Athens Disk Tiller
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Topic: Athens Disk Tiller
Posted By: Matt MN
Subject: Athens Disk Tiller
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2010 at 9:49am
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I found this while on a hunting trip out in North Dakota, the guy wants me to make him an offer on it and kinda wondering what I should offer him? it is in pretty good shape. needs a little tinkering. How rare are these?
Matt  ------------- Unless your are the lead horse the scenery never changes!! |
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Posted By: Tracy Martin TN
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2010 at 9:55am
| That is a disc tiller. Still a great find at that. HTH Tracy Martin |
Posted By: RichinWis
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2010 at 10:04am
| I can't say that I have ever seen one of those, lots of disc plows but not one of those. |
Posted By: DonDittmar
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2010 at 10:42am
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Disc tiller all of the discs are on one shaft
Disc plow each disc has its own shaft
That looks like the "Texas Beater model, but I am not sure"
Dont see to many of the rotary hoe's here in the north either, wouldnt mind trying one ------------- Experience is a fancy name for past mistakes. "Great moments are born from great opportunity" 1968 D15D,1962 D19D Also 1965 Cub Loboy and 1958 JD 720 Diesel Pony Start |
Posted By: D17JIM
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2010 at 1:47pm
| Don: i believe that is a Lilliston rolling cultivator in the picture. Father in law had one several years ago. Jim |
Posted By: Roddo
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2010 at 1:53pm
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It is a Lilliston. My grandfather had that exact one for cultivating his produce crops. He died a few years ago and it likely went to the highest bidding scraphound at his sale.
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Posted By: Matt MN
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2010 at 2:05pm
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yes that is a Lilliston cultivator in the background. ------------- Unless your are the lead horse the scenery never changes!! |
Posted By: BrettPhillips
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2010 at 8:10pm
| The tiller looks to be in decent shape. Many of them are missing the scrapers, or they have been worn out. Areas to look out for include looking over the castings for cracks and broken pieces (particularly on and around the lift gearbox), and also the disc shaft bearings. In my opinion, the Athens castings of that time period were not of the best quality. The iron is of fairly poor quality and has low tensile strength (which they made up for by using plenty of it) and is easily broken by carelessness. The lift system is "unconventional" and if the springs inside aren't in good shape it can give trouble. Old dried grease will also cause problems, but ever since I cleaned mine out and installed new springs I have had no trouble. My tiller is a four disc model, but I believe it uses the same spindle bearings as the six disc, so I should warn you that if you have to replace the tapered roller bearings, they are a funny (BIG) old size that has become very expensive. I was quoted $300 plus for new bearings, so I turned out some sleeves and adapted some more modern but equally rated bearings for about half that money. With new felt seals and discs, it now works great. If you haven't used one in the field before, they can be a challenge to adjust properly in hard ground, but they can be adjusted to work very well. Rarity seems to be a local thing with tillers. They are not common in many areas, probably because of prevailing soil types. If you really wanted one and it wasn't too far from home, it might be worth a few hundred dollars just for novelty value. |
Posted By: DREAM
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2010 at 8:37pm
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Seems like my cousins used to have something similar to that on the farm. Maybe it was over at my great-uncles place. Anyway, looks pretty nice. I like the 2 bottom in the background. I have one of those in Pennsylvania, if I ever get around to picking it up. ------------- I didn't do it! It was a short, fat, tall, skinny guy that looked like me! |