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Troy-Bilt Bronco 208cc 4-Cycle Gas Powered Rear Bolo Tine Tiller | 
 enlarge | Brand: Troy-Bilt
Category: Lawn & Patio
List Price: $649.00
Buy New: $594.59
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 11116
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 43.1 x 26.8 x 19.5
MPN: 21A-643B066
Model: Bronco
UPC: 043033544684
EAN: 0043033544684
ASIN: B000XP8CZC
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Counter-rotating tines for easy use and greater control | | • | 14" tilling width/10" tine diameter | | • | Adjustable tilling depth up to 6" | | • | 2-Year limited warranty | | • | Non-CARB Compliant/Not For Sale In California |
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Product Description
This Troy-Bilt Bronco tiller features a powerful 208cc OHV engine. U.S.A. Engine: OHV, Displacement (cc): 208, Tine Type: Bolo styled counter rotating
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| Customer Reviews:
 WOW!!!!!!! March 19, 2009
Jenny G. (Morgantown, WV)
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
I am so happy with this purchase. It's my first tiller so I really wasn't sure what to expect. I watch my strong brother-in-law struggle with his front tine tiller every year and thought I would face the same. Even though I've read that rear tine tillers are easier to handle, I thought I would still have a hard time because I'm a 44 year old woman with pitiful upper body strength:)....Well I was wrong....It came assembled. I added gas and it started on the first pull. It plowed through that clay, rocky dirt like it was dry sand. It also cut up the dry weeds and brush (that I neglected to clear last year)and mixed it in the soil as it spit apple size rock out the side.
Good Tiller but has limited abilities July 13, 2009
Frederick J. Ashby
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
This is a great tiller for my use which is tilling between garden rows and around trees to eliminate weeds. I have tilled quite a bit of ground getting ready for tree planting.
The 1st thing I noticed is that you can't till at full depth on the first pass with this tiller. The tires don't have enough grip. 2-3" is tops. On the second pass you can get down to full depth. The engine has plenty of power and will work as well at idle speed as full speed - just a little slower. The tilling speed could be faster and combined with the 14" width, tilling a 20x20' piece of ground takes about 15 min.
It seems to be well built and I expect it to last for many years. One thing that could be stronger is the handle. It is very easy to manouver for a tiller, but the handle tends to flex when turning and has even bent a little in one direction or the other.
If you have a big garden and need to do a lot of tilling, I would recommend getting a bigger tiller with larger tines. I think Yard Machines makes one for about the same price that is bigger.
If you have a small garden or just need to till between rows, this is perfect and the engine, tines and transmission look like they will last quite a while.
 Okay for a tiny garden April 18, 2009
MeJam (TN)
19 out of 20 found this review helpful
My husband and I searched everywhere for a small rear tine tiller that I could handle better than the "huge" one we had. After researching and listening to salesmen, we chose this one. (He was very skeptical because he thinks bigger is better.) Anyway, after the garden dried out from the rains, he tried out the new Bronco. He complained to me that he had to push it through the garden. I just thought he was saying that because he wanted a larger one. (Keep in mind, our garden has been worked about 10 years and is now a mixture of lots of clay, and little topsoil, so it is still "thick" and hard.) I finally got to try the tiller out, and on the first pass, through the edge of the garden that had not been tilled as much, it went great. Once I got into the garden that had been worked over the previous years, I had to push the tiller. I also had to lift it up to keep it from getting stuck in the dirt. It would till down, but the tires are not big enough to pull it. Guess where it is now? Back at Lowe's. They were great holding to their guarantee that if it wasn't what we expected, we could return in within a certain time period. Now, we are on for a tiller with larger tires.
Faults for a female user: hard to transport unless you park it right next to where you use it, also have to move the tires to make them either pull when cranked only or move them again so you can push the tiller when it is not cranked, have to push it through a well "seasoned" garden and it is hard to do that, also have to hold up the handle to keep the tines from getting stuck
Pluses: cranks easy, fairly light-weight (but cannot use it one handed like on the commercials)
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