Tiller 3 pt tiller advise

[ndnative]

Hi, I'm new to this site & tractor ownership.

I bought a bobcat ct225, with FEL, and have a used farm king blower - I only have 9 hrs on it, really like it so far.

I want to get a 3 pt tiller. The local Home of Economy sells king kutter brand 60" for $1300.00 Or I can get a 63" Northern tool & equipment tiller for $1099

Will be using to till existing garden, pumpkin patch, and deer food plots. Yes I'd probably be tempted to expand (break new ground) around all three area's.

Any advise, thanks in advance.

 

[bjr]

from what I've read, the KK's are good value. The CCM's are also good. bjr

 

[FxdGrMind]

I ended up getting a Kuhn 58" tiller for my B7800. 1900 delivered.

Yup could have got something cheaper over the net, delivered by truck. My thoughts were that I should probably get something from a local dealer so that I have access to good spares and parts supply for something that takes that kind of abuse in use.

I might be wrong and the sub 1K tillers out there from china etc on the net might have been very much good enough for my use, but I played it on the safe side.

What ever you decide, you need to be happy and satisfied with your choices.

Cheers

 

[teg]

Northern Industrial 3-Pt. Rotary Tiller 63In.L, 38 Blades | Cultivators + Tillers | Northern Tool + Equipment

King Kutter II Gear Driven Rotary Tiller 5ft. Tiller Width, Model# TG-60-Y | Cultivators + Tillers | Northern Tool + Equipment

If it was between these two, King Kutter II, hands down. More tines and looks more heavy duty. But your price is $1300, is it KK-II?

 

[ndnative]

The tiller I was looking at did not say king kutter II on the tiller itself, I don't think it was gear drive? center style hub with oil bath onto a chain, I think. It doesn't look as beefy as the one pictured in the Northern link above. I also found the same tiller(KK) at Tractor Supply for about the same price TC @ $1370.00 Home of Economy @ $1349.00 + taxes, of course. I live about 85 miles from the 2 stores I mentioned above.

But that is the exact tiller I was looking at in the Northern catalog for the $1099.00 There is a Northern Store about 160 miles from where I live so I wouldn't have to pay shipping.

 

[beenthere]

Watch out for Northern, as they have a lot of Chinese knock-offs of other brands. They are good at disguising where they are made. They look real, but are not. Just be cautious.

 

[radioman]

Do you have other tractor brands dealers near you other then bobcat ? Sometimes you can find a better deal for a heavier duty type of tiller for same or less money. When I bought mine which is a bush hog brand from kubota dealer, I love it. My father also uses it on his massey.

 

[JC-jetro]

You can not go wrong with the gear driven KK that you mentioned amongst your options. That is certainly a better piece of equipment than the Northen Chinese made counterpart. I bought the same KK on special sale I think around $1150 and consider it one of my better investments.

JC,

Do ask the store manager for his 5% to 10% manager's coupon. If he realizes you're ready to pull the trigger, I bit you a nickel he'll produce the coupon for your purchase.

 

[ndnative]

Thanks for all the advise. I called home of economy, they don't have the king kutter II, they have the king kutter xp model (orange).

Sounds like the king kutter II is a much better unit. Will my ct225 be able to handle the 60" or should I look at the offset 48" ?

 

[JC-jetro]

At 27 hp gross and 19.5 pto hp your CT-225 might be wee bit undersized for a 60" wide tiller considering the soil condition. I say tha,t but my 23.5 pto hp tractor runs my 60"tiller just fine and I have never had to run it at rated 2450 engine and 540 tiller pto rpm. Between 1800-2000 rpm has always been good. If I were worried about the hp I would have still bought 60" tiller and would take out a set of tines or two from the tiller. Doing so I would till same as 48", reducing hp needed, have some extra tinse available and would have gear driven tiller rather than chain. I think .. not 100% sure but the xp's , cat 0 might come with two flavors gear and chain. Again your tractor has cat 1, 3 points and xp model are for sub-compact or cat 0. I'll take the tine off only if my soils is too hard. covering the width of the tractor with a tiller is great considering that you can as well cover ire track by using tiller set up in off set mode.

JC,