Anyone know of a source for identification on antique rototillers?

[Retiredguy2]

Stopped at a yard sale today and scored an antique rototiller with a Briggs engine for $10...old type, very heavy and way overbuilt....100% steel and no plastic at all...I think it is about mid-1960's vintage or older. If I could figure out how to post an image from my phone I would. No tine shield of any type and it has a pair of wide spread handlebars...I would love to be able to identify the make and year. Yes I checked out Ebay...nothing there illustrates my find. To give you an idea of how old it may be, it has the type of engine kill switch where you snap a tab over to ground the plug. Thanks.

 

[murphy1244]

Stopped at a yard sale today and scored an antique rototiller with a Briggs engine for $10...old type, very heavy and way overbuilt....100% steel and no plastic at all...I think it is about mid-1960's vintage or older. If I could figure out how to post an image from my phone I would. No tine shield of any type and it has a pair of wide spread handlebars...I would love to be able to identify the make and year. Yes I checked out Ebay...nothing there illustrates my find. To give you an idea of how old it may be, it has the type of engine kill switch where you snap a tab over to ground the plug. Thanks.

What engine is on it Bill?

 

[Retiredguy2]

What engine is on it Bill?

Thanks for asking, murphy1244....I started searching online for older tillers with a 2.5-3 hp Briggs and the search turned up an image of a 1961 Simplicity Roticul 3 hp tiller-cultivator with "Patented Power Reverse..." and it is the exact same as the one I purchased. I just made a guess at the engine hp as I was unable to find any ID plate on either tiller or engine.

 

[Wagtail]

For your amusement: Old Ads Are Funny: 1961 Ad: Simplicity Roticul

 

[motownbrowne]

It's got "scientific tilling action"!

 

[Retiredguy2]

For your amusement: Old Ads Are Funny: 1961 Ad: Simplicity Roticul

Thanks for sharing that with us, it is funny to read. What amazes me most of all about the tiller is the super heavy duty construction of the transmission and tines.