A little off topic but
they are made in NY state .
someone told me they had a design or quality problem a year or so ago that broke the company and someone else now owns it.
Any idea what the quality problem was?
Discussion Forum
Discussion Forum
Up Next
Video Shorts
Featured Story
Listeners write in about ventilation and radon control and ask questions about tightening basement garages, ventilation solutions, and safer paint stripper.
Highlights
"I have learned so much thanks to the searchable articles on the FHB website. I can confidently say that I expect to be a life-long subscriber." - M.K.
Fine Homebuilding Magazine
Fine Home Building
Follow
-
Fine Homebuilding
Dig into cutting-edge approaches and decades of proven solutions with total access to our experts and tradespeople.
Start Free Trial Now -
GBA Prime
Get instant access to the latest developments in green building, research, and reports from the field.
Start Free Trial Now
- Home Group
- Antique Trader
- Arts & Crafts Homes
- Bank Note Reporter
- Cabin Life
- Cuisine at Home
- Fine Gardening
- Fine Woodworking
- Green Building Advisor
- Garden Gate
- Horticulture
- Keep Craft Alive
- Log Home Living
- Military Trader/Vehicles
- Numismatic News
- Numismaster
- Old Cars Weekly
- Old House Journal
- Period Homes
- Popular Woodworking
- Script
- ShopNotes
- Sports Collectors Digest
- Threads
- Timber Home Living
- Traditional Building
- Woodsmith
- World Coin News
- Writer's Digest
Replies
I have no idea about the specifics of your question but I will say this: About 15 years ago I bought an 8 HP Troy-Bilt tiller, Kohler engine, solid machine...still starts on second pull, etc.
Since then, I have bought a chipper/shredder and one of the push-type on-wheels string trimmers...both junk IMO.
I've noticed that Troy-bilt, like Sears and a bunch of others, has kept their prices up, but cheapened their equipment with Briggs-Stratton engines, lots of plastic wheels, stamped out pulleys, etc.
They disappoint me, because they used to make good stuff.
DR is their competition now and with one of the larger brush and field mowers in my stable, (a great machine BTW), I've found DR's customer service to be top-notch.
I'm through with Troy-bilt.
I don't know the reason, but they did go bankrupt and MTD bought out the remains.
BTW MTD makes
Cub Cadet
Troy-Bilt
Yard-Man
Ryobi
Yard Machines
White Outdoors
Cub Cadet Commerical
http://www.mtdproducts.com/
The Horse model tillers are still great machines now made by MTD. MTD didn't buy the shredder/vac or chipper lines .......... this link might help those folks. http://www.geocities.com/pastbolens/ Garden Way tried to expand to become a full line company buy buying WW Grinder, Bolens, among others. The bankruptcy in 2001 was a sad end to what was once a fine company.