Tiller Tiller for brush clearing - abusive?

[sandman2234]

If the tiller does anything, it will probably wrap the smaller stuff around the center shaft, causing you more work than it's worth.
I say no to using a tiller for that. Probably be cheaper to hire it out, than to tear up the tiller.
If you don't have funds allocated for clearing, just sell the tiller or trade it off to someone with a bush hog, because it won't be worth anything when you get done.
David from jax

 

[SkunkWerX]

Also, to pile on, the vegetation you are tilling could get hopelessly wrapped up on your rotor and tines, and you could be hours cutting and prying it outta there.
Roots and vines are especailly good at getting wedged in so tight you have to use exploratory surgery to remove the entangled mess.

Definately try to cut first, then maybe a subsoiler, middlebuster type of tool to pre-dig and find the "bad things".

 

[SuburbanMD]

Thanks everyone, I get the drift BTW, it's maybe 1000-1500 square feet of brush, so speed wouldn't be an issue. Maybe I'll rent a Billy Goat walk-behind brush cutter.

 

[Rara Avis]

Thanks everyone, I get the drift BTW, it's maybe 1000-1500 square feet of brush, so speed wouldn't be an issue. Maybe I'll rent a Billy Goat walk-behind brush cutter.

If that's the case, get/rent a DR Trimmer walk-behind...mow it down and then till it...

 

[hsvhobbit]

instead of renting a DR, why not rent a bushhog?

 

[jeffinsgf]

instead of renting a DR, why not rent a bushhog?

Because an X475AWS is not a SCUT. It is a good big heavy garden tractor, but it is not a SCUT and couldn't handle any rotary cutter you could find on rental.

Now, renting a CUT with a rotary cutter should be an option.

I would rent a CUT with a rotary cutter, knock it down, then switch to a middle buster and rip the ground up with that, drag as much root trash out as I could and then bring in the GT and tiller.

 

[SuburbanMD]

Renting 3-point and PTO attachments for the X475AWS might be problematic. It's got a "limited cat 1 hitch", so it's, umm, limited. The dealer actually had to shorten the PTO shaft on the 42" Frontier tiller. I can live with the limitations, given that I've only got 2 acres, and the tractor is maneuverable enough to handle all the mowing.

 

[SuburbanMD]

Oops, I stand corrected, it is a garden tractor, not a SCUT. It's still the biggest tractor on my block . Renting a CUT with rotary cutter really seems like overkill; it would finish the job in the blink of an eye, and where's the fun in that? There's enough room to have fun with a mini-excavator or backhoe, but that's got to be really expensive, and I'd end up with lots of debris. Oh, and there are wires overhead. I'm content to have the stumps and roots stay in the ground, as long as they're cut down to where the X475's deck can mow over them.

 

[Lanse]

I dont really know what your lawnmower can handle. I would have someone with a big one come in with a bushhog or a subsoiler.

 

[Rara Avis]

cutting down 1500 sq ft???

Heck...he could use a hand scythe...

plus think of all the execise he'd get...