Need tiller advice

[BoneDigger]

I have a New Holland Workmaster 35. It's 35HP and has a claimed PTO HP of 28. The tractor is 66 inches wide. 12 gears with shuttle.

I will be putting in food plots in mostly sandy soil. It's about 2 acres of plots, perhaps less. Would you recommend a 5ft tiller or a 6ft tiller (PTO) for this tractor and application?

Todd

 

[mapper]

You can probably handle a 72", just go a bit slower, sandy soil is easier than clay. 72" will cover your wheel base so you won't have to offset the tiller. I have a 60" tiller on about the same hp, my tractor doesn't even break a sweat in clay soil.

 

[Tigershark]

I have a 40hp Kioti and run a 6' King Kutter and haven't worried about the HP hitting hard clay is not that much fun. I would think sand would be a lot easier

 

[BoylermanCT]

I run a 28hp tractor with a 5' King Kutter tiller. Never had it bog down on me. With your extra power, I would go with a 6'.

 

[Garrett Wiggins]

I would go with a 6ft since it would wash out your tire tracks and since it's mostly sandy soil

 

[boggen]

would say go wider that your tires. so when you come back down and going up against already tilled area. your tires are not in already tilled dirt. little more width, might help you eye ball it some and get a little bit of overlap.

the only issue that might come up, is if you need to get through some sort of gate, either fence around a garden, or backyard type gate.

clockwise and count close wise rotation, look up the differences for the tines.

some of the tillers have "offset" ability were you can slide unit to one side. perhaps making it easier to get up close and personal with a fence line. and able to see edge of tiller beyond the rear tires.

there be tillers with "shear bolt" at the PTO shaft, to "slip clutch" better on the PTO shaft (these units more likely have a chain drive or gear / shaft drives on them), to units that have belts, that can slip if something happens.

take a look at the rear gate, and ability to access unit to remove any string, wire, weeds, roots, rocks. that might get clogged up in it along with being able to service the unit.

 

[3Ts]

I run a 5' tiller on an L235 (23.5 HP w/ 19.5 PTO HP) in clay soils. I don't have any problems tilling as long as I don't rush it.