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Posted: 4/24/2016 7:45:04 AM EDT
Looks like people are asking 90% of cost of a new one
I'm thinking about just buying a new one 
Hell.....I just offered a $400 never been used self propelled Lawnboy mower with electric start on trade for a 1980' tiller and got turned down! Guy wants $450 firm! |
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Posted: 4/24/2016 7:46:09 AM EDT
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Just looked at them yesterday $900
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Posted: 4/24/2016 7:47:14 AM EDT
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They are only used for only an hour or two a year.
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Posted: 4/24/2016 7:50:03 AM EDT
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I need one and haven't started looking around for one yet. Now you have me
   about pricing.
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Posted: 4/24/2016 7:52:41 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/24/2016 7:56:58 AM EDT
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Probably speaks volumes of the quality of the newer ones. I have an old Sears rear tine tiller my father in law gave me. Gets less than an hour of running time a year. It will outlast me.
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Posted: 4/24/2016 8:03:57 AM EDT
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Because people think "it's hardly used" and new they are expensive because the market is small compared to mowers, and they paid alot for it.
Wait until the govt starts to ban home agrarian activities under the guise of environmentalism since controlling the food supply through large corporate farms is a way to drive more population to large cities furthering their goal of total control. It will be peak rototillers! OMG, has the panic on rototillers already begun? |
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Posted: 4/24/2016 8:07:14 AM EDT
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I paid $50 for a Troybuilt Pony 5 years ago that we use between rows. It needed about a 1/2 hr of work, but has been working since. I expected the motor would have failed since it burns almost as much oil as gas. I have another 5 HP Briggs waiting to swap, but will run the current until it dies.
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Posted: 4/24/2016 8:08:30 AM EDT
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I have always thought people who grow gardens are kind of funny...
For the $1000 a tiller costs, I can buy a shitload of veggies, and don't have to do any work. |
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Posted: 4/24/2016 8:09:44 AM EDT
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Rototillers, snowblowers and outboard motors get retard prices here.
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Posted: 4/24/2016 8:14:43 AM EDT
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Product Liability is the killer on the new purchase
I dont know about you but in NH they are giving them away compared to your states. http://nh.craigslist.org/search/sss?query=tiller |
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Posted: 4/24/2016 8:25:05 AM EDT
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I have a very old Arians Rocket tiller, you will never find a newer one that will outlast that old beast. You can honestly operate with just a few fingers of one hand because of how perfectly balanced it is.
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Posted: 4/24/2016 8:27:02 AM EDT
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Product Liability is the killer on the new purchase I dont know about you but in NH they are giving them away compared to your states. http://nh.craigslist.org/search/sss?query=tiller Lol...$900 for an '85 Johnson 9.9 
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Posted: 4/24/2016 8:30:27 AM EDT
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I have always thought people who grow gardens are kind of funny... For the $1000 a tiller costs, I can buy a shitload of veggies, and don't have to do any work. Spoken like a true city dweller that will scream for "Government help" when there is any disruption to the normal flow of civilization. or when processed food gives them cancer. Meanwhile, I'll just be sitting in my home, eatin on my home canned food, grown in my home garden, using my generator if need be if the power's out. But meh, we all have choices to make. |
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Posted: 4/24/2016 8:36:54 AM EDT
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Just try finding a good ro hoe.
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Posted: 4/24/2016 8:40:36 AM EDT
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Because all those damn soccer moms buy them and never take them in the dirt as intended. Oh wait,wrong thread. 
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Posted: 4/24/2016 8:46:14 AM EDT
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That mower you offered in trade isn't worth $100 around here new or not.
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Posted: 4/24/2016 8:47:06 AM EDT
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Do the work that a tiller does by hand a time or 2 and they don't seem nearly that expensive.
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Posted: 4/24/2016 9:04:15 AM EDT
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Yards sales are where you buy tillers. Mine is a 2013 and didn't have a single scratch, I'm not sure it was ever used as my neighbor doesn't have a garden
 ....$50.
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Posted: 4/24/2016 9:06:59 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I have always thought people who grow gardens are kind of funny... For the $1000 a tiller costs, I can buy a shitload of veggies, and don't have to do any work. |
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Posted: 4/24/2016 9:13:48 AM EDT
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My father-in-law gave me a "worn out" front tine tiller about 20 years ago.
