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The Bolens 1476 tilling the garden before winter sets in. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUKbrQB89ig

You will have to take it apart, you might get away with just taking the selector housing off without splitting it.

I got two round back tillers for my TF Bolens and a tiller for my Ford 1000. I might get a flat top one at a later date.

The flat top Bolens tiller is a superb bit of kit Alain.

Norm is referring to the main differential carrier bearings. They are obsolete and used in all unidrive geared or hydro, though the D series and GT series use a much larger Torrington bearing instead. Everything else is different though, esp the casings

Hey Scott, glad you found a buyer! I hope you can still hang around here because you are a wealth of information for the 2 cycle guys. The carb rebuild tutorial was perfect. Hope things get better for you.

Paul Said, " a good hydro is great, however a weak hydro is not. They can leak, groan, lose power when warm..". The same can be said about a geared tractor in that if the clutch is weak, the gears stripped, or the bearings rotted, it takes rebuilding the whole drive line to get it in order. These tractors are for the most part close to half a century old and whether maintenance has been done or not, getting back to original takes time and money if the tractor is to survive. Again, I really don't see an issue of reliability or durability in geared over hydro, but as others have stated, it is a personal preference. I would really like to see a tractor with a synchronous transmission, like the newer shift on the fly mowers, but more of an automotive quality. Maybe some one could do a custom build hint, hint Nigel, etal

I have, in a 1969 Chevy truck, 1976 Ford Pinto, 1968 Ford Fairlane, 1981 Mercedes 240D. Only around 10 percent of vehicles made in North America now have manual transmissions, down from 35 percent in 1980 and that number is falling. mostly due to the capabilities of modern automatic transmissions which now have 6-9 speeds. The old standard transmissions are reliable, cheap to produce, and lower the overall cost of a car, but they are not nearly as capable in most driving conditions as the the newer automatics. That said, more automatics transmissions has as much or more to do with customer wants than just reliability or durability. The same might be said for the rise in popularity of GT hydrostatic transmissions. Unfortunately the newer GT and mower Hydro transmissions are not nearly as capable as the older models due to cost AND planned obsolescence. Automobiles seem to have higher reliability ratings, due to consumer driving habits changing, as in more miles driven. While we say things do not last as long as before we must always remember that may of the newer generations do not seem to maintain or work on anything but video game scores and fantasy football leagues, that could be a very large part of the problem.

any wheel horse with a unidrive will do for plowing

Sold to a member here! Thank you--Hope you will enjoy it as much as I have! Cheers