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Troy-Bilt

The rear-tine tiller America bought by mail-order coupon, the 1982 boardroom coup, the 2001 bankruptcy, and who owns Troy-Bilt today.

Ownership timeline

  1. 1930C. W. Kelsey founds the Rototiller Company in New York City
  2. 1961Former employees start Watco Machine Products in Troy, New York
  3. 1968The Trojan Horse tiller becomes the Troy-Bilt; Watco becomes Garden Way
  4. 1982Founder-marketer Lyman Wood is pushed out
  5. 1989Garden Way buys Bolens and adds Troy-Bilt lawn tractors
  6. 2001Garden Way goes bankrupt; MTD buys Troy-Bilt for about 44.1 million dollars
  7. 2021Stanley Black & Decker buys MTD

Everything we have on Troy-Bilt

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