King Kutter tiller

[PennTN75]

I have a 6' KK and it does exactly what I need. I think the value is there. MY neighbors have one and while it's not pretty, they aren't afraid to till 20 acres at a click with it....
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[jenkinsph]

Thing is, if it's a decent built tiller in the first place, the chain drive is the better option!

The chain will take shock loads better, and most folks will NEVER wear out a chain drive.

I am coming up on two THOUSAND acres on this chain drive tiller,

and the chain and sprockets are still original... I think I've adjusted the chain MAYBE three times in all that use. It takes all of 5 minutes...

IF you don't buy junk then you won't own junk, especially when it comes to tillers.

SR

I don't see the point in arguing about chain drive vs. gear drive tillers. I have the chain drive and have had no problems with it and don't expect to have problems with it either. A GOOD gear drive or GOOD chain drive will both last a heck of a long time. IF you wear either out you can fix either one or get a new tiller.

Not an issue in my opinion.

 

[BoylermanCT]

I have a 5' King Kutter II tiller and it does a great job. Just tilled my garden with it. Best 10 minutes of the day! Used to take me a couple of hours with a walk behind tiller.

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

I've started looking at 3 pt tillers myself. One of the local outlets sells King Kutter brand at a pretty good price (just bought an 84" KK rake from them). Anyway, not sure what size I want, 72" or 84"? Does anyone know off hand what the pto hp requirements are? I suppose I could search KK's website, but when I was looking at info on their rakes, the site was difficult to search for specs.

Found it on a separate pdf file. Looks like 72" is 35-50 hp, which leaves me out with 32 pto hp. Don't really want to go any narrower on the tiller, but the 60" is 25-40 hp.

 

[Tigershark]

Slim,
I have a 40hp Kioti and I went with the 72" and doesn't even make the tractor work hard at all, I think your Branson could easily handle it

 

[DK35vince]

I've started looking at 3 pt tillers myself. One of the local outlets sells King Kutter brand at a pretty good price (just bought an 84" KK rake from them). Anyway, not sure what size I want, 72" or 84"? Does anyone know off hand what the pto hp requirements are? I suppose I could search KK's website, but when I was looking at info on their rakes, the site was difficult to search for specs.

Found it on a separate pdf file. Looks like 72" is 35-50 hp, which leaves me out with 32 pto hp. Don't really want to go any narrower on the tiller, but the 60" is 25-40 hp.

I run a 6' King Kutter II tiller on my 34 HP, (28.3 PTO HP) tractor fine

 

[DieselBound]

Usually you want to be able to cover your tracks. Power then comes down to how your soil is (hard stuff will require more power), but it's generally a matter of how fast you want to get the work done. You could "till" up soil with an ice-pick and a hammer, but it would take a LONG time! :laughing:

 

[fried1765]

Is King Kutter or County Line from TS or Northern Tools considered okay? Specifically, I'm interested in the 3 pt tiller.

Check out Blain's Farm & Fleet, in Janesville, Wi.
They always seem to have the best King Kutter prices, and they will ship nationwide for VERY little money.
No sales tax either, unless you live in Wisconsin.
I have bought 4 KK implements from Blain's (including 5' KK tiller), and had them shipped to me in Ma.

 

[Clay45]

I really enjoy my Tartar 60". (County LIne at TSC) And once I've gone around my place and cleared roots and rocks out I've the option of reversing the direction of rotation. But I can't imagine ever needing to do that.

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

Yes I really wanted to go at least 72" wide to mostly cover my tracks. Good to know you guys are running them ok in the 30-ish hp range. My soil up here is pretty "soft", compared to AZ where everything is hard as concrete. Here at least I can step on a shovel while wiggling it back and forth and it will usually sink into the ground all the way.

We sure could use some rain though, everything is dry as a bone.