Troy-Bilt Lawn Tractors: Reviews
Sunday June 26, 2005
"I am in the process of looking for a new riding lawn tractor," says this week's featured poster in the Landscaping Discussion Forum, seeking reviews that others can share on Troy-Bilt lawn tractors -- the "Pony" model. See what Troy-Bilt lawn tractor reviews our users came up with, both in the Landscaping Discussion Forum and in the Comments section below.
Comments
Just one thing to say…. MTD
Im also in the sme process of looking for a lawn tractor. It looks like Im going to buy the troy built pony at lowe’s for 999. I’ve only heard good reviews, except for something to do with the shifting
I bought my Pony at Lowes. Have had some trouble with shifting unless I use the clutch. It’s supposed to up shift without using the clutch, but it won’t. Also last week the heavy spring on the PTO cable broke and I’ve been waiting on a replacement cable. I think the spring must have been made in China, because it looks like inferior metal was used due to the type and place of the break. As soon as I get my new cable, I’m sending the broken one to Troy Bilt with a letter.
I bought a Troy bilt Pony 2 years ago, but only have used it one mowing season. The first time I used it, It jumps really bad when you depress the cluth/brake. Thought it was suppose to do that. It steadily got worse until it wouldn’t work at all. It works in reverse but not in forward motion. Had Lowe’s pick it up and they say it needs a new transmission. This is going to cost me $450.00 for the repair. This Slogan of there’s BUILT TO LAST is a big lie. Another commercial to sell a piece of crap. I will never buy another product by Troybilt again. and futher more ,not another product from Lowe’s either.3/27/2008
We bought a Troy Bilt Pony last year and it’s worked great. I have a lot of acreage and the only things that have had to be replaced (this year) are the belts.
I bought a Troy Bilt Pony riding mower about 6 months ago. Been used about 10 times on my small yard.
The PTO cable has already broken. I was just riding along mowing my yard and it snapped. Appears to be cheaply made.
Makes me wonder what other thing are going to wear-out or break soon???
We have a two year old Troybult pony. The first year it worked great. Now it’s been in the shop 3 times since last November. It started smoking and stalling……Gas in the oil they told us AND it’s because we leave the key it even though it’s in the off position. Back and forth to the Lowes repair shop. The tractor cost $999.00 and we’ve spent $500.00 in repairs and now it’s smoking and stalling again! NEVER, NEVER again wil be buy a Troybuilt! How can we trust Lowes
I work for Lowes, most of the Troy-Bilt products are garbage, and I wouldn’t buy them myself. They’re made by MTD, the original company that made Troy-Bilt, Garden Way went out of business. Back when they made Troy-Bilt, it was VERY GOOD stuff, now it’s not. As far as the previous poster, how can you trust Lowes? Easy… don’t cheap out on things you buy, go for Deeres. I can’t stand people who buy the cheapest thing and then complain when it doesn’t work as good as something more expensive! You bought a TRACTOR for LESS than $1000… YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR. Simple as that.
I purchased a troybilt pony on July 4 last year and since I have had the PTO cable snap twice, one of the pulleys was not put on correctly by the manufacturer and got severely bent and had to be replaced. At the same time I also purchased a troybilt weedeater that takes various attachments. I do give LOWES credit though, they do a very good job of backing stuff. Two weeks ago I broke my finger when weedeating, yeah when weedeating. The plastic coupling that connects the motor to the shaft of the weedeater completely broke loose and part of the internal came flying out and hit my finger and broke it. Lowes replaced the weedeater since it wasn’t even a year old and I had the warranty on it. I will never buy troybilt again though. I disagree to some extent though with the LOWES employee, I understand “you get what you pay for”, but if i give 1000 dollars for a lawnmower I don’t expect to have to work on it constantly for the first year that I own it and there are several LOWES employees that really push the troybilt mowers because they are initially less expensive, but they don’t tell you that they are selling you a pile of crap shaped like a lawnmower and painted.