Customer Reviews for Troy-Bilt Super Bronco 16 in. 208 cc OHV Engine Rear Tine Counter Rotating Gas Garden Tiller with Power Reverse

Worked great, started easy assembly easy. Tilled 6 rows 40 feet long by 6 feet, the rows had been rototilled last year but had lots of grass and vegetation. I have only used about 8 hours so far with no problems.

In less than 3 hours, a bolt on the tines (same one) has broken of 3 times, & the last time bent so bad it’ll have to be cut out. & this is in a garden we’ve hand dung up for years. We also bought the extended protection, & can not get a response when we try to get in touch. We’ve been sent 20+ verification codes, & when we enter them, they send up another. That’s as far as it gets. Don’t waste your monry

The machine is great, however, the metal part that holds the cable snapped the first time I used it so I needed to make a makeshift repair

I bought two of these models in August 2021. Both are now unusable unless I buy a new tine holder for each. Model has a fatal flaw & will break with repeat use. The issue: given the torque of tines rotating in opposite directions, stress is applied to a bolt keeping tine holder in place. Over time, bolt shears entirely through the metal of the tine holder. Heat is generated when operating, making the metal susceptible to shearing. Both units are now broken unless I buy replacement parts.

Great product easy to use and powerful starts very easy

This item is far from the original Troy-Bilt quality. My old 1993 TroyBilt Pony has lasted me since I bought it. That machine has gear problems but there is no replacement since TroyBilt was sold to MTD. The Bronco sounds good on paper. The problems I have are: (1) there is no speed control on the handle bars, (2) the machine will not move unless it is running. You can't back it out a short distance before starting it. (3) the depth of cut is impossible to operate. It appears frozen in one position-deep cut! Perhaps this may be due to how the crate was delivered. Thrown from the back of the delivery truck is not the way to create more business. (Pictures upon request) (4) The counter rotating tines are not an asset. The resulting tilled area is not smooth compared to my old 1993 Pony. On balance I'm sorry I ever bought this machine.

My son has the exact tiller, and I have used it several times. When it came time for me to purchase another tiller, this is exactly what I wanted. It is easy to start, handle on rough terrain, and I love the reverse option. Mine came in a crate, as I bought it out of season, very easy to assemble, and immediately started for the first time, once it was all ready to go. By far the best option in garden tillers

Great tiller easy to run.

This was the hardest motor to get started. I took it back to the store and they got it started. They said it was shipped with too much oil in it. I took it home and again 20 minutes to get it started. The pins that hold the tires on place so they engage and self propel continuously fell out while tilling. A better pin with a tighter spring would probably have fixed that problem. Overall, we took it back due to the difficulty starting it when the motor is cold. We don’t think the pull start engaged correctly.

CRT JUNK. Using this tiller is a battle. Tiller must be pushed or pulled to make any progress. When pulling this tiller to make it move forward your feet are in danger of injury. I would like nothing more than to return this junk. The Super Bronco I had before was a joy to till with. The person that redesigned the tiller to CRT must never had used one.

The Tiller was easy to get set up and running it does a great job.

If you want an exhausting workout buy a CRT tiller. There is no way to operate it with one hand. Tiller goes where it wants to go not where you want it to go. Previous super bronco I had was a joy to operate not a battle.

This little beast was perfect for my 25’x25 garden. It went through my very rocky dirt with ease.It has great control and smoothness. I’m one happy customer.

Works great. Doesn’t keep the deer ? out of the garden.

Machine is doing everything my expected it to do and is actually doing a bit more by chewing up roots that other front time tillers would just bounce off of This is a great machine for newly tilled land if you don't have a tractor or some other means of tilling up a small area

Easy to start, lots of power but weeds in abundance seem to hold up forward motion. Seems to really fluff up the soil and mix it. I would prefer that the tines would stop for reversing. Seems like a possible safety issue.

Worst tiller I have ever seen. Troybilt should be ashamed to sell a cheap product like this .Owned a Horse Model over 30 years thought I needed to up grade. My mistake.

The bronco was easy to get to assem

Received tiller earlier than expected. Able to use same day as delivered.

Has the power to get in deep. Very nice machine

Excellent machine. Package was completely destroyed upon receipt but tiller was undamaged. Works great, no problems.

Works well. Takes 10-12 pulls to start cold.

Handle bars bent the second pass through the soil. Had to order a replacement set

It’s painfully true ,not only they don’t make them like they used to, there making them so cheap for maximum profit and totally without any thought of durability. IT’S A REAL SHAME CORPORATE GREED CAN DESTROY A WELL KNOW NAME AS TROY-BILT .

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Well built, easy to use. Perfect for my new garden.

The tubing they use for the handles and front guard is too thin/weak. Mine was damaged in shipping, poor shipping container as well. The engine starts easily. I can see that I will need to reinforce the handles soon.

This machine leaves a trench or ditch on each side of the tiller .It makes a very rough path behind the tiller.I am very very disappointed with this tiller.I didn’t realize the tines turn the opposite of what the the wheels turn and you have to push very hard to get it to move .I am very unhappy with this machine.Ihave used this tiller 2 times.When they delivered it the tiller had fallen through the crate.