Alan L.
Elite Member
I am planning on buying a tiller finally. I had to wait until the prices went up so that I could spend as much for as little as possible......
Anyway, with, say a 56" tiller, how long would it take to till 3 acres about 3-4" deep to get ready for planting bermuda? This is heavy clay not rocks. I read a review on here earlier about it taking 5 hours to till a 40 by 75 garden. According to my calculations it would take 712 hours to till 3 acres! If its that slow, maybe I should just use my disk again?
This is clay that came out of the digging of my pond almost 5 years ago. I have been planting cover crops on it, and it is somewhat improved, but still when I disk it, if conditions aren't perfect I end up with 1" - 2" clods even after several passes. I figured a tiller would chop it up finer.
Anyway, with, say a 56" tiller, how long would it take to till 3 acres about 3-4" deep to get ready for planting bermuda? This is heavy clay not rocks. I read a review on here earlier about it taking 5 hours to till a 40 by 75 garden. According to my calculations it would take 712 hours to till 3 acres! If its that slow, maybe I should just use my disk again?
This is clay that came out of the digging of my pond almost 5 years ago. I have been planting cover crops on it, and it is somewhat improved, but still when I disk it, if conditions aren't perfect I end up with 1" - 2" clods even after several passes. I figured a tiller would chop it up finer.