I may have got took

[Rebel]

I never claimed to be a lawn tractor/garden tractor expert and may have just got taken I don't know, perhaps one of you with some more experience in this can help me out.

I recently saw on craigslist a ad for an old Simplicity garden tractor/mower with a tiller attachment. The ad stated that it would run if the battery was charged. The price was right so I went for a look, I've been wanting a tiller that I could tow behind my mower, this should fill the bill I hoped.

I took the battery out of my mower and went for a look. it wouldn't start, I figured no biggie, I can make it run. I got it for a better price.

I got it home, put a new plug in it and then cleaned the carb and cleaned the fuel tank, it started right up, good.

Now I'm trying to figure out how the heck the tiller hooks up, I'm wondering if it needs a sleeve hitch and if it is even for this model of mower. Under the hood it has a list of belts it uses for the mowing deck, the drive belt and a tiller belt, still wondering if anybody here knows a little about this thing, it id a Simplicity Broadmoor III 6115. Turns out it is a lawn tractor not a garden tractor.

[jmkjr72]

this is the only pic of a tiller attached to a 6116 i can find

info i have found on the tillers
Tillers
Click for a closer view

Tilling Width Attaches to
30” -- Mfg. No. 1690393 All 6200 Series Garden Tractors
36” -- Mfg. No. 1690039 All 7100 Series Garden Tractors
38” Heavy Duty -- Mfg. No. 1690287 All 7100 Series Garden Tractors
Features
• Reliable, easy-on, easy-off belt, driven design.
• Sealed, oil bath-lubricated chain and sprocket transmissions with ball and/or needle bearing construction.
• Up to 8” tilling depth depending upon model.
• Replaceable, heat-treated tines; optional extensions for 36” and 38” models.
i belive all 6000 series attachments are interchangeable but im not positive


this place seems to have alot of info
www.mytractorforum.com/forumdisplay.php?s=92c29eedb723da74cac490cd01ecf89a&f=16

[jmkjr72]

i cant see the back of your tractor but what is circled in blue will some how pin to the back of the tractor

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[jmkjr72]

maybe this gallery will help some its a 7117 but maybe its close enough to help im still looking for stuff
www.mytractorforum.com/album.php?albumid=741

[Rebel]

I'll post some more photos but I think I'm missing something.

I had already joined the forum you listed but I'm waiting for an activation code.

[jmkjr72]

yeah i saw you were on the other one i was going to mention

if it was an old bolens i would have tons of info for you

[Rebel]

I think I made a mistake on the second forum by telling them I wouldn't need help getting it running. After I said I thought I could make it run they seemed to not be very interested in offering other advice.

The back end of mine looks like the photo you posted and the tiller looks a lot like that one too, I'll get out there and get more photos.

[Rebel]

more photos





I don't know where these should go or if they do not belong.




this looks like it fits on the back end, holes do line up.

[jmkjr72]

hook the black circles together
what is on the uderside of the blue circle when the black is hooked togerther

that is where i would guess it would slide onto your hitch plate

i would think the long handle will hook in some where for depth control

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[Rebel]

good idea, I don't know why I didn't see that.









I found a Allis Chalmers 816 that is the same tractor just a different name with a tiller attached tha does not show the long handle either.

[jmkjr72]

you know this would be so much easier if you werent so darn far away
a couple of beers and some grub on the grill and we could ahve had this figureed out allready
im thinking again give me a couple of minutes

[jmkjr72]

does that bracket rotate at all

and dose it look like it would fit over these


it wouldnt make sense for it to hook to your hitch plate it wouldnt be stable

but there would ahve to be another bit that hooked to the other side

or there is something that bolts to the holes in the bracket to mount it to those points or something lower on the sides

[Rebel]

I don't think it would go there,I'll check it out but a one sided attachment like that wouldn't hold. Those nubbs you you have circled look like a l pace to hang a grass catcher to me, some kind of hitch might hook up using those as a mounting point and then bolt to the hitch plate. IU would think a tiller would need something stronger.

I sent a message to a guy on the tractor forum the has the Allis Chalmers asking for some advice and photos, hopefully he is going to log in again there.

[jmkjr72]

yeah i have found better pics of the 7000 series but it is a diffrent set up that what you have

yeah if it does mount to those nubs you are missing something

plus i still cant figure out a linkage that would allow you to adjust depth

and the parts dia i can find anything that looks like a mount that matches what you have

www.partstree.com/parts/?lc=simplicity&mn=1690393+-+30%22+Rotary+Tiller

[Rebel]

I've been looking at those diagrams too and looking for a hitch attachment with no success.

To answer your question, no that does not rotate at all.