new KK reverse rotation tiller

[spruce Deere]

Stumbled across the new KK reverse rotation tiller on a fellow TBN members website Anybody indulge in one of these KK tillers yet??

 

[Baby Grand]

Does KK know about them?

 

[spruce Deere]

I assume KK knows about them... but you know what happens when people assume

Look at Mcgeesequip website, thats where I saw the reverse KK tiller.

 

[Baby Grand]

McGee Farm Equipment, Inc.*::*Farm Equipment*::*3 Point Rotary Tillers*::*King Kutter Reverse Drive Tillers*::*King Kutter 5Ft. Reverse Drive Tiller

Interesting ... and at a great price.
They will sell boatloads.

It's funny - KK doesn't have it on their site.

-Jim

 

[spruce Deere]

Well KK inc. is not a member of TBN, where the real knowledge is:thumbsup:

 

[kf4uda]

I noticed they don't have it on their website. They also don't have their 7' tiller on there either (or at least not that I could find).

 

[KevPH]

Reverse rotation tillers are good for breaking (1st time) untilled lawn/grass areas. By the nature for the reverse rotation, dirt rocks and dirt clump are "pushed ahead" by the tiller. If you goal is the finely processed soil garden or lawn areas, Stick with the forward rotating tiller. The guy next to me has a reverse tiller and hates it! He did ask me to till his garden with my 48" forward KK tiller after two years fighting with his tiller. I hope this helps.

 

[jk96]

Interesting. Everything I have read is to the contrary. You sure it wasn't your buddies tiller? I just purchased a landpride reverse tiller and was amazed by the results on first use. Left a very fine seed bed on a single pass.

 

[spruce Deere]

I know with my out of date melletti 48" tiller, four tines per flange, forward spin has always left a good to excellent finish. Speed and gate position has more to due with quality of the finish I believe, than a market ploy of overcharging for a reverse rotation tiller. I could really use a wider swath than just 48"

Not knocking the tillers, knocking the manufacturing marvel of overcharging for changing the position of the drive pinion to spin things the other direction....

AND in the case of the landpride, the addition of 'sifting' rods to catch the bigger things first to make sure they are buried under the fines that make it threw..... How bout' one of them on a forward rotation tiller???

A power rake works in reverse with excellent results, I would really like to know where the manufacture shoves 8 times more expense into the thing, compared to a like size tiller, wich a power rake is basically a naked tiller.... Same with the reverse tillers. Seems to be minimal features for astronomical prices, but not so much with the KK tiller it looks like.

ANYHOW, thanks for the responses, all info is good.

 

[McGeesEquip]

I would like to thank all the TBN viewer that have visited my site and looking at our items. The King Kutter 5Ft and 6Ft. reverse tillers are new for this year. They are only available in a 5Ft. or 6Ft. size.

I will be picking some up this week at King Kutter and I hope to have more pictures of the unit up for viewing soon.

The reverse unit is designed a lot like the standard units except a sheld was added to the front for helping to keep the soil in the tilling chamber.

Thanks,

Bruce McGee