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ocharry
Silver Level Joined: 26 Jun 2016 Location: missouri Points: 288 |
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Posted: 04 Nov 2018 at 9:40am |
any of you guys ever use a tiller on the back of the tractor???
been thinking on maybe getting one to do some deer plots anything i need to know before i start looking,,,good brand,,how well they work,,,things to look for as far as how well it would work??? been thinking on a 6' tiller to hang on the back of my 170,,,,only be using it to make deer food plots ocharry
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jaybmiller
Orange Level Access Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Greensville,Ont Points: 21489 |
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I've got a 5' one on the back of my D-14. It works GREAT !! Got rid of the Ford LGT125 with 3' tiller this summer too ! It'd be nice if the D-14 had an ultra low 1st gear though, I have to 'feather' the PD for the first couple of passes. Now that most of the garden has more 'tilthe' ( compost + pony poop), 3rd pass it goes down and I can stay in 1st low. I should adjust the tiller to lineup with the right rear wheel ..one day...maybe..... The tiller was made in Italy, zero wear on the blades, maybe 5 years old now. Whatever you buy...always grease it before use, be sure it's adjusted correctly, have plenty of shear pins onboard ! Big rocks will bust the pins. Jay
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Coke-in-MN
Orange Level Access Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Afton MN Points: 41211 |
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Seen a lot of them working but finding a tractor with a low enough speed is one problem - should almost be a creeper gear - especially when breaking new ground .
In many ways would be best to use a regular plow to break sod and then till after |
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thendrix
Orange Level Joined: 04 Feb 2013 Location: Fairmount GA Points: 4737 |
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Have used a 6ft Befco for years behind a Kubota l4310. I believe it's around 36 or 38 PTO hp and it handles the tiller fine
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DiyDave
Orange Level Access Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Gambrills, MD Points: 50557 |
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I have a Kubota L2202 grey market, that is phenomenal, on the tiller. It gots a 16 speeds, an aux transmission, on the fender, it were a rice paddy tiller. Others are right, sometimes you just need to go real slow. Since I got the new (to me!) b2100, hydro Kubota, I have not used it for tilling, cause the new one is much easier to get on and off.
I have a 5' cheap tiller I sometimes use, on the D-10. Always has worked best, after plowing and discing...
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ac fleet
Orange Level Joined: 12 Jan 2014 Location: Arrowsmith, ILL Points: 2210 |
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6' King-Kutter here. Had it 15 years and used heavily , still going.--- Be aware that NOT all tractors have a slow enough low gear to make them usable. Had to use mine some on a WD, ---NOT a good deal,-- 1'st gear WAY too fast. ---NO such thing as too slow for tiller! LOL!!! thanks; ac fleet
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ocharry
Silver Level Joined: 26 Jun 2016 Location: missouri Points: 288 |
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I have a 40" wide tiller for my wheel horse and it does a great job in the garden...the wheel horse has a 2 range trans in it and in low low it just creeps and give the tiller time to work
That why I was asking about one on a big tractor....the 40" tiller in a bigger....maybe 2 acres...would take forever But a 6' tiller on a bigger tractor would be nice....just dont know if my 170 would or will go slow enough in 1rst gear The ground has been worked before but it has been a few years Ocharry |
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macec3(TX)
Orange Level Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Points: 518 |
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I have a KingKutter from Atwoods. Works really well. One pass and plant. |
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jaybmiller
Orange Level Access Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Greensville,Ont Points: 21489 |
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I just checked TractorData and your 170 goes 2 MPH compared to my D14 doing 2.3. That's about 15% slower, so already it's better ! Also I don't run the engine fast, maybe 1000 RPM( fast idle...), let the tiller dig in and chew up the soil. This is in the wife's 1/3 acre veggie patch which I've added a lot of 'good stuff'. Plow 1st, both N-S, then E-W, let stand 2-3 days THEN rototill. I like to till E-W then W-E,seems to 'fluff up' the soil very well. This yer I bought a subsoiler and did the whole garden, seems to have helped, so I'll do it again next spring.
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