He had used it for a few years and his son had supposedly used it before that. I replaced the points and condenser with one of those little solid state ignition things and I use it twice every year. It cranks and runs just fine---even on ethanol. Oh, the steel gas tank rusted and I had to clean that up a year or two ago. |
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Posted: 4/24/2016 9:15:36 AM EDT
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I have always thought people who grow gardens are kind of funny... For the $1000 a tiller costs, I can buy a shitload of veggies, and don't have to do any work. Go till gardens for hire! A small hand-tilled plot can bring $50. I have a 5' PTO driven tiller for my Kubota BX25 and I get $100 for tilling garden plots. Takes me about half hour and costs a couple bucks in fuel. 
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Posted: 4/24/2016 9:23:09 AM EDT
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go rent one
a couple years ago I blew the motor on my FIL's 40-50? year old Monkey Wards tiller (yes, I checked the oil before use)
when I looked around for a used one of similar size we just decided to rent. Local place charges about $10 for a half day rental. |
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Posted: 4/24/2016 9:26:31 AM EDT
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go rent one a couple years ago I blew the motor on my FIL's 40-50? year old Monkey Wards tiller (yes, I checked the oil before use)
when I looked around for a used one of similar size we just decided to rent. Local place charges about $10 for a half day rental. Go buy a cheap 5 hp horizontal shaft at harbor freight when it goes on sale and get that old tiller going again. Those things have indestructible drivelines. |
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Posted: 4/24/2016 9:29:02 AM EDT
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My local mom/pop hardware store rents them for $40/4 hours. $60/8 hours. I just rent.
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Posted: 4/24/2016 9:33:07 AM EDT
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I have about 2.5K in my 2nd one. A Grillo 85D diesel
looks like this one. 
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Posted: 4/24/2016 9:34:24 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryI will till your plot for $100 per hour, travel time included. And yes, I get work. |
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Posted: 4/24/2016 9:49:56 AM EDT
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Rent.
Also, depends on what you are doing and how big of an area it is. I have used a Mantis for years in the garden. It wouldn't be good to break ground but once you have the sod busted, one never really needs the big boys again. ymmv |
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Posted: 4/24/2016 9:59:13 AM EDT
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Quote Historythat may be a bit high, but I would not let my horse go for less than 800. They typically dont get that many hours, and are pretty much good forever. Speed |
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Posted: 4/24/2016 10:04:40 AM EDT
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Tillers have to put up with some serious abuse even if only used for a couple hours a year. Hard for manufacturers to cheap out on parts like you see with most current yard equipment. That said, a good tiller will last you a life time. I run a 1976 Gilson.
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Posted: 4/24/2016 10:05:15 AM EDT
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My dad just bought a tractor with a tiller on the back for $175, he always finds the best deals.
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Posted: 4/24/2016 10:08:08 AM EDT
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Rototillers, snowblowers and outboard motors get retard prices here. There are rare deals out there. But some items just seem to hold their value. To add to the quoted list log splitters and dump trailers. |
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Posted: 4/24/2016 10:09:04 AM EDT
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I have a good Troybuilt 8hp tiller I'll sell for $400. [email protected]. Even has electric start!
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Posted: 4/24/2016 10:09:21 AM EDT
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Not the best time of the year to be shopping for rototillers. |
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Posted: 4/24/2016 10:15:06 AM EDT
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Quoted:
Looks like people are asking 90% of cost of a new one I'm thinking about just buying a new one
Hell.....I just offered a $400 never been used self propelled Lawnboy mower with electric start on trade for a 1980' tiller and got turned down! Guy wants $450 firm! because people think just because they used something once or twice, it's still new. see it with firearms all the time. In general, I won't buy anything used unless it's about 1/3 the price of the new item. Exceptions to this are of course rare and hard to find items |
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Posted: 4/24/2016 10:19:47 AM EDT
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I have always thought people who grow gardens are kind of funny... For the $1000 a tiller costs, I can buy a shitload of veggies, and don't have to do any work. This is one of those buy once, cry once things. I can tell you this, those home grown veggies taste a hell of a lot better than your store bought crap. You should do a taste test, one of those orange tennis balls you get at the store versus a home grown tomato. |
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