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Originally Posted by _DX3_
Is that a rear tiller? Think we need some close up shots of that.. Great looking tractor you have.
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The tiller is a 1978 42" wide sears roto spader with a 8HP briggs industrial designed to hitch up to the old sears suburban garden tractors. I found it on a scrap heap at a antique dealer and was in pretty bad condition, the motor, all the leavers and controls, belts and pullies were missing. The sheet metal was badly cracked and dent up beyond repair and the main structural support across the front was cracked in half. It was a complete basket case so naturaly I gave the man $15.00 and took it home. The gear/ chain case is good and works smooth and the tines still have alot of service left. Most of this unit was re-fabricated and scratch built to the cat 0 specs. This tiller has proven to be the most important piece in my implement collection, it is very powerful, rugged and does such an exellent job at tearing up an existing garden I felt it worthy of wearing IH red. The only way it could be better would be to convert it in to a hydraulic motor powered unit plugged into the rear hydraulic ports on the tractor.