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Well I spent Sunday afternoon getting my tiller (Model No. 79370 -Serial No. 3900513 - a 1993 Wheel Horse Tiller) attached to the 1978 Wheel Horse C-121 8 speed tractor I bought three years ago. This tractor has not been run a lot in last three years as a 3000 Watt Wheel Horse Generator was on it during that time. I had to installl the rear lift hitch on the transmission (and make the special clevis pins for locking the hitch on the tiller bar) , bellcrank, lift cable, Spring assist and chain at the top of the tiller to the bellcrank. I attached the Mid-Attach pulleys, the belt for the tiller, checked it out with a short run (not in the soil). I followed and re-read continuously the Tiller Operating and Parts Manual to make sure I was doing things as recommended. I have three different bellcranks and setups for the lift for tractors from 1976 thru later models. We have some of each and the B-100 -1976 Model was the other choice to se the tiller on -but I went with the C-121! For you longtime tiller users, I have a couple questions. How do you know if the tiller has enough gear oil in it? Is there a way to know if the gear oil level is where it should be? Have you ever sharpened the tiller blades for better cutting into the soil? What is the best way to know how deep the tiller should ride in the soil? I know that is the tiller is pushing the tractor forward (according to the manual) that you should raise the tiller out of the ground a bit more until it does not push forward. I am going to have a big vegetable garden this year and probably will have most of the rows in between the size of the rear tiller -so I can limit the hand weeding, etc. Any "lessons learned" from tilling experienced Wheel Horse owners would be appreciated!
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