I just bought a used Yanmar 48" tiller to use behind my Kubota BX23 and I am having problems. I am trying to till in a bed to use as a garden next year and I have broken two PTO shafts. The welds broke on the shaft at the U-joint by the PTO. The last break took out an ear on the joke plus the weld joint. I have never used a 3 pt tiller before but this is getting to be expensive if it keeps up! The tiller was used on a small Deere to till two acres and the owner said he had the shaft rebuilt before he sold it to me.
My speed was very slow, max RPM to the PTO, and the tiller was all the way down to the ground. The ground was a garden that we put put several inches of mulch on and left fallow this year. No stones, no sand, just had not been tilled for two month. I did have some vibration but I don't know if that is normal.
Any suggestions will be appreciated.
My speed was very slow, max RPM to the PTO, and the tiller was all the way down to the ground. The ground was a garden that we put put several inches of mulch on and left fallow this year. No stones, no sand, just had not been tilled for two month. I did have some vibration but I don't know if that is normal.
Any suggestions will be appreciated.