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a 6.5 horse power rear tine honda rototiller. 18 inch tilling width. Brand New for $549 canadian.

3/29/2005 10:03:35 PM

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Check the engine. Honda manufacturers a low end consumer engine that is reliable starting but not long lived. This unit has a diagonally mated engine crank case & the overhead valves are belt driven. The black plastic starter & blower cover usually have blue trim & logo.

The commercial engines are also overhead valved but the valve train is driven by more costly gears. This model's blower cover & starter are metal & usually "Honda Red". This engines model number will always start with "GX".

If it's a GX Commercial engine then this thing is a steal. The GX engines trade for this much money (US$) all by themselves.

3/29/2005 10:26:38 PM

Walkerton Ont

nice price, I'll say its a good price, i know people that have the troy build roto tiller 5.5 horse that cost 1000 its nice. I picked one up this year at the auction sale for 160 bucks, its a 5 horse; really clean

3/30/2005 5:11:20 AM

Thornhill, Ontario, Canada

Jay, is this at a store, or a person to person deal? If it's at a store, where can I get one for that price?!

3/30/2005 10:16:55 AM

Pocatello ([email protected])

Very good advice to check the engine. I bought a "so-called"
Troy-Bilt (but it was the newer, low-cost stuff) and the
engine was toast within five years. The transfer case began
leaking from day one. All in all, it was a very frustrating
experience.

I always thought Honda made good stuff, but then we bought
a Honda mini-tiller... of course this doesn't till the
whole garden but it can be used between the rows of beans
during the season. But I'll be darned, this thing is a
basket case as well! I guess it's OK if you can hang on to
the thing, but after struggling with it for a while, all you
really want is to do is find a stirrup hoe.

Those days are behind me, however, as I now use a 1951 Ford
8N tractor. Now that is a durable workhorse!

3/30/2005 10:57:18 AM

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3/30/2005 5:10:33 PM

Cameron,ontario Team Lunatic

Jay, I was just checking out Honda tillers today at a Honda dealer and they run in the $1500-2500 range. If it's really a Honda, then that's an incredible price.

Phil

3/30/2005 7:10:19 PM

Ontario, Canada.

Jay, now from what truck did this fall off. This must be from the five finger discount store. Great price....

3/30/2005 7:19:47 PM

Thornhill, Ontario, Canada

Hey, Jay, where in Ontario are you? Maybe I don't need a tiller if I can just have you come over to my house in a couple of weeks :-)

3/30/2005 8:44:55 PM

Puyallup, WA

When it's too good to be true....it usually isn't true! That would be about $480 American. "Used"....perhaps believable, but not "brand new"! It would be over $1500 here at an American Honda dealer.

3/30/2005 11:52:34 PM

Pocatello ([email protected])

Our local Home Depot has a Honda that fits a similar
description, and the price is in the $549 range, but
in US dollars. My guess is that this has the lower
model of engine that Tremor mentioned.

Tilling is hard on an engine. You need a good one...

3/31/2005 11:43:10 AM

Ontario

i bought the tiller and had it out for its first run today.
works awsome. Allot better than the front tin ones. it mixes everthing up allot better too. There was one at the local TSC store for $950 (simcoe, ont.) This one was in London Ont. from a store that was closing up. I like it so far. Glad I bought the london paper that day and saw it.

4/1/2005 5:13:01 PM

Eveleth MN

so far so go with my "cheap" rear tine 6.5hp craftsman also. Cheap rear tine is better than ANY front tine IMO

4/2/2005 2:45:52 PM