Identifying Troybilt Horse tiller

[dhermesc]

I know, I have a theme going here.

How do you correctly identify which version you have? I think I have it figured out. I have the "four speed" model with a Tecumseh HH60 engine (marked as an XL). It has two forward speeds but you can move the drive belt to the second set of drive pullies for additional speed. I believe this makes it a "Horse 2".

When I went to the MTD website for manuals it rejected my serial number (685043) and told me to guess what I had.

http://manuals.mtdproducts.com/mtd/Public.do?BrandCode=10001

This is actually a pretty good site because it includes the parts manuals too.

 

[supergrumpy]

try horse as model and just the number 1 as serial number

you should get long list of choices, try finding serial number series that fits yours

they are all pretty much the same unit with the minor variations

 

[El Toro]

I have the same tiller minus the HH60 engine. They also made one with electric start with the same engine. Hal

 

[El Toro]

Here's an old brochure on Troy Bilt tillers dated back in the 70's when I bought my first Troy Bilt the H-70 model & the 6 hp H-60 is shown too with electric start and without. The starter button was on the end of the right handle. I paid just under $700.00 for the 7hp. Hal

 

[dhermesc]

I put in my serial number and it said the number didn't fall into an identifiable range then gave me the "big" list of manuals for all Horse models. After I viewed a couple of manuals it appears the Horse "2" (as MTD identifies it) is what I have.

 

[Rod in Forfar]

It sounds like a Horse 2. I bought one last month with a Tecumseh engine. The manual you want is the old one. It runs 180 pages, including a 40-page section on how to grow a garden. A most impressive document, indeed. Garden Way definitely took the job of producing a tiller seriously in the late seventies-early eighties.

The manual's too big to send as an attachment, and the last time I tried to find my way in to download it, I had forgotten the directions I read on another board.