiller-furrower, which you have, to make raised beds so they were twice as wide as the regular beds. When making my raised beds, I would walk beside the machine to keep from walking on the freshly tilled seed bed. I would cover my beds and walks between them with about 4 or 5 layers of old newspapers and straw for mulch, which would be tilled in at the end of the season. I used the companion planting method for my plants and kept my chart for the garden from year to year to keep rotating the plants. Mulching with newspapers and straw and cut grass really helps besides not compacting the soil by walking on it. The T-handle on the top of the transmission holds the handles in place and only should be hand-tight so the handles may easily be moved to the side by turning the T-handle. You said you have the time disengage for travel, fortunate you; that came out the year after we bought our machine.
I do have the furrow plow and wing set I used to use to hill potatoes. I don’t use them much anymore. Sometimes I do walk to the side, I have a new video where I did it that way. It just depends on what I’m doing. Mine doesn’t have the T handle but I could fab something up. I mostly use the tiller to prep the overall garden but I use drip and a wheel hoe to do most of the light cultivation.
Just picked up a Troybilt Horse (1986?) Needed a little TLC, but couldn't wait to try it out. Opened up a little garden bed with it. It rocks! Really looking forward to next Spring when we can do some serious work with it.
Nice! These things just last forever. I put a new engine on mine and kept on tillin’.
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So easy when no rocks
I live in a moraine
I am definitely fortunate to not have rocks to deal with. If I had rocks I would probably do raised beds.
I have spent days pulling onions the size of basket balls out of my ground and they just keep coming.
That horse will pick me up and shake me like a rag doll when I pick up a good one with the tines
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Big garden the ole hourse did a good job grocery prices it will be a good year far a garden
I have some canned tomato sauce left over from last year so I didn’t plant as many tomatoes. But I’m doubling up on green beans and okra!
Same set up I’ve got brother! Mid 70s horse with Predator Mac Performance!
Nice! Working like a champ for me!
Hey man, I just found one of these tillers in a pasture but it's missing the engine. Could ypu possibly post a video on how your motor is mounted and the operation for me so maybe I can bring this one back to life?
It’s not the best video quality but here’s a video I took when put the engine on this mine. If it does help you out let me know and I’ll get a close up video for you. It’s standard shaft size. Hopefully you have the pulley that goes on the engine but if not I think you still find parts with a little searching.
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What typeof soil do youhave? I have ro k hard clay when it isdry, and muddy mush when it is wet.
My soil is pretty sandy. There’s some clay if I dig deep enough.
Mine has the 8hp briggs with updraft carb, it was a u haul in orange color with the 2 speed using one belt but I'm going to try a 2nd belt since there's a second slot. What's the engine replacement please
This engine is the Harbor Freight Predator - 6.6hp I believe. It’s the 224cc.
The 8hp should have more power if it's in decent condition. Why replace it?
I just got myself an old 8hp Troy Bilt. Tried using it on the grass just now and it tried to take off on me and run away. Still trying to figure out how this thing should work. The video made it look super easy!
@@thedillestpicklethe 8hp on mine was shot. I probably could’ve rebuilt it but decided to replace it instead. The 6.6hp is still plenty powerful enough. If you tilling a brand new area you are have to cut through grass roots and compacted soil. You might have make several passes. The first will be the toughest. Each pass will get easier. What you are seeing in the video is a garden spot that has been till for several years and that makes a huge difference.
What area in Oklahoma are you from? I’m an okie as well. 👍
SE area. In between Hugo and Broken Bow.
@@arrowjmfarms beautiful area man. I’m up a little farther north. Coweta, wich is about 30 miles southeastish of Tulsa.
I’m not too far from ya Nathan, I’m in mannford about 20 miles west of Tulsa. I just bought one of these old horse tillers just like this one today at a local auction for 140 bucks. Score! Now I gotta find a wheel hoe 👍🏼
@@nathanhurst5155 That's cool! We go up that way every once in awhile.
@@87fiveoh Very nice score! I'd buy them all day long for that price! And the wheel hoe has been an awesome addition to the garden!
Footprints in a troy bilt garden??? Stand to the side, let the tiller do the work and make the planting furrows
This was the first till of the year for this section of garden. No furrow attachment on at this point.
That's not a 70s model. That is around a 1983 to 1985 Pto Horse model
Thanks for the clarification
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