Rototiller Heaven

I might have mentioned this before but I have an old Montgomery Ward rototiller I bought for $75.00 a few years ago. A couple of months later I blew the motor and swapped it out for a used motor I bought to put on my dredge. That was $65.00 and was back in business. Took it to the shop last year and spent $80.00 to get it going after a long sit the next spring. This year I bought a new fuel tank and a couple of gaskets for around $50.00.

That totals to about $270.00.

Let's see though; a new comparible tiller rototiller runs around $700. If i tried to sell mine...I'd be lucky to get $100. Somehow the math doesn't really add up anyway you look at it.  The good news though is that it now run's as good as a new one. Doesn't miss a heartbeat and is working like a champ.

I got out this morning and ran it for an hour or so. My lawn area is closing in on getting ready to be planted. This has been a couple year project.

When I started the area was covered in 4" of gravel and was the driveway. I had a loader come in and scrape out the rocks and spread them down the alley. Then I had him comback and run the tines through it to loosen it up and get the BIG rocks loose. That year I was lucky to make one pass through the area getting the smaller rocks out.

Last year, I hauled in some sandy loam and mulch from the dumps and mixed it all in. The red clay around here is terrible. Since I've done that though the yard no longer floods into the house area though and there are no puddles even in a heavy rain. But rocks are rocks and I still have plenty but not like it was.

I still need to level the dirt and roll it out yet. But I also need to plan for sprinklers which i don't have a clue about. The area is kind of odd shaped. I's at least like to get the pipe and the uprights in the ground prior to planting. so I need to do a little headwork.

If I time it right, I can get the pipe in and seed it...then let Mother Nature get it to grow. We should get enough rain through the winter and early spring I don't have to baby it.

Anyway, none of this is possible without my rototiller for which I am pleased to have it working so well.