Troy-Bilt 5.5hp Pro-Line

Pros: Breaks the soil up quickly
Cons: Harder to store because of size

I have to say that I love this tiller! I have used so many front tine tillers that are hard to maneuver and see exactly how far you have gone, so this rear tine is the best.

I work for a pressed flower company and we cultivate all our own...

Pros: Breaks sod great, Runs smooth, Rugged transmission.
Cons: Handle & shroud bend easy, no shear bolts, hard to unjam rocks, No Neutral gear.

Over all a nice machine for light duty use. After using for 2 years. Starts great (1st pull most of the time). CRT (counter rotating tines)till sod great but have to push some in pre-tilled soil. The handle and tine shroud need to be a heavier gauge steel, they tend to bend fairly easy. The handle bends downward if you push on it much at all. The tine shroud bends a lot if you get a rock jammed because the bolts don't shear off and the tines bend out of place.
It would be very nice to have a neutral gear instead of pulling the pins out of the wheels. It is approx. 150 ft. from the garage to the garden and it take a long time to get there if using the forward drive if you don't want to spend the time to tilt the mach. to pull the pins out of the wheels and get grease all over your hands so you can push it faster.